Tuesday 21 July 2015

Taylor Swift leads the pack with 9 nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards... while Ed Sheeran gets 6

Taylor Swift leads the pack with NINE nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards... while Ed Sheeran gets six nods

Bad Blood has proved to be really good for Taylor Swift.
The pop superstar received nine nominations for the 2015 MTV Music Video Awards, announced Tuesday. 
Seven nods were for Bad Blood while two - Best Female Video and Best Pop Video - were for Blank Space.
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Favorite: Taylor Swift, whose 1989 was the best-selling album of 2014, earned nine MTV Video Music Award nominations; here she is seen on July 11 in New Jersey
Favorite: Taylor Swift, whose 1989 was the best-selling album of 2014, earned nine MTV Video Music Award nominations; here she is seen on July 11 in New Jersey
Nominated: Swift's Bad Blood video, starring a number of her celebrity pals, earned seven VMA nods
Nominated: Swift's Bad Blood video, starring a number of her celebrity pals, earned seven VMA nods
British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran earned six nominations for Thinking Out Loud and Don't.
Beyonce and DJ-producer Mark Ronson each scored five nominations.
The 'Moonmen,' as the award statuettes are called, will be handed out during a live televised show from Los Angeles on August 30. 
Popular: Ed Sheeran earned six VMA nominations including Video of the Year and Best Male Video for Thinking Out Loud and Best Choreography for Don't
Popular: Ed Sheeran earned six VMA nominations including Video of the Year and Best Male Video for Thinking Out Loud and Best Choreography for Don't
Swift's superhero-themed video for Bad Blood, a collaboration with hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar, will go head-to-head for the coveted Video Of The Year prize with Beyonce's 7/11, Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud, Ronson's Uptown Funk featuring Bruno Mars, and Lamar's Alright. 
Bad Blood is also nominated for best collaboration, direction, editing, visual effects, art direction and cinematography.
In the best female video category, the songstress will compete with Beyonce, Sia, Nicki Minaj and Ellie Goulding.
Sheeran, Lamar, Ronson, the Weeknd and Nick Jonas will compete for best male video.
Funky hit: Mark Ronson's video for Uptown Funk featuring Bruno Mars garnered five VMA nominations
Funky hit: Mark Ronson's video for Uptown Funk featuring Bruno Mars garnered five VMA nominations
Other nominees include Diplo, FKA twigs, Skrillex and Minaj with three nominations apiece and the Weeknd, Ariana Grande and Fetty Wap with two nods each.
The awards show in LA will be hosted by Miley Cyrus who won Video Of The Year in 2014 for Wrecking Ball.
She made headlines at the 2013 VMAs when she 'twerked' on stage, grinding against Robin Thicke.
In an Instagram post Monday, alongside a photo of her dressed as a green alien, Miley wrote: 'MTV won't let me perform ... so I'm hosting this year's VMAs.'
Fans can begin voting for their choices today via the show's website
Bizarre: Miley Cyrus announced she's hosting the live Video Music Awards show via this Instagram pic on Monday
Bizarre: Miley Cyrus announced she's hosting the live Video Music Awards show via this Instagram pic on Monday
She's on the list too: Beyonce was nominated for Video Of The Year with 7/11; here she is seen at the Grammys in February
She's on the list too: Beyonce was nominated for Video Of The Year with 7/11; here she is seen at the Grammys in February

2015 MTV MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS NOMINEES

Video of the Year
Beyoncé, 7/11
Ed Sheeran, Thinking Out Loud
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk
Kendrick Lamar, Alright

Best Male Video
Ed Sheeran, Thinking Out Loud
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk
Kendrick Lamar, Alright
The Weeknd, Earned It
Nick Jonas, Chains

Best Female Video
Beyoncé, 7/11
Taylor Swift, Blank Space
Nicki Minaj, Anaconda
Sia, Elastic Heart
Ellie Goulding, Love Me Like You Do

Best Hip Hop Video
Fetty Wap, Trap Queen
Nicki Minaj, Anaconda
Kendrick Lamar, Alright
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth, See You Again
Big Sean ft. E-40, IDFWU

Best Pop Video
Beyoncé, 7/11
Ed Sheeran, Thinking Out Loud
Taylor Swift, Blank Space
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk
Maroon 5, Sugar

Best Rock Video
Hozier, Take Me To Church
Fall Out Boy, Uma Thurman
Florence + the Machine, Ship To Wreck
Walk the Moon, Shut Up and Dance
Arctic Monkeys, Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?

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Fetty Wap, Trap Queen
Vance Joy, Riptide
George Ezra, Budapest
James Bay, Hold Back The River
FKA Twigs Pendulum

Best Collaboration
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth, See You Again
Ariana Grande & The Weeknd, Love Me Harder
Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj, Bang Bang

Video With a Social Message
Jennifer Hudson, I Still Love You
Colbie Caillat, Try
Big Sean ft. Kanye West & John Legend, One Man Can Change the World
Rihanna, American Oxygen
Wale, The White Shoes

Professional Categories
Best Art Direction
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood (Charles Infante)
Snoop Dogg, So Many Pros (Jason Fijal)
Jack White, Would You Fight For My Love (Jeff Peterson)
The Chemical Brothers, Go (Michel Gondry)
Skrillex & Diplo with Justin Bieber, Where Are U Now (Brewer)

Best Choreography
Beyoncé, 7/11 (Beyoncé & Chris Grant, with additional choreography, Gabriel Valenciano)
OK Go, I Won’t Let You Down (OK Go, air:man & Mori Harano)
Chet Faker, Gold (Ryan Heffington)
Ed Sheeran, Don’t (Nappy Tabs)
Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar, Never Catch Me (Keone and Mari Madrid)

Best Cinematography
Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar, Never Catch Me (Larkin Sieple)
Ed Sheeran, Thinking Out Loud (Daniel Pearl)
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood (Christopher Probst)
FKA Twigs, Two Weeks (Justin Brown)
Alt-J, Left Hand Free (Mike Simpson)

Best Direction
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood (Joseph Kahn)
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk (Bruno Mars & Cameron Duddy)
Kendrick Lamar, Alright (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies)
Hozier, Take Me To Church (Brendan Canty & Conal Thomson)
Childish Gambino, Sober (Hiro Murai)

Best Editing
Beyoncé, 7/11 (Beyoncé, Ed Burke & Jonathan Wing)
Ed Sheeran, Don’t (Jacquelyn London)
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood (Chancler Haynes at Cosmo Street)
A$AP Rocky, L$D (Dexter Navy)
Skrillex & Diplo with Justin Bieber, Where Are U Now (Brewer)

Best Visual Effects
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood (Ingenuity Studios)
FKA Twigs, Two Weeks (Gloria FX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi & Max Chyzhevskyy)
Childish Gambino, Telegraph Ave. (Gloria FX)
Skrillex & Diplo with Justin Bieber, Where Are U Now (Brewer)
Tyler, The Creator, "F****** Young/Death Camp" (Gloria FX)





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