MTV VMAs – 2015 Nominations (UPDATED)

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While it’s never been quite clear how nominations or winners are determined — or for that matter whether it’s the performer or the nominated video’s director who is actually winning the award — MTV‘s 30-odd-year old Video Music Awards show somehow remains culturally relevant.

This year’s ceremony will be hosted by a certain former Ms. Montana, whose career rocketed from mere superstardom to supernova after she danced around in a bathing suit while making a funny face at the ceremony two years ago. All pop-culture-savvy eyes will surely be on Los Angeles, California’s Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live, on August 30, taking note and tweeting of whatever attention grabbing antics transpire.

UPDATE- 8/7/15: Check out host Miley Cyrus, in the below teaser, still wearing bathing suits and making funny faces, to the delight of the American masses (more can be found at MTV’s YouTube page).

As this entry’s opening suggests, the awards themselves are never really the focus of the evening — that being a combination of performers and presenters, and of course the above-referenced hijinks — but awards are all the same given out. Below is the full list of this year’s nominees.

VMAs - Taylor, Ed, Bey, Kendrick

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VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Beyoncé – “7/11″
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE

Beyonce – “7/11″
Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
Nicki Minaj– “Anaconda”
Sia – “Elastic Heart”
Ellie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do”

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE

Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
The Weeknd – “Earned It”
Nick Jonas – “Chains”

BEST COLLABORATION

Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth – “See You Again”
Ariana Grande feat. The Weekend – “Love Me Harder”
Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj – “Bang Bang”

BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO

Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth – “See You Again”
Big Sean feat. E-40 – “IDFWU”

BEST ROCK VIDEO

Hozier – “Take Me To Church”
Fall Out Boy – “Uma Thurman”
Florence + the Machine – “Ship To Wreck”
WALKTHEMOON – “Shut Up and Dance”
Arctic Monkeys – “Why You’d Only Call Me When You’re High?”

VIDEO NOMINEES WITH A SOCIAL MESSAGE

Jennifer Hudson – “I Still Love You”
Colbie Caillat – “Try”
Big Sean feat. Kanye West & John Legend – “One Man Can Change The World”
Rihanna – “American Oxygen”
Wale – “The White Shoes”

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Beyonce
OK Go
Chet Faker
Ed Sheeran
Flying Lotus
Kendrick Lamar

#VMAS ARTIST TO WATCH

Fetty Wap
Vance Joy
George Ezra
James Bay
FKA twigs

BEST POP VIDEO

Beyoncé – “7/11″
Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Maroon 5 – “Sugar”

We are certain this is not the last we’ll be blogging on this topic, so we’ll leave this at this for now.

Below we’ve got a very young Eddie Murphy hosting the VMAs 29 years ago.