Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations for the 2017 MTV VMAs

Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations for the 2017 MTV VMAs

by Joseph Anthony
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The 30-year-old rapper is in with a chance of scoring a gong for Video of the Year, Best Hip Hop Video, Best Cinematography, Best Direction, Best Art Direction, Best Visual Effects, and Best Choreography for the video for his hit single โ€˜Humbleโ€™, whilst the musician himself is also up for Artist of the Year.

Not too far behind the star with five nods each are Katy Perry and The Weeknd, who will each have to battle Kendrick in a number of categories during the ceremony at the Forum in Los Angeles on August 27.

The โ€˜Reminderโ€™ hitmaker will face Kendrick in the race for Video of the Year, Artist of the Year, Best Direction and Best Art Direction, whilst also being nominated for Best Editing.

Katyโ€™s single โ€˜Chained To The Rhythmโ€™ is nominated for Best Pop Video, Best Direction and Best Visual Effects, whilst her track โ€˜Bon Appetiteโ€™ is up for Best Art Direction.

Elsewhere, One Direction hunk Harry Stylesโ€™ debut solo record โ€˜Sign of the Timesโ€™ could see him bag the award for Best Visual Effects or Best Pop Video, whilst his former band mate Zayn Malik is in with a chance of winning Best Collaboration for his work with Taylor Swift on the track โ€˜I Donโ€™t Wanna Live Foreverโ€™.


Full list of MTVโ€™s VMA nominations:

Video of the Year
Kendrick Lamar โ€“ โ€˜HUMBLE.โ€™
Bruno Mars โ€“ โ€™24K Magicโ€™
Alessia Cara โ€“ โ€˜Scars to Your Beautifulโ€™
DJ Khaled โ€“ โ€˜Wild Thoughtsโ€™ (ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller)
The Weeknd โ€“ โ€˜Reminderโ€™

Artist of the Year
Bruno Mars
Kendrick Lamar
Ed Sheeran
Ariana Grande
The Weeknd
Lorde

Best New Artist
Khalid
Kodak Black
SZA
Young M.A
Julia Michaels
Noah Cyrus

Best Collaboration
Charlie Puth โ€“ โ€˜We Donโ€™t Talk Anymoreโ€™ (ft. Selena Gomez)
DJ Khaled โ€“ โ€˜Wild Thoughtsโ€™ (ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller)
D.R.A.M. โ€“ โ€˜Broccoliโ€™ (ft. Lil Yachty)
The Chainsmokers โ€“ โ€˜Closerโ€™ (ft. Halsey)
Calvin Harris โ€“ โ€˜Feelsโ€™ (ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean)
Zayn and Taylor Swift โ€“ โ€˜I Donโ€™t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)โ€™

Best Pop Video
Shawn Mendes โ€“ โ€˜Treat You Betterโ€™
Ed Sheeran โ€“ โ€˜Shape of Youโ€™
Harry Styles โ€“ โ€˜Sign of the Timesโ€™
Fifth Harmony โ€“ โ€˜Downโ€™ (ft. Gucci Mane)
Katy Perry โ€“ โ€˜Chained to the Rhythmโ€™ (ft. Skip Marley)
Miley Cyrus โ€“ โ€˜Malibuโ€™

Best Hip Hop Video
Kendrick Lamar โ€“ โ€˜HUMBLE.โ€™
Big Sean โ€“ โ€˜Bounce Backโ€™
Chance the Rapper โ€“ โ€˜Same Drugsโ€™
D.R.A.M. โ€“ โ€˜Broccoliโ€™ (ft. Lil Yachty)
Migos โ€“ โ€˜Bad and Boujeeโ€™ (ft. Lil Uzi Vert)
DJ Khaled โ€“ โ€˜Iโ€™m the Oneโ€™ (ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper
and Lil Wayne)

Best Dance Video
Zedd and Alessia Cara โ€“ โ€˜Stayโ€™
Kygo and Selena Gomez โ€“ โ€˜It Ainโ€™t Meโ€™
Calvin Harris โ€“ โ€˜My Wayโ€™
Major Lazer โ€“ โ€˜Cold Waterโ€™ (ft. Justin Bieber and Mร˜)
Afrojack โ€“ โ€˜Goneโ€™ (ft. Ty Dolla $ign)

Best Rock Video
Coldplay โ€“ โ€˜A Head Full of Dreamsโ€™
Fall Out Boy โ€“ โ€˜Young And Menaceโ€™
Twenty One Pilots โ€“ โ€˜Heavydirtysoulโ€™
Green Day โ€“ โ€˜Bang Bangโ€™
Foo Fighters โ€“ โ€˜Runโ€™

Best Fight Against the System
Logic โ€“ โ€˜Black SpiderManโ€™
The Hamilton Mixtape โ€“ โ€˜Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)โ€™
Big Sean โ€“ โ€˜Lightโ€™
Alessia Cara โ€“ โ€˜Scars to Your Beautifulโ€™
Taboo โ€“ โ€˜Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPLโ€™ (ft. Shailene Woodley)
John Legend โ€“ โ€˜Surefireโ€™

Best Cinematography
Kendrick Lamar โ€“ โ€˜HUMBLE.โ€™
Imagine Dragons โ€“ โ€˜Thunderโ€™
Ed Sheeran โ€“ โ€˜Castle on the Hillโ€™
DJ Shadow โ€“ โ€˜Nobody Speakโ€™ (ft. Run the Jewels)
Halsey โ€“ โ€˜Now or Neverโ€™

Best Direction
Kendrick Lamar โ€“ โ€˜HUMBLE.โ€™
Katy Perry โ€“ โ€˜Chained to the Rhythmโ€™ (ft. Skip Marley)
Bruno Mars โ€“ โ€™24K Magicโ€™
Alessia Cara โ€“ โ€˜Scars to Your Beautifulโ€™
The Weeknd โ€“ โ€˜Reminderโ€™


Best Art Direction
Kendrick Lamar โ€“ โ€˜HUMBLE.โ€™
Bruno Mars โ€“ โ€™24K Magicโ€™
Katy Perry โ€“ โ€˜Bon Appetitโ€™ (ft. Migos)
DJ Khaled โ€“ โ€˜Wild Thoughtsโ€™ (ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller)
The Weeknd โ€“ โ€˜Reminderโ€™

Best Visual Effects
Kendrick Lamar โ€“ โ€˜HUMBLE.โ€™
A Tribe Called Quest โ€“ โ€˜Dis Generationโ€™
KYLE โ€“ โ€˜iSpyโ€™ (ft. Lil Yachty)
Katy Perry โ€“ โ€˜Chained to the Rhythmโ€™ (ft. Skip Marley)
Harry Styles โ€“ โ€˜Sign of the Timesโ€™

Best Choreography
Kanye West โ€“ โ€˜Fadeโ€™
Ariana Grande โ€“ โ€˜Side to Sideโ€™ (ft. Nicki Minaj)
Kendrick Lamar โ€“ โ€˜HUMBLE.โ€™
Sia โ€“ โ€˜The Greatestโ€™
Fifth Harmony โ€“ โ€˜Downโ€™ (ft. Gucci Mane)

Best Editing
Future โ€“ โ€˜Mask Offโ€™
Young Thug โ€“ โ€˜Wyclef Jeanโ€™
Lorde โ€“ โ€˜Green Lightโ€™
The Chainsmokers โ€“ โ€˜Closerโ€™ (ft. Halsey)
The Weeknd โ€“ โ€˜Reminderโ€™

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