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Beyonce Leads MTV VMA Nominations

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GETTY 71714 Beyonce?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1405625652964Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Beyonce leads all nominees for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. The singer, who released a video for every song on her “surprise” self-titled album, has received eight nods, including Video of the Year for “Drunk in Love,” as well as Best Female and Best Choreography.

Eminem and Iggy Azalea, meanwhile, scored seven nods each: Eminem for his videos “The Monster” and “Berzerk,” and Azalea for her Clueless homage, “Fancy.” Other stars receiving multiple nominations include Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams, Ariana Grande, Lorde, Sam Smith, Pitbull, Jason Derulo, Hayley Williams of Paramore, Avicii and Sia.

In addition to “Drunk in Love,” the contenders for Video of the Year are “Fancy,” Pharrell’s “Happy,” Sia’s “Chandelier” and “Wrecking Ball” by Cyrus.

Nominees for a new category, Best Lyric Video, will be announced at a later date.

Usher, 5 Seconds of Summer and Ariana Grande are all confirmed to perform on the MTV VMA telecast on Sunday, Aug. 24, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Here are the nominees:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX — “Fancy”
Beyoncé ft. Jay Z — “Drunk in Love”
Pharrell Williams — “Happy”
Sia — “Chandelier”
Miley Cyrus — “Wrecking Ball”

BEST HIP-HOP
Eminem — “Berzerk”
Drake ft. Majid Jordan — “Hold On (We’re Going Home)”
Childish Gambino — “3005”
Kanye West — “Black Skinhead”
Wiz Khalifa — “We Dem Boyz”
 
BEST MALE
Pharrell Williams — “Happy”
John Legend — “All of Me”
Ed Sheeran ft. Pharrell — “Sing”
Sam Smith — “Stay with Me”
Eminem ft. Rihanna — “The Monster”
 
BEST FEMALE
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX — “Fancy”
Beyoncé — “Partition”
Lorde — “Royals”
Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — “Problem”
Katy Perry ft. Juicy J — “Dark Horse”
 
BEST POP
Pharrell Williams — “Happy”
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX — “Fancy”
Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz — “Talk Dirty”
Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — “Problem”
Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc — “Wake Me Up”
 
BEST ROCK
Imagine Dragons — “Demons”
Arctic Monkeys — “Do I Wanna Know”
The Black Keys — “Fever”
Lorde — “Royals”
Linkin Park — “Until It’s Gone”
 
MTV ARTIST TO WATCH
Sam Smith — “Stay with Me”
5 Seconds of Summer –“She Looks So Perfect”
Charli XCX — “Boom Clap”
Schoolboy Q — “Man of the Year”
Fifth Harmony — “Miss Movin On”
 
BEST COLLABORATION
Beyoncé ft. Jay Z — “Drunk in Love”
Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — “Problem”
Pitbull ft. Ke$ha — “Timber”
Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne and Tyga — “Loyal”
Eminem ft. Rihanna — “The Monster”
Katy Perry ft. Juicy J — “Dark Horse”

MTV CLUBLAND AWARD
DJ Snake & Lil Jon — “Turn Down for What”
Zedd ft. Hayley Williams — “Stay the Night”
Calvin Harris — “Summer”
Martin Garrix — “Animal”
Disclosure — “Grab Her!”

BEST VIDEO WITH A SOCIAL MESSAGE
Angel Haze ft. Sia — “Battle Cry“
Avicii — “Hey Brother”
Beyoncé — “Pretty Hurts”
J. Cole ft. TLC — “Crooked Smile”
Kelly Rowland — “Dirty Laundry”
David Guetta ft. Mikky Ekko — “One Voice”
 
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
30 Seconds to Mars — “City of Angels”
Beyoncé — “Pretty Hurts”
Arcade Fire — “Afterlife”
Gesaffelstein — “Hate or Glory”
Lana Del Rey — “West Coast”

BEST EDITING
Eminem — “Rap God”
MGMT — “Your Life Is a Lie”
Zedd  ft. Hayley Williams –“Stay the Night”
Beyoncé — “Pretty Hurts”
Fitz and the Tantrums — “The Walker”

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Sia — “Chandelier”
Beyoncé — “Partition”
Usher — “Good Kisser”
Michael Jackson ft. Justin Timberlake — “Love Never Felt So Good”
Jason Derulo ft. 2Chainz — “Talk Dirty”
Kieza — “Hideaway”

BEST DIRECTION
DJ Snake & Lil Jon — “Turn Down for What”
OK Go  — “The Writing’s on the Wall”
Miley Cyrus — “Wrecking Ball”
Beyoncé — “Pretty Hurts”
Eminem ft. Rihanna — “The Monster”

BEST ART DIRECTION
DJ Snake & Lil Jon — “Turn Down for What”
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX — “Fancy”
Eminem — “Rap God”
Arcade Fire — “Reflektor”
Tyler, the Creator — “Tamale”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
DJ Snake & Lil Jon — “Turn Down for What”
OK Go — “The Writing’s on the Wall”
Disclosure — “Grab Her!”
Eminem — “Rap God”
Jack White — “Lazaretto”


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