--- description: VMAs air live Aug. 28 from Madison Square Garden title: Here Are the 2016 MTV Video Music Award Nominees image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd979dca42d3bcb82/69889f6ecf40a86d95c44327/beyonce-facebook.jpg?branch=production ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here Are the 2016 MTV Video Music Award Nominations by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jul 26, 2016 6:40 PM CUT by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jul 26, 2016 6:40 PM CUT The MTV Video Music Awards [announced](http://time.com/4419247/watch-2016-vma-nominations-live/ "undefined") its 2016 nominees via Facebook Live Tuesday, with [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4421608/pokemon-go-rihanna-beyonce-adele/ "undefined") leading the list with 11 nods for her visual album “Lemonade.” [Adele](http://time.com/4419435/adele-accidentally-kissed-a-fan-at-her-concert-tour-and-he-was-ecstatic/ "undefined"), Drake, Ariana Grande and Kanye West each picked up multiple nominations. The ceremony airs live on Aug. 28 at 9 p.m. ET from Madison Square Garden, the ceremony’s first-ever appearance at the famed New York venue. Here’s the list of nominees: **Video of the Year** Adele, “Hello” Beyoncé, “Formation” Drake, “Hotline Bling” Justin Bieber, “Sorry” Kanye West, “Famous” **Best Collaboration** Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar, “Freedom” Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign, “Work From Home” Ariana Grande ft. Lil Wayne, “Let Me Love You” Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna, “This Is What You Came For” Rihanna ft. Drake, “Work” (short version) **Best Hip-Hop Video** Drake, “Hotline Bling” Desiigner, “Panda” Bryson Tiller, “Don’t” Chance the Rapper, “Angels” 2 Chainz, “Watch Out” **Best Female Video** Adele, “Hello” Beyonce, “Hold Up” Sia, “Cheap Thrills” Ariana Grande, “Into You” Rihanna ft. Drake, “Work” **Best Male Video** Drake, “Hotline Bling” Bryson Tiller, “Don’t” Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna, “This Is What You Came For” Kanye West, “Famous” The Weeknd, “Can’t Feel My Face” **Best New Artist** Bryson Tiller Zara Larsson Lukas Graham Desiigner DNCE **Best Pop Video** Adele, “Hello” Beyoncé, “Formation” Justin Bieber, “Sorry” Alessia Cara, “Wild Things” Ariana Grande, “Into You” **Best Rock Video** All Time Low, “Missing You” Coldplay, “Adventure Of A Lifetime” Fall Out Boy ft. Demi Lovato, “Irresistible” twenty one pilots, “Heathens” Panic! At The Disco, “Victorious” **Best Electronic Video** Calvin Harris & Disciples, “How Deep Is Your Love” 99 Souls ft. Destiny’s Child & Brandy, “The Girl Is Mine” Mike Posner, “I Took A Pill In Ibiza” Afrojack, “SummerThing!” The Chainsmokers ft. Daya, “Don’t Let Me Down” **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 Choreography** Beyoncé, “Formation” Missy Elliott ft. Pharrell, “WTF (Where They From)” Beyoncé, “Sorry” FKA Twigs, “M3LL155X” Florence + The Machine, “Delilah” **Best Visual Effects** Coldplay, “Up&Up” FKA Twigs, “M3LL155X” Adele, “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” The Weeknd, “Can’t Feel My Face” Zayn, “PILLOWTALK” **Best Editing** Beyoncé, “Formation” Adele, “Hello” Fergie, “M.I.L.F. $” David Bowie, “Lazarus” Ariana Grande, “Into You” **Best Cinematography** Beyoncé, “Formation” Adele, “Hello” David Bowie, “Lazarus” Alesso, “I Wanna Know” Ariana Grande, “Into You” **Best Art Direction** Beyoncé, “Hold Up” Fergie, “M.I.L.F. $” Drake, “Hotline Bling” David Bowie, “Blackstar” Adele, “Hello” **Best Direction** Beyoncé, “Formation” Coldplay, “Up&Up” Adele, “Hello” David Bowie, “Lazarus” Tame Impala,“The Less I Know The Better” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4424498/mtv-video-music-award-nominations-2016/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4424498/mtv-video-music-award-nominations-2016/"},"headline":"Here Are the 2016 MTV Video Music Award Nominations","datePublished":"2016-07-26T18:40:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:33:41.008Z","description":"The VMAs air live Aug. 28 from Madison Square Garden","url":"https://time.com/4424498/mtv-video-music-award-nominations-2016/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd979dca42d3bcb82/69889f6ecf40a86d95c44327/beyonce-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd979dca42d3bcb82/69889f6ecf40a86d95c44327/beyonce-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"beyonce-facebook","caption":"Beyoncé performs onstage during the 2016 BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater, on June 26, 2016 in Los Angeles.","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4424498/mtv-video-music-award-nominations-2016/","name":"Here Are the 2016 MTV Video Music Award Nominations"}}]}] ```