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Ariana Grande & Lady Gaga Lead 2020 MTV VMA Nominations

The full list of 2020 MTV VMA nominations has arrived. This year’s awards show is still going ahead, despite the pandemic and will be hosted in Brooklyn on Sunday, 30th August.

They’ve added two brand new pandemic-themed categories for this year’s awards: Best Music Video From Home and Best Quarantine Performance. The awards are focused on congratulating artists who adapted through the change — think Blink-182’s ‘Happy Days’ video or Post Malone’s Nirvana livestream.

Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga are leading the noms, with nine nominations each — seven of which are from their collab on ‘Rain On Me’.

Meanwhile Juice WRLD has become the first artist to be nominated posthumously for Video Of The Year since The Notorious B.I.G.

And of course, the over-achiever of every awards show in recent history, Billie Eilish has become the first artist to be nominated for two Video Of The Year awards in their teens. Last year it was for ‘bad guy’, this year for ‘everything i wanted’.

And, Taylor Swift has received a nomination for Video Of The Year for her iconic clip ‘The Man’. She won the category last year with ‘You Need To Calm Down’, making her the first artist, since Katy Perry back in 2011 and 2012, to be nominated the year after winning it. T Swift and Katy Perry join Beyonce, Eminem, and Britney Spears as the only artists to have backed it up in this category.

Catch the full list of nominations below.

Full 2020 MTV VMA Nominations

2020 MTV VMAs will air Sunday, 30th August

Video of the Year

Billie Eilish: ‘Everything I Wanted’

Eminem ft. Juice WRLD: ‘Godzilla’

Future ft. Drake: ‘Life Is Good’

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande: ‘Rain on Me’

Taylor Swift: ‘The Man’

The Weeknd: ‘Blinding Lights’

Artist of the Year

DaBaby

Justin Bieber

Lady Gaga

Megan Thee Stallion

Post Malone

The Weeknd

PUSH Best New Artist

Doja Cat

Jack Harlow

Lewis Capaldi

Roddy Ricch

Tate McRae

Yungblud

Song of the Year

Billie Eilish: ‘Everything I Wanted’

Doja Cat: ‘Say So’

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande: ‘Rain on Me’

Megan Thee Stallion: ‘Savage’

Post Malone: ‘Circles’

Roddy Ricch: ‘The Box’

Best Collaboration

Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber: ‘Stuck With U’

Black Eyed Peas ft. J Balvin: ‘RITMO (Bad Boys for Life)’

Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid: ‘Beautiful People’

Future ft. Drake: ‘Life Is Good’

Karol G ft. Nicki Minaj: ‘Tusa’

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande: ‘Rain on Me’

Best Pop

BTS: ‘On’

Halsey: ‘You Should Be Sad’

Jonas Brothers: ‘What a Man Gotta Do’

Justin Bieber ft. Quavo: ‘Intentions’

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande: ‘Rain on Me’

Taylor Swift: ‘Lover’

Best Hip-Hop

DaBaby: ‘Bop’

Eminem ft. Juice WRLD: ‘Godzilla’

Future ft. Drake: ‘Life Is Good’

Megan Thee Stallion: ‘Savage’

Roddy Ricch: ‘The Box’

Travis Scott: ‘Highest in the Room’

Best R&B

Alicia Keys: ‘Underdog’

Chloe x Halle: ‘Do It’

H.E.R. ft. YG: ‘Slide’

Khalid ft. Summer Walker: ‘Eleven’

Lizzo: ‘Cuz I Love You’

The Weeknd: ‘Blinding Lights’

Best K-Pop

BTS: ‘On’

EXO: ‘Obsession’

(G)I-DLE: ‘Oh My God’

Monsta X: ‘Someone’s Someone’

Red Velvet: ‘Psycho’

Tomorrow X Together: ‘9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)’

Best Latin

Anuel AA ft. Daddy Yankee, Ozuna, Karol G, J Balvin: ‘China’

Bad Bunny: ‘Yo Perreo Sola’

Black Eyed Peas ft. Ozuna, J. Rey Soul: ‘Mamacita’

J Balvin: ‘Amarillo’

Karol G ft. Nicki Minaj: ‘Tusa’

Maulma ft. J Balvin: ‘Qué Pena’

Best Rock

Blink-182: ‘Happy Days’

Coldplay: ‘Orphans’

Evanescence: ‘Wasted on You’

Fall Out Boy ft. Wyclef Jean: ‘Dear Future Self (Hands Up)’

Green Day: ‘Oh Yeah!’

