Taylor Swift Leads With Nine MTV VMA Nominations, As Nicki Minaj Tweets Anger Over Snubs

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Shortly after Miley Cyrus announced she would be hosting the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, nominations were revealed.

 

Fuck yeah VMAs!!!!! #VMAs on @MTV Aug 30 at 9pm

A photo posted by Miley Cyrus (@mileycyrus) on Jul 20, 2015 at 3:52pm PDT

Leading the pack of nominees is Taylor Swift, with nine noms to her name. Taylor can credit “Bad Blood” for seven nominations (Video of the Year among those), and two for “Blank Space” (Best Female Video and Best Pop Video). Going up against Taylor for Video of the Year is her pal Ed Sheeran for “Thinking Out Loud,” which earned him another 3 nominations. His video for “Don’t” gave him another 2, for a total of 6 nominations for the Brit. Fellow British songwriter James Bay is nominated for “Artist to Watch.” But Ed Sheeran’s pals in One Direction were noticeably snubbed again this year, despite having videos for “Steal My Girl” and “Night Changes.”

While Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” received nominations for Best Female Video and Best Hip Hop Video, Nicki was snubbed in the Video of the Year category. Additionally, “Feeling Myself,” her video with Beyonce received zero love. Nicki let out her frustration in a series of tweets:

While no names were named, it seemed as though Nicki Minaj might have been referencing Taylor Swift, and perhaps would even pull a Kanye if she won?

Taylor Swift surprisingly didn’t stay quiet on the matter, but Nicki insisted it had nothing to do with Taylor personally.

Drama already and the VMA’s don’t even take place until August 30, 2015.

 

 

Check out the full list of nominees below:

Video of the Year
Beyoncé, 7/11
Ed Sheeran, Thinking Out Loud
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk
Kendrick Lamar, Alright

Best Male Video
Ed Sheeran, Thinking Out Loud
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk
Kendrick Lamar, Alright
The Weeknd, Earned It
Nick Jonas, Chains

Best Female Video
Beyoncé, 7/11
Taylor Swift, Blank Space
Nicki Minaj, Anaconda
Sia, Elastic Heart
Ellie Goulding, Love Me Like You Do

Best Hip Hop Video
Fetty Wap, Trap Queen
Nicki Minaj, Anaconda
Kendrick Lamar, Alright
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth, See You Again
Big Sean ft. E-40, IDFWU

Best Pop Video
Beyoncé, 7/11
Ed Sheeran, Thinking Out Loud
Taylor Swift, Blank Space
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk
Maroon 5, Sugar

Best Rock Video
Hozier, Take Me To Church
Fall Out Boy, Uma Thurman
Florence + the Machine, Ship To Wreck
Walk the Moon, Shut Up and Dance
Arctic Monkeys, Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?

Artist to Watch presented by Taco Bell
Fetty Wap, Trap Queen
Vance Joy, Riptide
George Ezra, Budapest
James Bay, Hold Back The River
FKA Twigs Pendulum

Best Collaboration
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth, See You Again
Ariana Grande & The Weeknd, Love Me Harder
Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj, Bang Bang

Video With a Social Message
Jennifer Hudson, I Still Love You
Colbie Caillat, Try
Big Sean ft. Kanye West & John Legend, One Man Can Change the World
Rihanna, American Oxygen
Wale, The White Shoes

Professional Categories

Best Art Direction
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood (Charles Infante)
Snoop Dogg, So Many Pros (Jason Fijal)
Jack White, Would You Fight For My Love (Jeff Peterson)
The Chemical Brothers, Go (Michel Gondry)
Skrillex & Diplo with Justin Bieber, Where Are U Now (Brewer)

Best Choreography
Beyoncé, 7/11 (Beyoncé & Chris Grant, with additional choreography, Gabriel Valenciano)
OK Go, I Won’t Let You Down (OK Go, air:man & Mori Harano)
Chet Faker, Gold (Ryan Heffington)
Ed Sheeran, Don’t (Nappy Tabs)
Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar, Never Catch Me (Keone and Mari Madrid)

Best Cinematography
Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar, Never Catch Me (Larkin Sieple)
Ed Sheeran, Thinking Out Loud (Daniel Pearl)
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood (Christopher Probst)
FKA Twigs, Two Weeks (Justin Brown)
Alt-J, Left Hand Free (Mike Simpson)

Best Direction
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood (Joseph Kahn)
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk (Bruno Mars & Cameron Duddy)
Kendrick Lamar, Alright (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies)
Hozier, Take Me To Church (Brendan Canty & Conal Thomson)
Childish Gambino, Sober (Hiro Murai)

Best Editing
Beyoncé, 7/11 (Beyoncé, Ed Burke & Jonathan Wing)
Ed Sheeran, Don’t (Jacquelyn London)
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood (Chancler Haynes at Cosmo Street)
A$AP Rocky, L$D (Dexter Navy)
Skrillex & Diplo with Justin Bieber, Where Are U Now (Brewer)

Best Visual Effects
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Blood (Ingenuity Studios)
FKA Twigs, Two Weeks (Gloria FX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi & Max Chyzhevskyy)
Childish Gambino, Telegraph Ave. (Gloria FX)
Skrillex & Diplo with Justin Bieber, Where Are U Now (Brewer)
Tyler, The Creator, “F****** Young/Death Camp” (Gloria FX)

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