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Sony artists nominated for MTV VMAs 2016
The nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards were announced last night, with a whole host of Sony Music artists nominated across the seventeen categories.
Beyoncé leads the way with a total of eleven nominations, including the coveted VMA Video of the Year award, plus Best Female Video and Best Long Form Video for her visual album Lemonade.
The late David Bowie’s ‘Black Star’ video has been nominated for Best Direction, whilst his video for ‘Lazarus’ has been nominated for Best Art Direction, Best Editing and Best Cinematography.
Up-and-coming Black Butter artist Zara Larsson and RCA’s Bryson Tiller have both been nominated for Best New Artist. Tiller’s video for ‘Don’t’ is also nominated for Best Hip Hop Video.
99 Souls’ ‘The Girl Is Mine’ received a nomination in the Best Electronic Video category alongside The Chainsmokers‘ ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ ft. Daya and Calvin Harris‘ ‘How Deep Is Your Love’. Calvin Harris also received two further nominations for his huge collaborative hit with Rihanna, ‘This Is What You Came For’, in the Best Male Video and Best Collaboration categories.
‘Work From Home’ by Fifth Harmony and Ty Dolla $ign has been nominated for Best Collaboration whilst Sia’s ‘Cheap Thrills’ video is up for Best Female Video and ZAYN‘s debut video for hit single ‘Pillowtalk’ is up for Best Visual Effects.
The MTV VMAs will take place on Sunday 29th August at New York’s Madison Square Gardens.
The full list of Sony Music nominees is as follows:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé – ‘Formation’
BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Beyoncé – ‘Hold Up’
Sia – ‘Cheap Thrills’
BEST MALE VIDEO
Bryson Tiller – ‘Don’t’
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – ‘This Is What You Came For’
BEST COLLABORATION
Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar – ‘Freedom’
Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign – ‘Work From Home’
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – ‘This Is What You Came For’
BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Bryson Tiller – ‘Don’t’
BEST POP VIDEO
Beyoncé – ‘Formation’
BEST ELECTRONIC VIDEO
Calvin Harris & Disciples – ‘How Deep Is Your Love’
99 Souls ft. Destiny’s Child & Brandy – ‘The Girl Is Mine’
The Chainsmokers ft. Daya – ‘Don’t Let Me Down’
BREAKTHROUGH LONG FORM VIDEO
Beyoncé – Lemonade
Chris Brown – Royalty
BEST NEW ARTIST
Bryson Tiller
Zara Larsson
PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES
BEST ART DIRECTION
Beyoncé – ‘Hold Up’ (Production Designer: Jason Hougaard)
David Bowie – ‘Blackstar’ (Production Designer: Jan Houllevigue)
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – ‘Formation’ (Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia)
Beyoncé – ‘Sorry’ (Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia, Anthony Burrell, Beyoncé Knowles Carter)
BEST DIRECTION
Beyoncé – ‘Formation’ (Director: Melina Matsoukas)
David Bowie – ‘Lazarus’ (Director: Johan Renck)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – ‘Formation’ (Cinematographer: Malik Sayeed)
David Bowie – ‘Lazarus’ (Cinematographer: Crille Forsberg)
BEST EDITING
Beyoncé – ‘Formation’ (Editor: Jeff Selis)
David Bowie – ‘Lazarus’ (Editor: Johan Söderberg)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
ZAYN – ‘Pillowtalk’ (VFX)
