MTV Video Music Award Nominations 2016

Beyoncé led with 11 nominations for "Lemonade."

By
ANDREA DRESDALE
July 26, 2016, 3:37 PM ET
3 min read

— -- Beyoncé's the queen when it comes to this year's MTV VMA nominations.

The singer's "visual album" "Lemonade" earned her 11 nods for this year's awards, which air live from New York's Madison Square Garden on Aug. 28. Adele was the second-most nominated act, scoring eight nods, including seven for her "Hello." video. Other top nominees include Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Calvin Harris, Coldplay, Sia and The Weeknd.

The prestigious Video of the Year category will be a face-off between Beyoncé's "Formation," Adele's "Hello," Justin Bieber's "Sorry," Kanye West's controversial clip "Famous" and Drake's much-mocked "Hotline Bling."

Fans can start voting now in the categories of Video of the Year, Best Male Female Video, Best Male Video and others. The Best New Artist Award category will be open all the way up until the pre-show, while the nominees for Best Song of the Summer will be announced in the coming weeks.

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Here are the 2016 MTV VMA nominations:

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 featuring 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

    • PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES

    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 + 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 – “Format
  • 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”