Full 2015 MTV VMA Nominees

The nominees for the 2015 MTV VMAs are:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• Beyonce "7/11"
• Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud" (Emil Nava, dir.)
• Taylor Swift f/ Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood" (Joseph Kahn, dir.)
• Mark Ronson f/ Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk" (Bruno Mars & Cameron Duddy, dir.)
• Kendrick Lamar "Alright" (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies, dir.)

BEST MALE VIDEO

• Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud" (Emil Nava, dir.)
• Mark Ronson f/ Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk" (Bruno Mars & Cameron Duddy, dir.)
• Kendrick Lamar "Alright" (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies, dir.)
• The Weeknd "Earned It" (Sam Taylor-Johnson, dir.)
• Nick Jonas "Chains" (Ryan Pallotta, Nick Jonas, dir.)​

BEST FEMALE VIDEO

• Beyonce "7/11"
• Taylor Swift "Blank Space" (Joseph Kahn, dir.)
• Nicki Minaj "Anaconda" (Colin Tilley, dir.)
• Sia "Elastic Heart" (Sia and Daniel Askill, dir.)
• Ellie Goulding "Love Me Like You Do" (Georgia Hudson, dir.)

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO

• Fetty Wap "Trap Queen"
• Nicki Minaj "Anaconda" (Colin Tilley, dir.)
• Kendrick Lamar "Alright" (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies, dir.)
• Wiz Khalifa f/ Charlie Puth "See You Again" (Marc Klasfeld, dir.)
• Big Sean f/ E-40 "IDFWU" (Lawrence Lamont, dir.)

BEST POP VIDEO

• Beyonce "7/11"
• Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud" (Emil Nava, dir.)
• Taylor Swift "Blank Space" (Joseph Kahn, dir.)
• Mark Ronson f/ Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk" (Bruno Mars & Cameron Duddy, dir.)
• Maroon 5 "Sugar" (David Dobkin, dir.)

BEST ROCK VIDEO

• Hozier "Take Me To Church" (Brendan Canty & Conal Thomson of Feel Good Lost, dir.)
• Fall Out Boy "Uma Thurman" (Mel Soria, dir.)
• Florence + The Machine "Ship To Wreck" (Vince Haycock, dir.)
• Walk The Moon "Shut Up And Dance" (Josh Forbes, dir.)
• Arctic Monkeys "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High" (NABIL, dir.)

ARTIST TO WATCH presented by Taco Bell®

• Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
• Vance Joy "Riptide"
• George Ezra "Budapest" (Robert Brandon (of Rob & Rob), dir.)
• James Bay "Hold Back The River" (Mathy & Fran, dir.)
• FKA Twigs "Pendulum" (FKA Twigs, dir.)

BEST COLLABORATION

• Taylor Swift f/ Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood" (Joseph Kahn, dir.)
• Mark Ronson f/ Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk" (Bruno Mars & Cameron Duddy, dir.)
• Wiz Khalifa f/ Charlie Puth "See You Again" (Marc Klasfeld, dir.)
• Ariana Grande f/ The Weeknd "Love Me Harder" (Hannah Lux Davis, dir.)
• Jessie J / Ariana Grande / Nicki Minaj "Bang Bang" (Hannah Lux Davis, dir.)

VIDEO WITH A SOCIAL MESSAGE

• Jennifer Hudson "I Still Love You" (Tabitha Denholm & Molly Schiot, dir.)
• Colbie Caillat "Try" (Roman White, dir.)
• Big Sean "One Man Can Change The World" (Andrew Hines, dir.)
• Rihanna "American Oxygen" (Darren Craig, Jonathan Craven, Jeff Nicholas, dir.)
• Wale "The White Shoes"

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Taylor Swift f/ Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood" (Charles Infante, art dir.)
• Snoop Dogg "So Many Pros" (Jason Fijal, art dir.)
• Jack White "Would You Fight For My Love?" (Jeff Peterson, art dir.)
• The Chemical Brothers "Go" (Michel Gondry, art dir.)
• Skrillex & Diplo w/ Justin Bieber "Where Are U Now" (Brewer, art dir.)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

• Beyonce "7/11" (Beyoncé, Chris Grant, choreographers; Additional choreography: Gabriel Valenciano")
• OK Go "I Won't Let You Down" (OK Go, air:man, Mori Harano, choreographers)
• Chet Faker "Gold" (Ryan Heffington, choreographer)
• Ed Sheeran "Don't" (Nappy Tabs, choreographer)
• Flying Lotus f/ Kendrick Lamar "Never Catch Me" (Keone, Mari Madrid, dir.)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Flying Lotus f/ Kendrick Lamar "Never Catch Me" (Larkin Seiple, DP)
• Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud" (Daniel Pearl, DP)
• Taylor Swift f/ Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood" (Christopher Probst, DP)
• FKA Twigs "Two Weeks" (Justin Brown, DP)
• Alt-J "Left Hand Free" (Mike Simpson, DP)

BEST DIRECTION

• Taylor Swift f/ Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood" (Joseph Kahn, dir.)
• Mark Ronson f/ Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk" (Bruno Mars & Cameron Duddy, dir.)
• Kendrick Lamar "Alright" (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies, dir.)
• Hozier "Take Me To Church" (Brendan Canty & Conal Thomson of Feel Good Lost, dir.)
• Childish Gambino "Sober" (Hiro Murai, dir.)

BEST EDITING

• Beyonce "7/11" (Beyoncé, Ed Burke, Jonathan Wing, editors)
• Ed Sheeran "Don't" (Jacquelyn London, editor)
• Taylor Swift f/ Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood" (Chancler Haynes @ Cosmo Street, editor)
• A$AP Rocky "L$D" (Dexter Navy, editor)
• Skrillex & Diplo w/ Justin Bieber "Where Are U Now" (Brewer, editor)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Taylor Swift "Bad Blood" (Ingenuity Studios, vfx)
• FKA Twigs "Two Weeks" (Gloria FX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi, & Max Chyzhevskyy, vfx)
• Childish Gambino "Telegraph Ave" (Gloria FX, vfx)
• Skrillex & Diplo w/ Justin Bieber "Where Are U Now" (Brewer, vfx)
• Tyler, The Creator "F*cking Young/Death Camp" (Gloria FX, vfx)

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