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Beyoncé, Adele lead nomination list

Beyonce at the BET 2016 Awards
Beyonce at the BET 2016 Awards
Adele’s ‘Hello’ and Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’ are both up for Video of the Year alongside Drake’s 'Hotline Bling', Justin Bieber’s 'Sorry', and Kanye West’s ‘ Famous’.
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The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards nominees’ list is here!

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Beyoncé is leading in the race with 11 nominations in several of the award categories including Video of the Year for ‘Formation’.

This is the most nominations the Queen Bey has received in one award show nominations.

Meanwhile English singer Adele come close to the Bey hive with eight nominations. Out of her eight nominations, seven of them are for her chart topping melody ‘Hello’.

Adele’s ‘Hello’ and Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’ are both up for Video of the Year alongside Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” Justin Bieber’s “Sorry,” and Kanye West’s ‘ Famous’.

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Rihanna's 'Work' featuring Drake is up for Best Female video and Designer's 'Panda' is up for Best Hip Hop video.

Meanwhile Beyoncé's "Lemonade" and Chris Brown's "Royalty" are both up for the Breakthrough Long Form Video award.

The MTV VMAs hold at the Madison Square Garden on Sunday, August 28. View the nomination list below:

Video of the Year

Adele: “Hello”Beyoncé: “Formation”Drake: “Hotline Bling”Justin Bieber: “Sorry”Kanye West: “Famous”

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Best Female Video:

Adele: “Hello”Beyoncé: “Hold Up”Sia: “Cheap Thrills”Ariana Grande: “Into You”Rihanna [ft. Drake]: “Work” (short version)

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:

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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)

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”

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”Ariana Grande: “Into You”

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”

Breakthrough Long Form Video:

Florence and the Machine: The OdysseyBeyoncé: LemonadeJustin Bieber: PURPOSE: The MovementChris Brown: RoyaltyTroye Sivan: Blue Neighborhood Trilogy

Best New Artist:

Bryson TillerDesiignerZara LarssonLukas GrahamDNCE

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”

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”

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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