The Killers: ‘Caution’

Best Alternative

The 1975: ‘If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)’

All Time Low: ‘Some Kind of Disaster’

Finneas: ‘Let’s Fall in Love for the Night’

Lana Del Rey: ‘Doin’ Time’

Machine Gun Kelly: ‘Bloody Valentine’

Twenty One Pilots: ‘Level of Concern’

Best Music Video From Home

5 Seconds of Summer: ‘Wildflower’

Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber: ‘Stuck With U’

Blink-182: ‘Happy Days’

Drake: ‘Toosie Slide’

John Legend: ‘Bigger Love’

Twenty One Pilots: ‘Level of Concern’

Best Quarantine Performance

Chloe x Halle: ‘Do It (from MTV Prom-Athon)’

CNCO: MTV Unplugged At Home

DJ D-Nice: Club MTV Presents: #DanceTogether

John Legend: #TogetherAtHome Concert Series

Lady Gaga: ‘Smile’ from One World: Together At Home

Post Malone: Nirvana Tribute

Video For Good

Anderson .Paak: ‘Lockdown’

Billie Eilish: ‘All the Good Girls Go to Hell’

Demi Lovato: ‘I Love Me’

H.E.R.: ‘I Can’t Breathe’

Lil Baby: ‘The Bigger Picture’

Taylor Swift: ‘The Man’

Best Direction

Billie Eilish: ‘xanny’ – Darkroom / Interscope Records – Directed by Billie Eilish

Doja Cat: ‘Say So’ – Kemosabe / RCA Records – Directed by Hannah Lux Davis

Dua Lipa: ‘Don’t Start Now’ – Warner Records – Directed by Nabil

Harry Styles: ‘Adore You’ – Columbia Records – Directed by Dave Meyers

Taylor Swift: ‘The Man’ – Republic Records – Directed by Taylor Swift

The Weeknd: ‘Blinding Lights’ – XO / Republic Records – Directed by Anton Tammi

Best Cinematography

5 Seconds of Summer: ‘Old Me’ – Interscope Records – Cinematography by Kieran Fowler

Camila Cabello ft. DaBaby: ‘My Oh My’ – Syco Music / Epic Records – Cinematography by Scott Cunningham

Billie Eilish: ‘all the good girls go to hell’ – Darkroom / Interscope Records – Cinematography by Christopher Probst

Katy Perry: ‘Harleys In Hawaii’ – Capitol Records – Cinematography by Arnau Valls

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande: ‘Rain On Me’ – Streamline / Interscope Records – Cinematography by Thomas Kloss

The Weeknd: ‘Blinding Lights’ – XO / Republic Records – Cinematography by Oliver Millar

Best Art Direction

A$AP Rocky: ‘Babushka Boi’ – Polo Grounds Music / RCA Records – Art Direction by A$AP Rocky & Nadia Lee Cohen

Dua Lipa: ‘Physical’ – Warner Records – Art Direction by Anna Colomé Nogu ́

Harry Styles: ‘Adore You’ – Columbia Records – Art Direction by Laura Ellis Cricks

Miley Cyrus: ‘Mother’s Daughter’ – RCA Records – Art Direction by Christian Stone

Selena Gomez: ‘Boyfriend’ – Interscope Records – Art Direction by Tatiana Van Sauter

Taylor Swift: ‘Lover’ – Republic Records – Art Direction by Ethan Tobman

Best Visual Effects

Billie Eilish: ‘all the good girls go to hell’ – Darkroom / Interscope Records – Visual Effects by Drive Studios

Demi Lovato: ‘I Love Me’ – Island Records – Visual Effects by Hoody FX

Dua Lipa: ‘Physical’ – Warner Records – Visual Effects by EIGHTY4

Harry Styles: ‘Adore You’ – Columbia Records – Visual Effects by Mathematic

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande: ‘Rain On Me’ – Streamline / Interscope Records – Visual Effects by Ingenuity Studios

Travis Scott: ‘HIGHEST IN THE ROOM’ – Epic Records / Cactus Jack – Visual Effects by ARTJAIL, SCISSOR FILMS & FRENDER

Best Choreography

BTS: ‘On’ – Big Hit Entertainment – Choreography by Son Sung Deuk, Lee Ga Hun, Lee Byung Eun

CNCO & Natti Natasha: ‘Honey Boo’ – Sony Music Latin / RCA Records – Choreography by Kyle Hanagami

DaBaby: ‘BOP’ – SCMG / Interscope Records – Choreography by Dani Leigh and Cherry

Dua Lipa: ‘Physical’ – Warner Records – Choreography by Charm La’Donna

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande: ‘Rain On Me’ – Streamline / Interscope Records – Choreography by Richy Jackson

Normani: ‘Motivation’ – Keep Cool / RCA Records – Choreography by Sean Bankhead

Best Editing

Halsey: ‘Graveyard’ – Capitol Records – Edited by Emilie Aubry, Janne Vartia & Tim Montana

James Blake: ‘Can’t Believe the Way We Flow’ – Republic Records – Edited by Frank Lebon

Lizzo: ‘Good As Hell’ – Atlantic Records – Edited by Russell Santos & Sofia Kerpan

Miley Cyrus: ‘Mother’s Daughter’ – RCA Records – Edited by Alexandre Moors, Nuno Xico

ROSALÍA: ‘A Palé’ – Columbia Records – Edited by Andre Jones

The Weeknd: ‘Blinding Lights’ – XO / Republic Records – Edited by Janne Vartia & Tim Montana

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