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
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
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
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
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
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