Beyoncé & Adele lead MTV Video Music Awards nominations

By: Mike Coppola

MTV have announced nominations for the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards, with Beyoncé earning a career-best 11 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 Monday, August 29 at 12pm NZST on SKY channel 015.
 
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.
 
See below for a full list of nominees: 
 
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Adele - 'Hello'
Director: Xavier Dolan

Beyoncé – 'Formation'
Director: Melina Matsoukas

Drake – 'Hotline Bling'
Director: Director X

Justin Bieber – 'Sorry'
Director: Parris Goebel

Kanye West – 'Famous'
Director: Kanye West
 
BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Adele – 'Hello'
Director: Xavier Dolan

Beyoncé – 'Hold Up'
Director: Jonas Åkerlund, Beyoncé Knowles Carter

Sia – 'Cheap Thrills'
Director: Lior Molcho

Ariana Grande – 'Into You'
Director: Hannah Lux Davis

Rihanna ft. Drake – 'Work' (short version)
Director: Director X
 
BEST MALE VIDEO
Drake – 'Hotline Bling'
Director: Director X

Bryson Tiller – 'Don’t'
Director: Cris

Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – 'This Is What You Came For'
Director: Emil Nava

Kanye West – 'Famous'
Director: Kanye West

The Weeknd – 'Can’t Feel My Face'
Director: Grant Singer
 
BEST COLLABORATION
Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar – 'Freedom'
Director:  Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Kahlil Joseph

Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign – 'Work From Home'
Director: Director X

Ariana Grande ft. Lil Wayne – 'Let Me Love You'
Director: Grant Singer

Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – 'This Is What You Came For'
Director: Emil Nava

Rihanna ft. Drake – 'Work' (short version)
Director: Director X
 
BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Drake – 'Hotline Bling'
Director: Director X

Desiigner – 'Panda'
Director: Paul Geusebroek

Bryson Tiller – 'Don’t'
Director: Cris

Chance The Rapper featuring Saba – 'Angels'
Director: Austin Vesely

2 Chainz – 'Watch Out'
Director: Motion Family
 
BEST POP VIDEO
Adele – 'Hello'
Director: Xavier Dolan

Beyoncé – 'Formation'
Director: Melina Matsoukas

Justin Bieber – 'Sorry'
Director: Parris Goebel

Alessia Cara – 'Wild Things'
Director: Aaron A

Ariana Grande – 'Into You'
Director: Hannah Lux Davis
 
BEST ROCK VIDEO
All Time Low – 'Missing You'
Director: Patrick Tracy

Coldplay – 'Adventure Of A Lifetime'
Director: Mat Whitecross

Fall Out Boy ft. Demi Lovato – 'Irresistible'
Director: Wayne Isham

twenty one pilots – 'Heathens'
Director: Andrew Donoho

Panic! At The Disco – 'Victorious'
Director: Brandon Dermer
 
BEST ELECTRONIC VIDEO
Calvin Harris & Disciples – 'How Deep Is Your Love'
Director: Emil Nava

99 Souls ft. Destiny’s Child & Brandy – 'The Girl Is Mine'
Director: Ludovic Zuili / Simon Bouisson

Mike Posner – 'I Took A Pill In Ibiza'
Director: Jon Jon Augustavo

Afrojack – 'SummerThing!'
Director: Sam Sneed

The Chainsmokers ft. Daya – 'Don’t Let Me Down'
Director: Marcus Kuhne
 
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
Presented by Taco Bell®
Bryson Tiller
Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham
DNCE
 
PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES
Presented by Orbit® Gum
 
BEST ART DIRECTION
Beyoncé – 'Hold Up'
Production Designer: Jason Hougaard

Fergie – 'M.I.L.F. $'
Production Designer: Alexander Delgado

Drake – 'Hotline Bling'
Production Designer: Jeremy MacFarlane

David Bowie – 'Blackstar'
Production Designer: Jan Houllevigue

Adele – 'Hello'
Production Designer: Colombe Raby
 
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – 'Formation'
Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia

Missy Elliott ft. Pharrell – 'WTF (Where They From)'
Choreographer: Hi-Hat

Beyoncé – 'Sorry'
Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia, Anthony Burrell, Beyoncé Knowles Carter

FKA Twigs – 'M3LL155X'
Choreographer: FKA Twigs

Florence + The Machine – 'Delilah'
Choreographer: Holly Blakey
 
BEST DIRECTION
Beyoncé – 'Formation'
Director: Melina Matsoukas

Coldplay – 'Up&Up'
Director: Vania Heymann, Gal Muggia

Adele – 'Hello'
Director: Xavier Dolan

David Bowie – 'Lazarus'
Director: Johan Renck

Tame Impala – 'The Less I Know The Better'
Director: CANADA
 
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – 'Formation'
Cinematographer: Malik Sayeed

Adele – 'Hello'
Cinematographer: André Turpin

David Bowie – 'Lazarus'
Cinematographer: Crille Forsberg

Alesso – 'I Wanna Know'
Cinematographer: Corey Jennings

Ariana Grande – 'Into You'
Cinematographer: Paul Laufer
 
BEST EDITING
Beyoncé – 'Formation'
Editor: Jeff Selis

Adele – 'Hello'
Editor: Xavier Dolan

Fergie – 'M.I.L.F. $'
Editor: Vinnie Hobbs

David Bowie – 'Lazarus'
Editor: Johan Söderberg

Ariana Grande – 'Into You'
Editor: Hannah Lux Davis
 
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Coldplay – 'Up&Up'
VFX Editor: Vania Heymann

FKA Twigs – 'M3LL155X'
VFX Editor: Lewis Saunders, Jihoon Yoo

Adele – 'Send My Love (To Your New Lover)'
VFX Editor: Sam Sneade

The Weeknd – 'Can’t Feel My Face'
VFX Editor: Bryan Smaller

Zayn – 'PILLOWTALK'
VFX Editor: David Smith

Jesse Ignjatovic/Den of Thieves is the Executive Producer for the 2016 "MTV Video Music Awards."  Garrett English, Erik Flannigan, Sandy Alouete, Lee Lodge and Jen Jones are Executive Producers. Garrett English also serves as Executive in Charge of Production for MTV.  Hamish Hamilton is Director. Wendy Plaut is Executive in Charge of Celebrity Talent.