MTV announced the nominations for the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards last night – I’m excited for the VMA’s coming up in August, but this also means summer is slowly coming to an end! We’re not surprised that Katy Perry and Adele were most nominated… But the VMA’s also reached out to a variety of stars, such as Thirty Seconds to Mars for their video “Hurricane” and the Beastie Boys‘ “Make Some Noise.” But, ummm… what about Rihanna? This is awkward, considering she dominated the pop music video scene with “Only Girl in the World,” “What’s My Name,” and “S & M.” No nominations for The Black Eyed Peas either!
Some ‘little monsters’ are upset Lady Gaga wasn’t nominated for Video of The Year or Best Pop Video, though she made it into Best Female Video. (Is it just me, or does anyone else think Gaga video fame peaked with “Bad Romance” and “Poker Face?”) The epically popular Adele sent the VMA nominators into a tizzy, grabbing up seven nominations and tying with Kanye West. Katy Perry has has a huge year so it’s no shock that she landed the most nominations! She picked up 9 nominations total including Best Pop Video, Best Collaboration, Best Direction, Best Special Effects and the biggest nomination-Video of the year for her hit “Firework.” One of my favorite artists Cee-Lo may be a bit of a dark horse contender compared to Perry, but the “Forget You” video is stellar. I’m glad that Beyonce and LMFAO are both up for best choreography. Still, although Beyonce can rock her bod like nobody’s business, LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” has shuffling dance zombies. Pretty close call.
Check out Who was nominated in each category below!
Per The Hollywood Gossip:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Adele “Rolling In The Deep”
Tyler, The Creator “Title: Yonkers”
Katy Perry “Firework”
Bruno Mars “Grenade”
Beastie Boys “Make Some Noise”BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Adele “Rolling In The Deep”
Katy Perry “Firework”
Beyonce “Run The World (Girls)”
Nicki Minaj “Super Bass”
Lady Gaga “Born This Way”BEST MALE VIDEO
Cee Lo Green “F*** You”
Eminem feat. Rihanna “Love The Way You Lie”
Bruno Mars “Grenade”
Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi “All Of The Lights”
Justin Bieber “U Smile”BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Lil Wayne feat. Cory Gunz “6’7’”
Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi “All Of The Lights”
Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes “Title: Look At Me Now”
Nicki Minaj “Super Bass”
Lupe Fiasco “The Show Goes On”BEST POP VIDEO
Adele “Rolling In The Deep”
Bruno Mars “Grenade”
Pitbull feat. NE-YO, Nayer & Afrojack “Give Me Everything”
Katy Perry “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
Britney Spears “Till The World Ends”BEST NEW ARTIST
Foster The People “Pumped Up Kicks”
Wiz Khalifa “Title: Black and Yellow”
Tyler, The Creator “Yonkers”
Big Sean feat. Chris Brown “My Last”
Kreayshawn “Gucci Gucci”BEST ROCK VIDEO
The Black Keys “Howlin For You”
Foo Fighters “Walk”
Foster The People “Pumped Up Kicks”
Mumford & Sons “The Cave”
Cage The Elephant “Shake Me Down”BEST COLLABORATION
Pitbull feat. NE-YO, Nayer & Afrojack “Give Me Everything”
Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes “Look At Me Now”
Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi “All Of The Lights”
Katy Perry feat. Kanye West “E.T.”
Nicki Minaj feat. Drake “Moment 4 Life”
You can head to MTV.com to get your vote on in the general categories! As for who will be performing, that should be announced soon. This year’s VMAs will be live from The Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on August 28th – set those DVRs!
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yeahhhh! for all the noms. but those people who keep dissing adele need to be quiet because she is better then they will ever be