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

 

This Is America, No Tears Left To Cry, and 1-800 look like the biggest competition I think but Finesse or Look What You Made Me do could probably pull it from under them

Omg yas at all those noms for "Apeshit"! *.* Hopefully she takes away at least a couple of the less important awards but I would love it if they could snatch a big award on the night.

Am I alone in thinking they’ve got nominated purely for being a big name rather than quality or impact?

They won best art direction! :D