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MTV Video Music Awards Nominations Announced For 2016

The MTV Video Music Award Nominations were announced on Tuesday, and artists such as Beyoncé and […]

The MTV Video Music Award Nominations were announced on Tuesday, and artists such as Beyoncé and Adele are looking at racking up multiple awards at this year’s awards show. Beyoncé earned 11 nominations for her Lemonade visual album, in what is a career best for the 34-year-old superstar.

Adele garnered the second most nominations, and is up for eight awards with seven of them for her single “Hello.”

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The video of the year honors will be a battle between Beyoncé’s “Formation,” Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” Justin Bieber’s “Sorry,” and Kanye West’s highly controversial video for his song “Famous.”

Fans can begin casting their votes today for video of the year, best male video, best female video, breakthrough long form video and best new artist. According to the Hollywood Reporter, voting for the best new artist award will remain open through the VMA pre-show, which airs at 8 p.m ET. The top two artists will be revealed during the pre-show and will kick off a live hashtag vote before the winner is announced during the ceremony.

The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards will air from new York’s Madison Square Garden live on Sunday August 28 at 9 p.m. ET.

Check out the full list of awards below…

Video of the Year

Adele – “Hello”
Director: Xavier Dolan

Beyoncé – “Formation”
Director: Melina Matsoukas

Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Director: Director X

Justin Bieber – “Sorry”
Director: Parris Goebel

Kanye West – “Famous”
Director: Kanye West

Best Female Video

Adele – “Hello”
Director: Xavier Dolan

Beyoncé – “Hold Up”
Director: Jonas Åkerlund, Beyoncé Knowles Carter

Sia – “Cheap Thrills”
Director: Lior Molcho

Ariana Grande – “Into You”
Director: Hannah Lux Davis

Rihanna ft. Drake – “Work” (short version)
Director: Director X

Best Male Video

Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Director: Director X

Bryson Tiller – “Don’t”
Director: Cris

Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – “This Is What You Came For”
Director: Emil Nava

Kanye West – “Famous”
Director: Kanye West

The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”
Director: Grant Singer

Best Collaboration

Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Freedom”
Director:Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Kahlil Joseph

Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign – “Work From Home”
Director: Director X

Ariana Grande ft. Lil Wayne – “Let Me Love You”
Director: Grant Singer

Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – “This Is What You Came For”
Director: Emil Nava

Rihanna ft. Drake – “Work” (short version)
Director: Director X

Best Hip Hop Video

Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Director: Director X

Desiigner – “Panda”
Director: Paul Geusebroek

Bryson Tiller – “Don’t”
Director: Cris

Chance The Rapper – “Angels”
Director: Austin Vesely

2 Chainz – “Watch Out”
Director: Motion Family

Best Pop Video

Adele – “Hello”
Director: Xavier Dolan

Beyoncé – “Formation”
Director: Melina Matsoukas

Justin Bieber – “Sorry”
Director: Parris Goebel

Alessia Cara – “Wild Things”
Director: Aaron A

Ariana Grande – “Into You”
Director: Hannah Lux Davis

Best Rock Video

All Time Low – “Missing You”
Director: Patrick Tracy

Coldplay – “Adventure Of A Lifetime”
Director: Mat Whitecross

Fall Out Boy ft. Demi Lovato – “Irresistible”
Director: Wayne Isham

twenty one pilots – “Heathens”
Director: Andrew Donoho

Panic! At The Disco – “Victorious”
Director: Brandon Dermer

Best Electronic Video

Calvin Harris & Disciples – “How Deep Is Your Love”
Director: Emil Nava

99 Souls ft. Destiny’s Child & Brandy – “The Girl Is Mine”
Director: Ludovic Zuili, Simon Bouisson

Mike Posner – “I Took A Pill In Ibiza”
Director: Jon Jon Augustavo

Afrojack – “SummerThing!”
Director: Sam Sneed

The Chainsmokers ft. Daya – “Don’t Let Me Down”
Director: Marcus Kuhne

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

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” Art
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 – “Hello”
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 – “PILLOWTALK”
VFX Editor: David Smith

Which of these videos will you be voting for?