Beyoncé garners 11 MTV Video Award noms; Taylor Swift shut-out

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Beyoncé has garnered 11 MTV Music Video Award nominations for “Lemonade” and “Formation,” leading the pack for this year’s field of nominees for the music awards. Adele came in second with eight nominations for her hit songs “Hello” and “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” from her album “25.”

The awards will be handed out Aug. 28 from a ceremony at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Fans can begin voting today for the awards at vma.mtv.com

Here’s the full list of nominees:

Video of the year

Adele, Hello

Beyoncé, Formation

Drake, Hotline Bling

Justin Bieber, Sorry

Kanye West, Famous

Best female video

Adele, Hello

Beyoncé, Hold Up

Sia, Cheap Thrills

Ariana Grande, Into You

Rihanna, Work (featuring Drake)

Best male video

Drake, Hotline Bling

Bryson Tiller, Don’t

Calvin Harris, This is What You Came For (featuring Rihanna)

Kanye West, Famous

The Weeknd, Can’t Feel My Face

Best collaboration

Beyoncé, Freedom (featuring Kendrick Lamar)

Fifth Harmony, Work From Home (featuring Ty Dolla $ign)

Ariana Grande, Let Me Love You (featuring Lil Wayne)

Calvin Harris, This is What You Came For (featuring Rihanna)

Rihanna, Work (featuring Drake)

Best hip-hop video

Drake, Hotline Bling

Desiigner, Panda

Bryson Tiller, Don’t

Chance the Rapper, Angels (featuring Saba)

2 Chainz, Watch Out

Best pop video

Adele, Hello

Beyoncé, Formation

Justin Bieber, Sorry

Alessia Cara, Wild Things

Ariana Grande, Into You

Best rock video

All Time Low, Missing You

Coldplay, Adventure of a Lifetime

Fall Out Boy, Irresistible (featuring Demi Lovato)

Twenty One Pilots, Heathens

Panic! At The Disco, Victorious

Best electronic video

Calvin Harris & Disciples, How Deep is Your Love

99 Souls, The Girl is Mine (featuring Destiny’s Child and Brandy)

Mike Posner, I Took a Pill in Ibiza

Afrojack, SummerThing!

The Chainsmokers, Don’t Let Me Down (featuring Daya)

Breakthrough long-form video

Florence + the Machine, The Odyssey

Beyoncé, Lemonade

Justin Bieber, Purpose: The Movement

Chris Brown, Royalty

Troye Sivan, Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy

Best new artist

Bryson Tiller

Desiigner

Zara Larsson

Lukas Graham

DNCE

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, WTF (Where They From) (featuring Pharrell)

Beyoncé, Sorry

FKA Twigs, M3LL155X

Florence + 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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