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Queen B slaying with 9 nominations, second only to Cardi B (10 nominations) *.* She's missing from Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, Push Artist of the Year, Best Pop, Best Latin, Best Dance, Best Rock, & Video with a Message - although I'm pretty sure Apeshit / Walk On Water could only count for 2-3 of those


Video of the Year
Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug — "Havana"
The Carters — "Apeshit"
Childish Gambino — "This Is America"
Drake — "God's Plan"
Ariana Grande — "No Tears Left to Cry"
Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B — "Finesse"

Best Collaboration
The Carters – "Apeshit"
Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid – "1-800-273-8255"
Jennifer Lopez featuring DJ Khaled and Cardi B – "Dinero"
Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B – "Finesse"
N.E.R.D and Rihanna – "Lemon"
Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line – "Meant to Be"

Best Hip Hop
Cardi B featuring 21 Savage – "Bartier Cardi"
The Carters – "Apeshit"
J. Cole – "ATM"
Drake – "God's Plan"
Migos featuring Drake – "Walk It Talk It"
Nicki Minaj – "Chun-Li"

Best Art Direction
The Carters – "Apeshit" (Jan Houlevigue)
Childish Gambino – "This Is America" (Jason Kisvarday)
J. Cole – "ATM" (Miles Mullin)
Janelle Monáe – "Make Me Feel" (Pepper Nguyen)
Taylor Swift – "Look What You Made Me Do" (Brett Hess)
SZA – "The Weekend" (SZA and Solange)

Best Choreography
Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug – "Havana" (Calvit Hodge and Sara Bivens)
The Carters – "Apeshit" (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Jacquel Knight)
Childish Gambino – "This Is America" (Sherrie Silver)
Dua Lipa – "IDGAF" (Marion Motin)
Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B – "Finesse" (Phil Tayag and Bruno Mars)
Justin Timberlake – "Filthy" (Marty Kudelka, AJ Harpold, Tracey Phillips and Ivan Koumaev)

Best Cinematography
Alessia Cara – "Growing Pains" (Pau Castejón)
The Carters – "Apeshit" (Benoit Debie)
Childish Gambino – "This Is America" (Larkin Seiple)
Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran – "River" (Frank Mobilio and Patrick Meller)
Ariana Grande – "No Tears Left to Cry" (Scott Cunningham)
Shawn Mendes – "In My Blood" (Jonathan Sela)

Best Direction
The Carters – "Apeshit" (Ricky Saix)
Childish Gambino – "This Is America" (Hiro Murai)
Drake – "God's Plan" (Karena Evans)
Shawn Mendes – "In My Blood" (Jay Martin)
Ed Sheeran – "Perfect" (Jason Koenig)
Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton – "Say Something" (Arturo Perez Jr.)

Best Editing
The Carters – "Apeshit" (Taylor Ward and Sam Ostrove)
Childish Gambino – "This Is America" (Ernie Gilbert)
Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B – "Finesse" (Jacquelyn London)
Janelle Monáe – "Make Me Feel" (Deji Laray)
N.E.R.D and Rihanna – "Lemon" (Taylor Ward)
Taylor Swift – "Look What You Made Me Do" (Chancler Haynes for Cosmo)

Best Visual Effects
Avicii featuring Rita Ora – "Lonely Together" (KPP)
Eminem featuring Beyoncé – "Walk on Water" (Rich Lee for Drive Studios)
Ariana Grande – "No Tears Left to Cry" (Vidal and Loris Paillier at BUF Paris)
Kendrick Lamar and SZA – "All the Stars" (Loris Paillier at BUF Paris)
Maroon 5 – "Wait" (Timber)
Taylor Swift – "Look What You Made Me Do" (Ingenuity Studios)


In 2016 Beyoncé went home with 8 of her 11 nominations, meaning she's won a total of 24 (!) wins to date and has the most wins in the history of the VMA's. Hopefully she can bring her total up to 33 in August