The pop superstar dominates the list after bagging nine nominations including the coveted Video of the Year for her and Kendrick Lamar's 'Bad Blood' video.
- Jul 22, 2015
AceShowbiz - The full nominees of the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards were revealed on Tuesday, July 21. Taylor Swift leads the pack with nine nods in various categories including the coveted Video of the Year for the star-studded visuals of "Bad Blood" featuring Kendrick Lamar.
Lamar is also nominated in the same category for his own "Alright". Other names vying for the award are Ed Sheeran ("Thinking Out Loud"), Beyonce Knowles ("7/11") and Mark Ronson ("Uptown Funk" featuring Bruno Mars).
In addition to the Video of the Year title, Swift's "Bad Blood" clip is up for a bunch of other awards like Best Collaboration, Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Editing and Best Cinematography. Its director Joseph Kahn is eyeing the Best Direction trophy.
Swift's fellow Video of the Year nominees Sheeran, Ronson and Bey are other acts bagging multiple nominees. The former two are pitted against each other for Best Male Video and Best Pop Video. The latter, meanwhile, also has her "7/11" in contention for Best Female Video and Best Choreography among others.
The 2015 Video Music Awards is airing live on MTV on August 30. Miley Cyrus has announced that she's hosting the event. "MTV won't let me perform... So I'm hosting this year's VMAs," she said on Monday.
2015 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees
BEST MALE VIDEO
BEST FEMALE VIDEO
BEST POP VIDEO
BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO
BEST ROCK VIDEO
BEST COLLABORATION
BEST VIDEO WITH A SOCIAL MESSAGE
ARTIST TO WATCH
BEST DIRECTION
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
BEST ART DIRECTION
BEST EDITING
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY