2016 MTV VMA List of Nominees: Beyonce Leads With 11 Nods

2016 MTV VMA List of Nominees: Beyonce Leads With 11 Nods
2016 MTV VMA List of Nominees: Beyonce Leads With 11 Nods

2016 MTV VMA List of Nominees: Beyonce Leads With 11 Nods

The list of this year’s MTV Video Music Awards nominations is finally out and dominating this year, is Beyonce, whose #Lemonade swept up 11 whooping nods.

Also on the list is Adele who is up for 8 awards most of which were for her smash hit single, ‘Hello’. Others on the list include Drake, Kanye West, and many others.

Taylor Swift was left out of the 2016 MTV VMA list.

See the full list of nominees as compiled by Pitchfork:

Video of the Year:

Adele: “Hello”
Beyoncé: “Formation”
Drake: “Hotline Bling”
Justin Bieber: “Sorry”
Kanye West: “Famous”

Best Female Video:

Adele: “Hello”
Beyoncé: “Hold Up”
Sia: “Cheap Thrills”
Ariana Grande: “Into You”
Rihanna [ft. Drake]: “Work” (short version)

Best Male Video:

Drake: “Hotline Bling”
Bryson Tiller: “Don’t”
Calvin Harris [ft. Rihanna]: “This Is What You Came For”
Kanye West: “Famous”
The Weeknd: “Can’t Feel My Face”

Best Collaboration:

Beyoncé [ft. Kendrick Lamar]: “Freedom”
Fifth Harmony [ft. Ty Dolla $ign]: “Work From Home”
Ariana Grande [ft. Lil Wayne]: “Let Me Love You”
Calvin Harris [ft. Rihanna]: “This Is What You Came For”
Rihanna [ft. Drake]: “Work” (short version)

Best Hip Hop Video:

Drake: “Hotline Bling”
Desiigner: “Panda”
Bryson Tiller: “Don’t”
Chance the Rapper: “Angels”
2 Chainz: “Watch Out”

Best Pop Video:

Adele: “Hello”
Beyoncé: “Formation”
Justin Bieber: “Sorry”
Alessia Cara: “Wild Things”
Ariana Grande: “Into You”

Best Rock Video:

All Time Low: “Missing You”
Coldplay: “Adventure of a Lifetime”
Fall Out Boy [ft. Demi Lovato]: “Irresistable”
twenty one pilots: “Heathens”
Panic! At the Disco: “Victorious”

Best Electronic Video:

Calvin Harris & Disciples: “How Deep Is Your Love”
99 Souls [ft. Destiny’s Child & Brandy]: “The Girl Is Mine”
Mike Posner: “I Took a Pill in Ibiza”
Afrojack: “SummerThing!”
The Chainsmokers [ft. Daya]: “Don’t Let Me Down”

Breakthrough Long Form Video:

Florence and the Machine: The Odyssey
Beyoncé: Lemonade
Justin Bieber: PURPOSE: The Movement
Chris Brown: Royalty
Troye Sivan: Blue Neighborhood Trilogy

Best New Artist:

Bryson Tiller
Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham
DNCE

Best Art Direction:

Beyoncé: “Hold Up”
Fergie: “M.I.L.F.$”
Drake: “Hotline Bling”
David Bowie: “Blackstar”
Adele: “Hello”

Best Choreography:

Beyoncé: “Formation”
Missy Elliott [ft. Pharrell]: “WTF (Where They From)”
Beyoncé: “Sorry”
FKA twigs: “M3LL155X”
Florence and the Machine: “Delilah”

Best Direction:

Beyoncé: “Formation”
Coldplay: “Up&Up”
Adele: “Hello”
David Bowie: “Lazarus”
Tame Impala: “The Less I Know the Better”

Best Cinematography:

Beyoncé: “Formation”
Adele: “Hello”
David Bowie: “Lazarus”
Alesso: “I Wanna Know”
Ariana Grande: “Into You”

Best Editing:

Beyoncé: “Formation”
Adele: “Hello”
Fergie: “M.I.L.F.$”
David Bowie: “Lazarus”
Ariana Grande: “Into You”

Best Visual Effects:

Coldplay: “Up&Up”
FKA twigs: “M3LL155X”
Adele: “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)”
The Weeknd: “Can’t Feel My Face”
Zayn: “PILLOWTALK”

According to Pitchfork, the MTV VMA award ceremony “will be broadcast on Sunday, August 28, at 9:00 p.m. ET live from Madison Square Garden in New York City.”

Now we can’t wait to see how this pans out.

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