Here’s Ya 2016 MTV VMA Nominees Ft. A Whopping 11 Noms For Beyoncé

Ah, the MTV Video Music Awards. A night of glamour, entertainment, and celebrities; a classy night for the true and understated appreciation of the visual element of the music industry.
Plus, D-R-A-M-A-A-A-A-A-A-A! Kanye West loves to interrupt people while they try to accept awards and Nicki Minaj claps back to racist bullcrap by yelling ‘WHAT’S GOOD?!’ to the host of the night, Miley Cyrus
Music videos, eh? Brings out the crazy in people. WE LOVE IT.
Regardless, the 2016 VMAs are a-happening soon, and the nominations have been announced. 
Beyoncé obviously cleaned up, seeing as her visual album ‘Lemonade‘ dropped and is one of the most incredible things ever to be seen ever. Adele seems to be Bey’s only hungry competitor, sweeping 8 nominations compared to her 11. 
There’s a couple of homegrown nominees too: our angel Troye Sivan is up for the ‘Breakthrough Long Form Video’ nomination for his album ‘Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy‘, and Tame Impala are up for the ‘Best Direction‘ statue for their strange yet sexy vid, ‘The Less I Know The Better’.
Oh, and another thing – Kanye West is up for Video of the Year for his controversial vid for ‘Famous‘, which featured nude wax figures resembling a range of celebs in bed together. So, um… Taylor Swift? You know what to do, pal. 
Here’s ya nominees:

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”
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” 
BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Drake “Hotline Bling”
Desiigner “Panda”
Bryson Tiller “Don’t”
Chance The Rapper ft. Saba “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“Irresistible”
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 + The Machine – The Odyssey
Beyoncé – Lemonade
Justin Bieber – “PURPOSE: The Movement”
Chris Brown – “Royalty”
Troye Sivan – “Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy”
BEST NEW ARTIST
Bryson Tiller

Desiigner

Zara Larsson

Lukas Graham

DNCE
BEST ART DIRECTION
Beyoncé “Hold Up” (Production Designer: Jason Hougaard)
Fergie“M.I.L.F. $” (Production Designer: Alexander Delgado)
Drake“Hotline Bling” (Production Designer: Jeremy MacFarlane)
David Bowie“Blackstar” (Production Designer: Jan Houllevigue)
Adele“Hello” (Production Designer: Colombe Raby)
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé“Formation” (Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia)
Missy Elliott ft. Pharrell “WTF (Where They From)” (Choreographer: Hi-Hat)
Beyoncé“Sorry” (Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia, Anthony Burrell, Beyoncé Knowles Carter)
FKA Twigs “M3LL155X” (Choreographer: FKA Twigs)
Florence + The Machine“Delilah” (Choreographer: Holly Blakey)
BEST DIRECTION
Beyoncé“Formation” (Director: Melina Matsoukas)
Coldplay “Up&Up” (Director: Vania Heymann, Gal Muggia)
Adele“Hello” (Director: Xavier Dolan)
David Bowie “Lazarus” (Director: Johan Renck)
Tame Impala“The Less I Know The Better” (Director: Canada)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Beyoncé“Formation” (Cinematographer: Malik Sayeed)
Adele“Hello” (Cinematographer: André Turpin)
David Bowie“Lazarus” (Cinematographer: Crille Forsberg)
Alesso“I Wanna Know” (Cinematographer: Corey Jennings)
Ariana Grande“Into You” (Cinematographer: Paul Laufer)

BEST EDITING

Beyoncé“Formation” (Editor: Jeff Selis)
Adele “Hello” (Editor: Xavier Dolan)
Fergie“M.I.L.F. $” (Editor: Vinnie Hobbs)
David Bowie “Lazarus” (Editor: Johan Söderberg)
Ariana Grande“Into You” (Editor: Hannah Lux Davis)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Coldplay“Up&Up” (VFX Editor: Vania Heymann)
FKA Twigs“M3LL155X” (VFX Editor: Lewis Saunders, Jihoon Yoo)
Adele“Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” (VFX Editor: Sam Sneade)
The Weeknd “Can’t Feel My Face” (VFX Editor: Bryan Smaller)
Zayn “PILLOWTALK” (VFX Editor: David Smith)

The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards are happening at Madison Square Garden in New York on August 28th. 
Source: MTV.
Photo: Beyonce / Youtube. 

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