Beyonce Nominated For 11 MTV Video Awards

Beyonce can treat herself to a big glass of Lemonade after receiving 11 MTV Video Music Awards for her latest record-breaking album.

Beyonce leads the pack, while British powerhouse Adele follows with eight nods thanks mainly to her comeback hit single Hello, from her album 25.

Seven of her nominations, including Video of the Year, are for the track, which she released last year (15) after a three-year hiatus, while her eighth nomination is in the Best Visual Effects category.

The 28-year-old faces stiff competition in the top category, which also features Beyonce’s Formation, Drake’s Hotline Bling, Justin Bieber’s Sorry and Kanye West’s controversial Famous video.

Meanwhile, Beyonce’s Formation also picked up nods for Best Pop Video, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Choreography, with the superstar gaining a second entry in that category for her Sorry video.

Her track Hold Up also landed nods for Best Female Video and Best Art Direction, while her song Freedom, which features rapper Kendrick Lamar, scored a nomination in the Best Collaboration category.

Unsurprisingly, Lemonade, which the R&B superstar debuted in a TV special in April (16), also received a nod in the Breakthrough Long Form Video category.

Other stars to receive multiple nominations include Drake, with six, Ariana Grande, with five, and Rihanna, with four.

The contenders were unveiled via a Facebook Live broadcast from New York on Tuesday (26Jul16), and the ceremony is set to take place on 28 August (15) at Madison Square Garden.

Fans can vote for Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Female Video and the new Best Long Form Video category at vma.mtv.com, while voting for Best New Artist will stay open through the VMAs pre-show, which will air live on 28 August.

The full list of nominees is:

Video of the Year:

Adele – Hello
Beyonce – Formation
Drake – Hotline Bling
Justin Bieber – Sorry
Kanye West – Famous

Best Female Video:

Adele – Hello
Beyonce – Hold Up
Sia – Cheap Thrills
Ariana Grande – Into You
Rihanna featuring Drake – Work (short version)

Best Male Video:

Drake – Hotline Bling
Bryson Tiller – Don’t
Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna – This Is What You Came For
Kanye West – Famous
The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face

Best Collaboration:

Beyonce featuring Kendrick Lamar – Freedom
Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign – Work From Home
Ariana Grande featuring Lil Wayne – Let Me Love You
Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna – This Is What You Came For
Rihanna featuring 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
Beyonce – 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 featuring 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 featuring Destiny’s Child & Brandy – The Girl Is Mine
Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza
Afrojack – SummerThing!
The Chainsmokers featuring Daya – Don’t Let Me Down

Breakthrough Long Form Video:

Florence + The Machine – The Odyssey
Beyonce – 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:

Beyonce – Hold Up
Fergie – M.I.L.F. $
Drake – Hotline Bling
David Bowie – Blackstar
Adele – Hello

Best Choreography:

Beyonce – Formation
Missy Elliott featuring Pharrell – WTF (Where They From)
Beyonce – Sorry
FKA Twigs – M3LL155X
Florence + The Machine – Delilah

Best Direction:

Beyonce – Formation
Coldplay – Up&Up
Adele – Hello
David Bowie – Lazarus
Tame Impala – The Less I Know The Better

Best Cinematography:

Beyonce – Formation
Adele – Hello
David Bowie – Lazarus
Alesso – I Wanna Know
Ariana Grande – Into You

Best Editing:

Beyonce – Formation
Adele – Hello
Fergie – M.I.L.F. $
David Bowie – Lazarus
Ariana Grande – Into You