Katy Perry leads the pack for the 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards with nine nominations, including Video of the Year and Best Female Video for “Firework,” plus multiple nods for “E.T. (Featuring Kanye West)” and “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.).” The show will air live from Los Angeles on MTV on August 28 at 9 P.M./ET. See the full nominees list below.
Adele and Kanye West also scored big, with seven nods each. The British pop star nabbed nominations for her “Rolling in the Deep” video, while West racked up nods for “Power” and “All of the Lights,” along with his “E.T.” collaboration with Perry.
While Katy Perry, Kanye, and Adele were predictable nominees, Odd Future’s Tyler, the Creator is one the most surprising contenders: He’s up for Video of the Year for his explicit, gross-out clip “Yonkers.” Other first-time nominees include Foster the People for “Pumped Up Kicks” (Best New Artist), Kreayshawn (“Gucci Gucci”), and Manchester Orchestra for “Simple Math” (Best Editing, Best Special Effects).
Watch the videos for MTV’s Video of the Year category, and check out our full rundown of the nominees below.
Video of the Year Nominees
Katy Perry, “Firework”
Beastie Boys, “Make Some Noise”
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
Tyler, the Creator, “Yonkers”
Bruno Mars, “Grenade”
Best Female Video
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
Beyoncé “Run the World (Girls)”
Lady Gaga, “Born This Way”
Katy Perry, “Firework”
Nicki Minaj, “Super Bass”
Best Male Video
Cee Lo Green, “Fuck You”
Bruno Mars, “Grenade”
Justin Bieber, “U Smile”
Eminem, “Love the Way You Lie (Featuring Rihanna)”
Kanye West, “All of the Lights (Featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi)”
Best Hip-Hop Video
Lil Wayne, “6 Foot, 7 Foot (featuring Cory Gunz)”
Chris Brown, “Look at Me Now (featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes)”
Lupe Fiasco, “The Show Goes On”
Nicki Minaj, “Super Bass”
Kanye West, “All of the Lights (Featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi)”
Best New Artist
Foster the People, “Pumped Up Kicks”
Tyler, the Creator, “Goblin”
Wiz Khalifa, “Black and Yellow”
Big Sean, “My Last (featuring Chris Brown)
Kreayshawn, “Gucci Gucci”
Best Rock Video
The Black Keys, “Howlin’ for You”
Foster the People, “Pumped Up Kicks”
Cage the Elephant, “Shake Me Down”
Foo Fighters, “Walk”
Mumford and Sons, “The Cave”
Best Choreography
Beyoncé, “Run the World (Girls)”
Lady Gaga, “Judas”
LMFAO, “Party Rock Anthem (featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock)”
Britney Spears, “Till the World Ends”
Bruno Mars, “The Lazy Song”
Best Special Effects
Manchester Orchestra, “Simple Math”
Kanye West, “Power”
Chromeo, “Don’t Turn the Lights On”
Katy Perry, “E.T. (Featuring Kanye West)”
Linkin Park, “Waiting for the End”
Best Editing
Katy Perry, “E.T. (Featuring Kanye West)”
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
Manchester Orchestra, “Simple Math”
Kanye West, “All of the Lights”
Thirty Seconds to Mars, “Hurricane”
Best Pop Video
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
Pitbull, “Give Me Everything (Featuring Ne-Yo, Nayer, and Afrojack)”
Britney Spears, “Till the End of the World”
Bruno Mars, “Grenade”
Katy Perry, “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
Best Direction
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
Katy Perry, “E.T. (Featuring Kanye West)”
Eminem, “Love the Way You Lie (Featuring Rihanna)
Thirty Seconds to Mars, “Hurricane”
Beastie Boys, “Make Some Noise”
Best Cinematoraphy
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
Eminem, “Love the Way You Lie (Featuring Rihanna)”
Thirty Seconds to Mars, “Hurricane”
Beyoncé, “Run the World (Girls)”
Katy Perry, “Teenage Dream”
Best Art Direction
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
Lady Gaga, “Judas”
Death Cab for Cutie, “You Are a Tourist”
Katy Perry, “E.T. (Featuring Kanye West)
Kanye West, “Power”
Best Collaboration
Pitbull, Ne-Yo, Nayer, and Afrojack, “Give Me Everything”
Kanye West, Rihanna, and Kid Cudi, “All of the Lights”
Nicki Minaj and Drake, “Moment 4 Life”
Katy Perry and Kanye West, “E.T.”
Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, and Busta Rhymes, “Look at Me Now”
