Taylor Swift And Ariana Grande Lead The MTV VMA Nominations

The MTV VMA nominations were released today, and both Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande lead the nominations with 10 each. Scooter Braun must feel so conflicted. On one hand, it means there’s a very good chance one of his best clients will win and say, “Thank you for helping me sing my truth, Scooter.” On the other hand, it also means his most vocal enemy might storm the stage, rip the mic out of her hand, and channel her own MTV drama of years past by hissing, “Imma let you finish, but Scooter Braun is the shadiest liar of all time!“.

Billboard reports that both Taylor and Ariana were nominated for many of the same awards, like Video of the Year and Song of the Year. Taylor got Video and Song of the yYar nominations for You Need To Calm Down, her attempt at a gay rights anthem featuring a video that celebrates her friendship with Katy Perry. Ariana’s Video and Song of the year nominations were for thank u, next, which featured Ariana desecrating the sacred ground of Legally Blonde and Mean Girls.

The 2019 MTV VMAs will air on August 26th, so that leaves Taylor plenty of time to prepare her acceptance speeches. And by prepare, I mean prepare to call a bitch out. I’m assuming she’ll be given at least one award. I doubt Taylor would leave her comfortable den of cats to waste three hours sitting in an uncomfortable fold-down chair for nothing. I just wonder how she’ll address the Scooter situation. I know she loves to avoid naming names, so I bet she’ll clutch her moon man award and exclaim,”This means so much! It’s mine, all mine! And no one can buy it out from under my nose for $300 million LIKE SOME THINGS IN MY LIFE.”

Other artists who received nominations today were LGBT-yee haw icon Lil Nas X (with eight nominations) and 2019’s version of Lorde, Billie Eilish (with nine nominations). Halsey follows with six nominations, while Shawn Mendes earned five. There are also two new categories this year: Best K-Pop and Video For Good. Best K-pop is self explanatory, but Video For Good is basically videos with a message.

And because you can’t hold an award show in 2019 without nominating Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s song Shallow, they were both nominated for Song of the Year and Best Collaboration.  Here’s the list of nominees.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
21 Savage ft. J. Cole, a lot
Billie Eilish, Bad Guy
Ariana Grande, thank u, next
Jonas Brothers, Sucker
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, Old Town Road (Remix)
Taylor Swift, You Need to Calm Down

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Cardi B
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
Halsey
Jonas Brothers
Shawn Mendes

SONG OF THE YEAR
Drake, In My Feelings
Ariana Grande, thank u, next
Jonas Brothers, Sucker
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, Shallow
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, Old Town Road (Remix)
Taylor Swift, You Need to Calm Down

BEST NEW ARTIST
Ava Max
Billie Eilish
H.E.R.
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
ROSALÍA

BEST COLLABORATION
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, Old Town Road (Remix)
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, Shallow
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello, Señorita
Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco, ME!
Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber, I Don’t Care
BTS ft. Halsey, Boy With Luv

PUSH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bazzi
CNCO
Billie Eilish
H.E.R.
Lauv
Lizzo

BEST POP
5 Seconds of Summer, Easier
Cardi B & Bruno Mars, Please Me
Billie Eilish, Bad Guy
Khalid, Talk
Ariana Grande, thank u, next
Jonas Brothers, Sucker
Taylor Swift, You Need to Calm Down

BEST HIP HOP
2 Chainz ft. Ariana Grande, Rule the World
21 Savage ft. J. Cole, a lot
Cardi B, Money
DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend, Higher
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, Old Town Road (Remix)
Travis Scott ft. Drake, SICKO MODE

BEST R&B
Anderson .Paak ft. Smokey Robinson, Make It Better
Childish Gambino, Feels Like Summer
H.E.R. ft. Bryson Tiller, Could’ve Been
Alicia Keys,Raise A Man
Ella Mai, Trip
Normani ft. 6lack, Waves

BEST K-POP
BTS ft. Halsey, Boy With Luv
BLACKPINK, Kill This Love
Monsta X ft. French Montana, Who Do You Love
TOMORROW X TOGETHER, Cat & Dog
NCT 127, Regular
EXO, Tempo

BEST LATIN
Anuel AA, Karol G, Secreto
Bad Bunny ft. Drake, MIA
benny blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez, J Balvin, I Can’t Get Enough
Daddy Yankee ft. Snow, Con Calma
Maluma, Mala Mía
ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho, Con Altura

BEST DANCE
The Chainsmokers ft. Bebe Rexha, Call You Mine
Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato, Solo
DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B, Taki Taki
David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J Balvin, Say My Name
Marshmello & Bastille, Happier
Silk City & Dua Lipa, Electricity

BEST ROCK
The 1975, Love It If We Made It
Fall Out Boy, Bishops Knife Trick
Imagine Dragons, Natural
Lenny Kravitz, Low
Panic! At The Disco, High Hopes”
twenty one pilots, My Blood

VIDEO FOR GOOD
Halsey, Nightmare
The Killers, Land of the Free
Jamie N Commons, Skylar Grey ft. Gallant, Runaway Train
John Legend, Preach
Lil Dicky, Earth
Taylor Swift, You Need to Calm Down

BEST DIRECTION
Billie Eilish, Bad Guy
FKA twigs, Cellophane
Ariana Grande, thank you, next
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, Old Town Road (Remix)
LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo, No New Friends
Taylor Swift, You Need to Calm Down

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Billie Eilish, when the party’s over
FKA twigs, Cellophane
Ariana Grande, God is a Woman
DJ Khaled ft. SZA, Just Us
LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo, No New Friends
Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco, ME!

BEST EDITING
Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar, Tints
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, Old Town Road (Remix)
Billie Eilish, Bad Guy
Ariana Grande, 7 Rings
Solange, Almeda
Taylor Swift, You Need to Calm Down

BEST ART DIRECTION
BTS ft. Halsey, Boy With Luv
Ariana Grande, 7 Rings
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, Old Town Road (Remix)
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello, Señorita
Taylor Swift, You Need to Calm Down
Kanye West and Lil’ Pump ft. Adele Givens, I Love It

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
FKA twigs, Cellophane
ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho, Con Altura
LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo, No New Friends
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello, Señorita
Solange, Almeda
BTS ft. Halsey, Boy With Luv

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar, Tints
Billie Eilish, hostage
Ariana Grande, thank you, next
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello, Señorita
Solange, Almeda
Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco, ME!

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