Taylor Swift leads the nominations for the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, boasting 10, mostly for her "Bad Blood" video, which is nominated for Video of the Year. See more pics plus full winners list after the cut
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 F–k With You"
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 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?" VIDEO OF THE YEARBeyoncé – "7/11″Ed Sheeran – "Thinking Out Loud"Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – "Bad Blood"Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – "Uptown Funk"Kendrick Lamar – "Alright"ARTIST TO WATCHFetty Wap – "Trap Queen"Vance Joy – "Riptide"George Ezra – "Budapest"James Bay – "Hold Back The River"FKA Twigs – "Pendulum"BEST COLLABORATIONTaylor 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 MESSAGEJennifer 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"PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIESBEST ART DIRECTIONTaylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – "Bad Blood" (Charles Infante)Snoop Dogg – "So Many Pros" (François Rousselet, Jason Fijal)Jack White – "Would You Fight For My Love" (Jack White, Jeff Peterson)The Chemical Brothers – "Go" (Michel Gondry)Skrillex & Diplo – "Where Are U Now" with Justin Bieber (Brewer)BEST CHOREOGRAPHYBeyoncé – "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 CINEMATOGRAPHYFlying 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 DIRECTIONTaylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – "Bad Blood" (Joseph Kahn)Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – "Uptown Funk" (Bruno Mars and Cameron Duddy)Kendrick Lamar – "Alright" (Colin Tilley & the Little Homies)Hozier – "Take Me To Church" (Brendan Canty and Conal Thomson of Feel Good Lost)Childish Gambino – "Sober" (Hiro Murai)BEST EDITINGBeyoncé – "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 EFFECTSTaylor 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, Gloria FX, and Max Chyzhevskyy)Tyler, the Creator – "F****** Young/Death Camp" (Gloria FX)