Beyoncé & Adele Lead The 2016 VMA Nominations - Here's The Full List...

It's all about the ladies this year as Beyoncé and Adele lead the 2016 MTV VMA nominations for this year's show which takes place at New York's iconic Madison Square Garden on Sunday 28th August.

Unveiled via Facebook Live, Beyoncé has earned herself a career best with 11 nominations for videos from her visual album Lemonade while Adele follows close behind with eight - seven nods alone for her record breaking 'Hello'.

This year, in the running for the big category, Video Of The Year, are Adele's 'Hello', Beyoncé's 'Formation', Drake's 'Hotling Bling', Justin Bieber's 'Sorry' and Kanye West's 'Famous'. Echoing a year in which the world's biggest artists pushed music videos to new heights of artistry, MTV unveiled the nominees in a sweeping and panoramic mural created by renowned visual artists BD White, John Paul Ogrodnick (JPO), Damien Mitchell, Marc Evan, Resa, BKFoxx, Queen Andrea, Hektad, Giz, Such and Poem One at the First Street Green Art Park in New York’s East Village.

Aside from Adele, doing it for the Brits are Calvin Harris, Coldplay, Disciples, 99 Souls, Florence + The Machine, FKA twigs and ZAYN who all grabbed nominations plus the late David Bowie is recognised in four categories. 'Blackstar' earned him a nomination for Best Art Direction while 'Lazarus' is up for Best Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Editing.

You'll be able to watch the 2016 VMAs on MTV UK on Monday 29th August and needless to say we're FREAKIN' EXCITED!

Full 2016 MTV VMA Nominations:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Adele - 'Hello' - Director: Xavier Dolan
Beyoncé – 'Formation' - Director: Melina Matsoukas
Drake – 'Hotline Bling' - Director: Director X
Justin Bieber – 'Sorry' - Director: Parris Goebel
Kanye West – 'Famous' - Director: Kanye West
 
BEST FEMALE VIDEO

Adele – 'Hello' - Director: Xavier Dolan
Beyoncé – 'Hold Up' - Director: Jonas Åkerlund, Beyoncé Knowles Carter
Sia – 'Cheap Thrills' - Director: Lior Molcho
Ariana Grande – 'Into You' - Director: Hannah Lux Davis
Rihanna ft. Drake – 'Work' (short version) - Director: Director X
 
BEST MALE VIDEO

Drake – 'Hotline Bling' - Director: Director X
Bryson Tiller – 'Don’t' - Director: Cris
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – 'This Is What You Came For' - Director: Emil Nava
Kanye West – 'Famous' - Director: Kanye West
The Weeknd – 'Can’t Feel My Face' - Director: Grant Singer
 
BEST COLLABORATION

Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar – 'Freedom' - Director:  Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Kahlil Joseph
Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign – 'Work From Home' - Director: Director X
Ariana Grande ft. Lil Wayne – 'Let Me Love You' - Director: Grant Singer
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – 'This Is What You Came For' - Director: Emil Nava
Rihanna ft. Drake – 'Work' (short version) - Director: Director X
 
BEST HIP HOP VIDEO

Drake – 'Hotline Bling' - Director: Director X
Desiigner – 'Panda' - Director: Paul Geusebroek
Bryson Tiller – 'Don’t' - Director: Cris
Chance The Rapper featuring Saba – 'Angels' - Director: Austin Vesely
2 Chainz – 'Watch Out'” - Director: Motion Family
 
BEST POP VIDEO

Adele – 'Hello' - Director: Xavier Dolan
Beyoncé – 'Formation' - Director: Melina Matsoukas
Justin Bieber – 'Sorry' - Director: Parris Goebel
Alessia Cara – 'Wild Things' - Director: Aaron A
Ariana Grande – 'Into You' - Director: Hannah Lux Davis
 
BEST ROCK VIDEO

All Time Low – 'Missing You' - Director: Patrick Tracy
Coldplay – 'Adventure Of A Lifetime' - Director: Mat Whitecross
Fall Out Boy ft. Demi Lovato – 'Irresistible' - Director: Wayne Isham
twenty one pilots – 'Heathens' - Director: Andrew Donoho
Panic! At The Disco – 'Victorious' - Director: Brandon Dermer
 
BEST ELECTRONIC VIDEO

Calvin Harris & Disciples – 'How Deep Is Your Love' - Director: Emil Nava
99 Souls ft. Destiny’s Child & Brandy – 'The Girl Is Mine' - Director: Ludovic Zuili / Simon Bouisson
Mike Posner – 'I Took A Pill In Ibiza' - Director: Jon Jon Augustavo
Afrojack – 'SummerThing!' - Director: Sam Sneed
The Chainsmokers ft. Daya – 'Don’t Let Me Down' - Director: Marcus Kuhne

BREAKTHROUGH LONG FORM VIDEO

Florence + The Machine – The Odyssey
Beyoncé – Lemonade
Justin Bieber – PURPOSE: The Movement
Chris Brown – Royalty
Troye Sivan – Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy
 
BEST NEW ARTIST Presented by Taco Bell®

Bryson Tiller 
Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham
DNCE
 
PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES Presented by Orbit® Gum

BEST ART DIRECTION

Beyoncé – 'Hold Up' - Production Designer: Jason Hougaard
Fergie – 'M.I.L.F. $' - Production Designer: Alexander Delgado
Drake – 'Hotline Bling' - Production Designer: Jeremy MacFarlane
David Bowie – 'Blackstar' - Production Designer: Jan Houllevigue
Adele – 'Hello' - Production Designer: Colombe Raby
 
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Beyoncé – 'Formation' - Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia
Missy Elliott ft. Pharrell – 'WTF (Where They From)' - Choreographer: Hi-Hat
Beyoncé – 'Sorry' - Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia, Anthony Burrell, Beyoncé Knowles Carter
FKA Twigs – 'M3LL155X' - Choreographer: FKA Twigs
Florence + The Machine – 'Delilah' - Choreographer: Holly Blakey
 
BEST DIRECTION

Beyoncé – 'Formation' - Director: Melina Matsoukas
Coldplay – 'Up&Up' - Director: Vania Heymann, Gal Muggia
Adele – 'Hello' - Director: Xavier Dolan
David Bowie – 'Lazarus' - Director: Johan Renck
Tame Impala – 'The Less I Know The Better' - Director: Canada
 
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Beyoncé – 'Formation' - Cinematographer: Malik Sayeed
Adele – 'Hello' - Cinematographer: André Turpin
David Bowie – 'Lazarus' - Cinematographer: Crille Forsberg
Alesso – 'I Wanna Know' - Cinematographer: Corey Jennings
Ariana Grande – 'Into You' - Cinematographer: Paul Laufer
 
BEST EDITING

Beyoncé – 'Formation' - Editor: Jeff Selis
Adele – 'Hello' - Editor: Xavier Dolan
Fergie – 'M.I.L.F. $' - Editor: Vinnie Hobbs
David Bowie – 'Lazarus' -Editor: Johan Söderberg
Ariana Grande – 'Into You' - Editor: Hannah Lux Davis
 
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Coldplay – 'Up&Up' - VFX Editor: Vania Heymann
FKA Twigs – 'M3LL155X' - VFX Editor: Lewis Saunders, Jihoon Yoo
Adele – 'Send My Love (To Your New Lover)' - VFX Editor: Sam Sneade
The Weeknd – 'Can’t Feel My Face'  - VFX Editor: Bryan Smaller
ZAYN – 'PILLOWTALK' - VFX Editor: David Smith