The MTV Video Music Awards 2016 Nominations List is Out! + Beyoncé, Adele Reign

The nominations for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards are here and we are excited to bring you the list of nominees who stand to earn recognition for art’s beauty portrayed in their music videos.

Taking away eleven nominations across the various categories is none other than Beyoncé. Among them include Video of the Year for ‘Formation’ and the newest VMA category, Breakthrough Long Form Video, for her HBO special ‘Lemonade’. This is the most nominations she’s ever gotten in a single year.

Following is Adele with a total of eight nominations much of which are from her iconic “Hello” visual, including Video of the Year. Other contenders for the award are Drake’s ‘Hotline Bling’, Justin Bieber’s ‘Sorry’, and Kanye West’s ‘Famous’.

See the full list of nominations 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 MTV Video Music Awards 2016 will air live from Madison Square Garden, New York on Sunday, August 28th at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.  You can vote for you favourite music video and artiste here.

Who do you think will clinch the awards in each category?

Photo Credit: Getty Images/Mike Coppola