None of us here in Goa or India can vote, but there yet a lot of reasons why we need to be excited about the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. The nominations are in and they are always a thrill.
Beyoncé is up for 11 awards. Queen Bee really is loved by millions across the world and her many nominations this year proves it. Among the 11, she’s up for Video of the Year for “Formation” and the newest VMA category, Breakthrough Long Form Video, for her groundbreaking HBO special Lemonade. This is the most amount of nominations she’s ever gotten in a single year.
Adele runs a close second with eight nominations, seven of which are for her iconic “Hello” visual, including Video of the Year. Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” Justin Bieber’s “Sorry,” and Kanye West’s “Famous” are also up for Video of the Year. For Best Female Video, Adele and Beyoncé are joined by Sia (“Cheap Thrills”), Ariana Grande (“Into You”), and Rihanna (“Work”), while the Best Male Video features Drake, West, Bryson Tiller (“Don’t”), Calvin Harris (“This Is What You Came For”), and The Weeknd (“Can’t Feel My Face”). Conspicuously, Bieber was not nominated for Best Male Video despite his Video of the Year nod.
Given the changing mediums of music distribution, MTV has introduced a new category in 2016: Breakthrough Long Form Video. This year’s nominees for the award are Florence + the Machine (The Odyssey), Beyoncé (Lemonade), Justin Bieber (PURPOSE: The Movement), Chris Brown (Royalty), and Troye Sivan (Blue Neighborhood Trilogy). Elsewhere, Bryson Tiller, Desiigner, Zara Larsson, Lukas Graham, and DNCE are all contenders for Best New Artist. The late David Bowie picked up four nominations, one for “Blackstar” (Best Art Direction) and three for “Lazarus” (Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing).
The nominations were revealed on Facebook Live, and the Video of the Year noms were even painted onto a panoramic mural in New York’s East Village. The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards will air live from Madison Square Garden on Sunday, August 28
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VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Adele - “Hello”
Beyoncé “ “Formation”
Drake “ “Hotline Bling”
Justin Bieber “ “Sorry”
Kanye West “ “Famous”
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BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Adele “ “Hello”
Beyoncé “ “Hold Up”
Sia “ “Cheap Thrills”
Ariana Grande “ “Into You”
Rihanna ft. Drake “ “Work” (short version)
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BEST MALE VIDEO
Drake “ “Hotline Bling”
Bryson Tiller “ “Don’t”
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna “ “This Is What You Came For”
Kanye West “ “Famous”
The Weeknd “ “Can’t Feel My Face”
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BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Drake “ “Hotline Bling”
Desiigner “ “Panda”
Bryson Tiller “ “Don’t”
Chance The Rapper ft. Saba “ “Angels”
2 Chainz “ “Watch Out”
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BEST POP VIDEO
Adele “ “Hello”
Beyoncé “ “Formation”
Justin Bieber “ “Sorry”
Alessia Cara “ “Wild Things”
Ariana Grande “ “Into You”
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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”
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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”
