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Beyoncé and Adele Top MTV Video Music Awards 2016 Nominations List | Kanye West’s “Famous” Nominated for Best Video of the Year
The 2016 MTV Video Music Award nominations are here!
Leading this year’s nominees is none other than Beyoncé with a total of 11 nominations, including Video of the Year for ‘Formation’ and the newest VMA category, Breakthrough Long Form Video, for her HBO special ‘Lemonade’. That’s the most nominations she’s ever gotten in a single year.
Adele comes in second with a total of eight nominations, seven of which are for her iconic ‘Hello’ visual, including Video of the Year. Drake’s ‘Hotline Bling’, Justin Bieber’s ‘Sorry’, and Kanye West’s ‘Famous’ are also up for Video of the Year.
The nominations were revealed via Facebook Live, and the Video of the Year nominees were painted onto a panoramic mural in New York’s East Village.
See the full list below:.
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 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
Professional Categories
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 – Hell (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 – Pillow talk (VFX Editor: David Smith)
The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards will air live from New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday, August 28th at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT and you can vote here.
Photo Credit: Getty Images/Mike Coppola