Adele will go head-to-head with Beyonce at the MTV Video Music Awards as the singers battle it out for the top prizes.
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Beyonce’s Lemonade has earned her 11 nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Swift, however, received zero nominations, a surprising turn of events for the 26-year-old singer, who led the pack of honorees at last year’s ceremony with 10 nominations for “Bad Blood”.
The video shows the rapper in bed with a host of naked celebrities, including Taylor.
Swift and West have been publicly feuding for months about whether the pop star approved lyrics in which West boasts about making her famous. But wait – there’s more.
It’s the most nominations she’s ever gotten in a single year.
The video for Australian rock band Tame Impala’s The Less I Know the Better has been nominated for a best direction award.
British artist David Bowie, who died unexpectedly in January of cancer days after releasing a new album, also made it onto the list with nominations for best direction, art, editing and cinematography for his singles “Blackstar” and “Lazarus”.
Justin Bieber’s “Sorry”, Drake’s “Hotline Bling“, and Kanye West’s “Famous” are also nominated for Video of the Year.
To make matters worse, Taylor’s current rivals – Kanye West and ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris – have found themselves with recognition, although Calvin’s song, This Is What You Came For, was co-wrote with Swifty herself.
Other artists who nab multiple nominations for the annual music award show which will air live from New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday, August 28 at 9 P.M. ET are Drake, who earns 6 nominations for his “Hotline Bling” video, Ariana Grande with 5 noms and Rihanna with 4 noms.
Adele, Hello; Beyonce, Formation; Justin Bieber, Sorry; Alessia Cara, Wild Things; Ariana Grande, Into You.
Best electronic video: Calvin Harris & Disciples, How Deep Is Your Love; 99 Souls featuring Destiny’s Child and Brandy, The Girl Is Mine; Mike Posner, I Took A Pill In Ibiza; Afrojack, SummerThing!
Drake was nominated six times, followed by Ariana Grande with five nods and Rihanna with four.
Breakthrough long form video: Florence + the Machine, The Odyssey; Beyonce, Lemonade; Justin Bieber, PURPOSE: The Movement; Chris Brown, Royalty; Troye Sivan, Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy.
Beyonce, Formation; Missy Elliott featuring Pharrell, WTF (Where They From); Beyonce, Sorry; FKA Twigs, M3LL155X; Florence + the Machine, Delilah.
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Nominees for professional categories, such as Best Editing or Best Visual Effects, also included FKA Twigs for “M3LL155X” and Zayn’s “PILLOWTALK”.
