The nominees for the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards were announced on Tuesday July 21. Taylor Swift leads the shortlist with nine nominations, while friend Ed Sheeran has six. Hozier's Take Me to Church has two.
The Wicklow singer-songwriter's breakthrough song is nominated in the Best Rock Video category, with Irish directors Brendan Canty and Conal Thomson nominated in the Best Direction category.
Both Swift and Sheeran will compete for Video of the Year, with Swift's Bad Blood and Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud shortlisted.
Swift's other nominations are in the Best Female Video and Best Pop Video categories for Blank Space, and in Best Collaboration, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Direction, Best Editing and Best Visual Effects for Bad Blood with Kendrick Lamar.
Sheeran's other nominations are for Best Male Video, Best Pop Video and Best Cinematography for Thinking Out Loud, and Best Choreography and Best Editing for Don't.
The awards show takes place in Los Angeles' Microsoft Theatre on Sunday August 30, with voting now open on MTV's US site.
The Nominees:
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 – I Don't **** With You
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
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 and John Legend – One Man Can Change The World
Rihanna – American Oxygen
Wale – The White Shoes
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 – Where Are U Now With Justin Bieber (Brewer)
Best Choreography
Beyoncé – 7/11 (Beyoncé, Chris Grant, Additional Choreography: Gabriel Valenciano)
Ok Go – I Won't Let You Down (Ok Go, Air:Man And 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 (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 Where Are U Now With Justin Bieber (Brewer)
Best Visual Effects
Taylor Swift Ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood (Ingenuity Studios)
Fka Twigs – Two Weeks (Gloria Fx, Tomash Kuzmytskyi, And Max Chyzhevskyy)
Childish Gambino – Telegraph Ave. (Gloria Fx)
Skrillex & Diplo Where Are U Now With Justin Bieber (Brewer)
Tyler, The Creator – ******* Young/Death Camp (Gloria Fx)
