The Video Music Awards (VMAs) nominations have been revealed and guess who is leading the pack?? That’s right, none other than Queen Bey herself!
Beyonc is leading with 11 nominations, making this the most number of nominations she’s received in a year. Adele is not too far behind with 8 nominations herself.
We all remember the infamous “Taylor imma let you finish, but Beyonc had one of the best music videos of all time” incident by Kanye West who, like many of us thought that award should’ve been awarded to Beyonc.
The video of the year award is the biggest award of the VMAs and this year both Kanye and Beyonc are nominated for the award for their videos for “FAMOUS” (the irony) and “Formation” respectively.
In true Kanye fashion, it’s safe to say that he believes that award should be awarded to him this time. I do however, wonder what he’ll say, or do, if the award doesn’t go to neither him nor Beyonc, and instead goes to one of the other nominees who include Drake, Justin Bieber, and Adele.
View below for a full list of this years categories and nominees, courtesy of MTV.
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Adele – Hello
Beyonc Formation
Drake Hotline Bling
Justin Bieber Sorry
Kanye West Famous
BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Adele Hello
Beyonc Hold Up
Sia Cheap Thrills
Ariana Grande Into You
Rihanna ft. Drake Work (short version)
BEST MALE VIDEO
Drake Hotline Bling
Bryson Tiller Dont
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna This Is What You Came For
Kanye West Famous
The Weeknd Cant Feel My Face
BEST COLLABORATION
Beyonc 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 Dont
Chance The Rapper ft. Saba Angels
2 Chainz Watch Out
BEST POP VIDEO
Adele Hello
Beyonc 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. Destinys Child & Brandy The Girl Is Mine
Mike Posner I Took A Pill In Ibiza
Afrojack SummerThing!
BREAKTHROUGH LONG FORM VIDEO
Florence + The Machine The Odyssey
Beyonc 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
Beyonc 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
Beyonc Formation (Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia)
Missy Elliott ft. Pharrell WTF (Where They From) (Choreographer: Hi-Hat)
Beyonc Sorry (Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia, Anthony Burrell, Beyonc Knowles Carter)
FKA Twigs M3LL155X (Choreographer: FKA Twigs)
Florence + The Machine Delilah (Choreographer: Holly Blakey)
BEST DIRECTION
Beyonc 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
Beyonc Formation (Cinematographer: Malik Sayeed)
Adele Hello (Cinematographer: Andr Turpin)
David Bowie Lazarus (Cinematographer: Crille Forsberg)
Alesso I Wanna Know (Cinematographer: Corey Jennings)
Ariana Grande Into You (Cinematographer: Paul Laufer)
BEST EDITING
Beyonc Formation (Editor: Jeff Selis)
Adele Hello (Editor: Xavier Dolan)
Fergie M.I.L.F. $ (Editor: Vinnie Hobbs)
David Bowie Lazarus (Editor: Johan Sderberg)
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 Cant Feel My Face (VFX Editor: Bryan Smaller)
Zayn PILLOWTALK (VFX Editor: David Smith)
TSR EDITOR: Thembi M. @ThembiTV_ on Instagram & Twitter
