She’s one of the most celebrated performers of the modern era, and on Tuesday Beyoncé earned even more accolades, with 11 nominations in the MTV Video Music Awards for her Lemonade project. The “visual album” was released in April, two months after its politically charged Formation video was unveiled just before Beyoncé’s controversial appearance at the Super Bowl
Adele received eight nominations for the awards, seven of which were her video Hello, directed by the young French filmmaker Xavier Dolan. Both Formation and Hello are nominated for the top award, video of the year: the others in the category are Drake's much-memed Hotline Bling, Justin Bieber's Sorry and Kanye West's Famous, which depicts him in bed with a succession of naked celebrities.
Last year the nominations caused a spat between Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift, after the latter took offense at Minaj complaining that she had not been nominated for video of the year for Anaconda. However, neither have been nominated this year.
The full list of nominees is:
Adele: Hello
Beyoncé: Formation
Drake: Hotline Bling
Justin Bieber: Sorry
Kanye West: Famous
Adele: Hello
Beyoncé: Hold Up
Sia: Cheap Thrills
Ariana Grande: Into You
Rihanna (ft. Drake): Work (short version)
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
Beyoncé (ft Kendrick Lamar): Freedom
Fifth Harmony (ft Ty Dolla $ign): Work From Home
Ariana Grande (ft Lil Wayne): Let Me Love You
Calvin Harris (ft Rihanna): This Is What You Came For
Rihanna (ft Drake): Work (short version)
Drake: Hotline Bling
Desiigner: Panda
Bryson Tiller: Don’t
Chance the Rapper: Angels2
Chainz:: Watch Out
Adele: Hello
Beyoncé: Formation
Justin Bieber: Sorry
Alessia Cara: Wild Things
Ariana Grande: Into You
All Time Low: Missing You
Coldplay: Adventure of a Lifetime
Fall Out Boy (ft Demi Lovato): Irresistable
twenty one pilots: Heathens
Panic! At the Disco: Victorious
Calvin Harris & Disciples: How Deep Is Your Love
99 Souls (ft Destiny's Child & Brandy): The Girl Is Mine
Mike Posner: I Took a Pill in Ibiza
Afrojack: SummerThing!
The Chainsmokers (ft Daya): Don't Let Me Down
Florence and the Machine: The Odyssey
Beyoncé: Lemonade
Justin Bieber: Purpose: The Movement
Chris Brown: Royalty
Troye Sivan: Blue Neighborhood Trilogy
Bryson Tiller
Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham
DNCE
Beyoncé: Hold Up
Fergie: M.I.L.F.$
Drake: Hotline Bling
David Bowie: Blackstar
Adele: Hello
Beyoncé: Formation
Missy Elliott (ft. Pharrell): WTF (Where They From)
Beyoncé: Sorry
FKA twigs: M3LL155X
Florence and the Machine: Delilah
Beyoncé: Formation
Coldplay: Up&Up
Adele: Hello
David Bowie: Lazarus
Tame Impala: The Less I Know the Better
Beyoncé: Formation
Adele: Hello
David Bowie: Lazarus
Alesso: I Wanna Know
Ariana Grande: Into You
Beyoncé: Formation
Adele: Hello
Fergie: M.I.L.F.$
David Bowie: Lazarus
Ariana Grande: Into You
Coldplay: Up&Up
FKA twigs: M3LL155X
Adele: Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
The Weeknd: Can’t Feel My Face
Zayn: Pillowtalk
(Guardian service)
