Beyonce, Adele Lead 2016 MTV MUSIC VIDEO AWARD Nominations; Full List

MTV today announced nominations for the 2016 "MTV Video Music Awards," with Beyoncé earning a career-best eleven nominations for videos from her cultural watershed visual album "Lemonade" and Adele earning eight nominations, including seven for her Youtube record-shattering video "Hello." "Hello," Beyoncé's "Formation," Drake's "Hotline Bling," Justin Bieber's "Sorry" and Kanye West's "Famous" all earned nominations for "Video of the Year." The 2016 "MTV Video Music Awards" will air LIVE from New York's iconic Madison Square Garden for the first time ever on Sunday, August 28 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

To echo a year in which the world's biggest artists pushed music videos to new heights of artistry, MTV unveiled the "Video of the Year" nominees in a sweeping and panoramic mural created by world-renowned visual artists BD White, John Paul Ogrodnick (JPO), DAMIEN Mitchell, Marc Evan, Resa, BKFoxx, Queen Andrea, Hektad, Giz, Such and Poem One at the First Street Green Art Park in New York's East Village. The reveal of the mural was broadcast during a Facebook Live event hosted by MTV News Correspondents Meredith Graves and Gaby Wilson via MTV and a coalition of more than 15 partners including press outlets and brands.

Beginning today, fans can vote for their favorites in VMA categories including, "Video of The Year," "Best Male Video," "Best Female Video," new category, "Breakthrough Long Form Video" and more by visiting vma.mtv.com. Vote across all categories to enter to win the chance to go to the VMAs in NYC, thanks to Verizon, the presenter of this year's award voting. Additionally, voting for the "Best New Artist" award, presented by Taco Bell®, will remain live through the 2016 "MTV Video Music Awards" Pre-Show airing at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and new this year, fans can cast their votes for the category via Facebook Messenger (starting 8/15). The top two artists will be revealed during the pre-show, kicking off a live hashtag vote with the winner being announced during the live main telecast. Nominees for the socially voted category, "Best Song of Summer," will be announced at a later date.

See below for a full list of nominees:

Adele - "Hello"
Beyoncé - "Formation"
Drake - "Hotline Bling"
Justin Bieber - "Sorry"
Kanye West - "Famous"

BEST COLLABORATION
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"
Ariana Grande - "Into You"

BEST ROCK VIDEO
All Time Low - "Missing You"
Coldplay - "Adventure Of A Lifetime"
Fall Out Boy ft. Demi Lovato - "Irresistible"
twenty one pilots - "Heathens"
Panic! At The Disco - "Victorious"

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 + The Machine - The Odyssey
Beyoncé - Lemonade
Justin Bieber - PURPOSE: The Movement
Chris Brown - Royalty
Troye Sivan - Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy

BEST NEW ARTIST Sponsored by Taco Bell®
Bryson Tiller
Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham
DNCE

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES Sponsored by Orbit® Gum
BEST ART DIRECTION
Beyoncé - "Hold Up"Art
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 + The Machine - "Delilah"

BEST DIRECTION

Beyoncé - "Formation"Director: Melina MatsoukasColdplay - "Up&Up"Director: Vania Heymann, Gal MuggiaAdele - "Hello"Director: Xavier DolanDavid Bowie - "Lazarus"Director: Johan RenckTame Impala - "The Less I Know The Better"Director: Canada

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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