Taylor Swift Leads All Nominees With Nine Nominations For The MTV Video Music Awards [VIDEO]

Taylor Swift leads the way, Ed Sheeran and Beyonce come in second and third with six and five nominations.

The MTV Video Music Awards will air live on MTV , Sunday, August 30th at 8:00 central time... Miley Cyrus will host the award show.

Video of the Year

Beyoncé — "7/11"
Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud"
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar — "Bad Blood"
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — "Uptown Funk"
Kendrick Lamar — "Alright"

Best Male Video

Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud"
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — "Uptown Funk"
Kendrick Lamar — "Alright"
The Weeknd — "Earned It"
Nick Jonas — "Chains"

Best Female Video

Beyoncé — "7/11"
Taylor Swift — "Blank Space"
Nicki Minaj — "Anaconda"
Sia — "Elastic Heart"
Ellie Goulding — "Love Me Like You Do"

Best Hip Hop Video

Fetty Wap — "Trap Queen"
Nicki Minaj — "Anaconda"
Kendrick Lamar — "Alright"
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth — "See You Again"
Big Sean ft. E-40 — "IDFWU"

Best Pop Video

Beyoncé — "7/11"
Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud"
Taylor Swift — "Blank Space"
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — "Uptown Funk"
Maroon 5 — "Sugar"

Best Rock Video

Hozier — "Take Me To Church"
Fall Out Boy — "Uma Thurman"
Florence + the Machine — "Ship To Wreck"
Walk the Moon — "Shut Up and Dance"
Arctic Monkeys — "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"

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Fetty Wap — "Trap Queen"
Vance Joy — "Riptide"
George Ezra — "Budapest"
James Bay — "Hold Back The River"
FKA Twigs — "Pendulum"

Best Collaboration

Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar — "Bad Blood"
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — "Uptown Funk"
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth — "See You Again"
Ariana Grande & The Weeknd — "Love Me Harder"
Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj — "Bang Bang"

Video With a Social Message

Jennifer Hudson — "I Still Love You"
Colbie Caillat — "Try"
Big Sean ft. Kanye West and John Legend — "One Man Can Change the World"
Rihanna — "American Oxygen"
Wale — "The White Shoes"

Professional Categories

Best Art Direction

Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar — "Bad Blood" (Charles Infante)
Snoop Dogg — "So Many Pros" (Jason Fijal)
Jack White — "Would You Fight For My Love" (Jeff Peterson)
The Chemical Brothers — "Go" (Michel Gondry)
Skrillex & Diplo — "Where Are U Now" with Justin Bieber (Brewer)

Best Choreography

Beyoncé — "7/11" (Beyoncé, Chris Grant, Additional choreography: Gabriel Valenciano)
OK Go — "I Won’t Let You Down" (OK Go, air:man and Mori Harano)
Chet Faker — "Gold" (Ryan Heffington)
Ed Sheeran — "Don’t" (Nappy Tabs)
Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar — "Never Catch Me" (Keone and Mari Madrid)

Best Cinematography

Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar — "Never Catch Me" (Larkin Sieple)
Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud" (Daniel Pearl)
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar — "Bad Blood" (Christopher Probst)
FKA Twigs — "Two Weeks" (Justin Brown)
Alt-J — "Left Hand Free" (Mike Simpson)

Best Direction

Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar — "Bad Blood" (Joseph Kahn)
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — "Uptown Funk" (Bruno Mars and Cameron Duddy)
Kendrick Lamar — "Alright" (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies)
Hozier — "Take Me To Church" (Brendan Canty, Conal Thomson)
Childish Gambino — "Sober" (Hiro Murai)

Best Editing

Beyoncé — "7/11" (Beyoncé, Ed Burke, Jonathan Wing)
Ed Sheeran — "Don’t" (Jacquelyn London)
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar — "Bad Blood" (Chancler Haynes at Cosmo Street)
A$AP Rocky — "L$D" (Dexter Navy)
Skrillex & Diplo — "Where Are U Now" with Justin Bieber (Brewer)

Best Visual Effects

Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar — "Bad Blood" (Ingenuity Studios)
FKA Twigs — "Two Weeks" (Gloria FX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi, and Max Chyzhevskyy)
Childish Gambino — "Telegraph Ave." (Gloria FX)
Skrillex & Diplo — "Where Are U Now" with Justin Bieber (Brewer)
Tyler, The Creator — "F****** Young/Death Camp" (Gloria FX)

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