Beyoncé set a new personal best this year with 11 nominations for the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. Her visual album LEMONADE and video for “Formation” led the pack of nominations announced Tuesday (July 26), seemingly getting the nod in every category where she’d be eligible with the exception of Best Visual Effects.
Hip Hop and R&B artists had a big year across the board.
Drake got a combined six nominations for his meme-baiting “Hotline Bling” video and his collaboration with Rihanna for “Work.” Kanye West’s controversial “Famous” visuals scored two nominations, including for Video Of The Year.
Nominated for Best Hip Hop Video: Drake for “Hotline Bling,” Desiigner for “Panda,” Bryson Tiller for “Don’t,” Chance The Rapper for “Angels,” and 2 Chainz for “Watch Out.”
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Desiigner and Bryson Tiller were also nominated in the Best New Artist category.
Other musical genres didn’t fare so well. The artists nominated in the Rock and Electronic categories weren’t nominated anywhere else, aside from Coldplay, who earned three nominations total. Adele received eight nominations, seven of them for the video of her mega-hit “Hello.”
The awards go down live at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, August 28 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Fans can vote for some categories here.
Scroll down for the full nominations, but first check out these murals that were unveiled in First Street Green Art Park in New York City ahead of the announcements.
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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)
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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 $ign]: “Work From Home”
Ariana Grande [ft. Lil Wayne]: “Let Me Love You”
Calvin Harris [ft. Rihanna]: “This Is What You Came For”
Rihanna [ft. Drake]: “Work” (short version)
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Best Hip Hop Video
Drake: “Hotline Bling”
Desiigner: “Panda”
Bryson Tiller: “Don’t”
Chance the Rapper: “Angels”
2 Chainz: “Watch Out”
Best Pop Video
Adele: “Hello”
Beyoncé: “Formation”
Justin Bieber: “Sorry”
Alessia Cara: “Wild Things”
Ariana Grande: “Into You”
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Best Rock Video
All Time Low: “Missing You”
Coldplay: “Adventure of a Lifetime”
Fall Out Boy [ft. Demi Lovato]: “Irresistable”
twenty one pilots: “Heathens”
Panic! At the Disco: “Victorious”
Best Electronic Video
Calvin Harris & Disciples: “How Deep Is Your Love”
99 Souls [ft. Destiny’s Child & Brandy]: “The Girl Is Mine”
Mike Posner: “I Took a Pill in Ibiza”
Afrojack: “SummerThing!”
The Chainsmokers [ft. Daya]: “Don’t Let Me Down”
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Breakthrough Long Form Video
Florence and the Machine: The Odyssey
Beyoncé: Lemonade
Justin Bieber: PURPOSE: The Movement
Chris Brown: Royalty
Troye Sivan: Blue Neighborhood Trilogy
Best New Artist
Bryson Tiller
Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham
DNCE
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Best Art Direction
Beyoncé: “Hold Up”
Fergie: “M.I.L.F.$”
Drake: “Hotline Bling”
David Bowie: “Blackstar”
Adele: “Hello”
Best Choreography
Beyoncé: “Formation”
Missy Elliott [ft. Pharrell]: “WTF (Where They From)”
Beyoncé: “Sorry”
FKA twigs: “M3LL155X”
Florence and the Machine: “Delilah”
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Best Direction
Beyoncé: “Formation”
Coldplay: “Up&Up”
Adele: “Hello”
David Bowie: “Lazarus”
Tame Impala: “The Less I Know the Better”
Best Cinematography
Beyoncé: “Formation”
Adele: “Hello”
David Bowie: “Lazarus”
Alesso: “I Wanna Know”
Ariana Grande: “Into You”
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Best Editing
Beyoncé: “Formation”
Adele: “Hello”
Fergie: “M.I.L.F.$”
David Bowie: “Lazarus”
Ariana Grande: “Into You”
Best Visual Effects
Coldplay: “Up&Up”
FKA twigs: “M3LL155X”
Adele: “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)”
The Weeknd: “Can’t Feel My Face”
Zayn: “PILLOWTALK”
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