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It's that time again. Nominations for the 2018 MTV VMAs have been announced! All categories — except for the professional slate — are voted on by the public, so clicky clicky if you want to have a say about the winners.

The VMAs are schedule for August 20 from NYC's famed Radio City Music Hall.

Nominees are as follows... 

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” 
• Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)”
• Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana” 
• The Carters – “APES**T” 
• Childish Gambino – “This Is America” 
• Drake – “God's Plan” 

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Ariana Grande
• Bruno Mars
• Camila Cabello
• Cardi B
• Drake
• Post Malone

SONG OF THE YEAR

• Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)”
• Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana” 
• Drake – “God's Plan” 
• Dua Lipa – “New Rules”
• Ed Sheeran – “Perfect” 
• Post Malone ft. 21 Savage – “rockstar”

BEST NEW ARTIST (Presented by Taco Bell®)

• Bazzi
• Cardi B
• Chloe x Halle
• Hayley Kiyoko
• Lil Pump
• Lil Uzi Vert

BEST COLLABORATION

• Bebe Rexha ft. Florida Georgia Line – “Meant to Be”
• Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)” 
• The Carters – “APES**T”
• Jennifer Lopez ft. DJ Khaled & Cardi B – “Dinero”
• Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid – “1-800-273-8255”
• N.E.R.D & Rihanna – “Lemon”

BEST POP

• Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” 
• Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana”
• Demi Lovato – “Sorry Not Sorry”
• Ed Sheeran – “Perfect”
• P!nk – “What About Us” 
• Shawn Mendes – “In My Blood”

BEST HIP HOP

• Cardi B ft. 21 Savage – “Bartier Cardi” 
• The Carters – “APES**T”
• Drake – “God's Plan” 
• J. Cole – “ATM” 
• Migos ft. Drake – “Walk It Talk It” 
• Nicki Minaj – “Chun-Li” 

BEST LATIN

• Daddy Yankee – “Dura” 
• J Balvin, Willy William – “Mi Gente”
• Jennifer Lopez ft. DJ Khaled & Cardi B – “Dinero” 
• Luis Fonsi, Demi Lovato – “Échame La Culpa” 
• Maluma – “Felices los 4” 
• Shakira ft. Maluma – “Chantaje” 

BEST DANCE

• Avicii ft. Rita Ora – “Lonely Together” 
• Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – “One Kiss” 
• The Chainsmokers – “Everybody Hates Me” 
• David Guetta & Sia – “Flames”
• Marshmello ft. Khalid – “Silence”
• Zedd & Liam Payne – “Get Low (Street Video)” 

BEST ROCK

• Fall Out Boy – “Champion”
• Foo Fighters – “The Sky Is A Neighborhood” 
• Imagine Dragons – “Whatever It Takes” 
• Linkin Park – “One More Light” 
• Panic! At The Disco – “Say Amen (Saturday Night)” 
• Thirty Seconds to Mars – “Walk On Water” 

VIDEO WITH A MESSAGE

• Childish Gambino – “This Is America” 
• Dej Loaf and Leon Bridges – “Liberated” 
• Drake – ‘God’s Plan”
• Janelle Monáe – “PYNK” 
• Jessie Reyez – “Gatekeeper” 
• Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid – “1-800-273-8255” 

PUSH ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• JULY 2018 – Chloe x Halle – Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records
• JUNE 2018 – Sigrid – Island Records
• MAY 2018 – Lil Xan – Columbia Records
• APRIL 2018 – Hayley Kiyoko – Atlantic Records
• MARCH 2018 – Jessie Reyez – Island Records
• FEBRUARY 2018 – Tee Grizzley – 300 Entertainment
• JANUARY 2018 – Bishop Briggs – Island Records
• DECEMBER 2017 – Grace VanderWaal – Syco Music/Columbia Records
• NOVEMBER 2017 – Why Don’t We – Atlantic Records
• OCTOBER 2017 – PRETTYMUCH – Syco Music/Columbia Records
• SEPTEMBER 2017 – SZA – TDE/Aftermath/Interscope Records
• AUGUST 2017 – Kacy Hill – Def Jam Recordings
• JULY 2017 – Khalid – RCA Records
• JUNE 2017 – Kyle – Atlantic Records
• MAY 2017 – Noah Cyrus – Records

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES

BEST ART DIRECTION               

• The Carters – “APES**T” – Art Direction by Jan Houlevigue
• Childish Gambino – “This Is America” –  Art Direction by Jason Kisvarday
• J. Cole – “ATM” –   Art Direction by Miles Mullin
• Janelle Monáe – “Make Me Feel” –  Art Direction by Pepper Nguyen
• SZA – “The Weekend” –  Art Direction by SZA and Solange
• Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do” –  Art Direction by Brett Hess

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

• Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)” –  Choreography by Phil Tayag & Bruno Mars
• Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana” –  Choreography by Calvit Hodge and Sara Bivens
• The Carters – “APES**T” –  Choreography by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Jaquel Knight
• Childish Gambino – “This Is America” –  Choreography by Sherrie Silver
• Dua Lipa – “IDGAF” –  Choreography by Marion Motin
• Justin Timberlake – “Filthy” –  Choreography by Marty Kudelka, AJ Harpold, Tracy Phillips, and Ivan Koumaev

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Alessia Cara – “Growing Pains” – Cinematography by Pau Castejón
• Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” –  Cinematography by Scott Cunningham
• The Carters – “APES**T” –  Cinematography by Benoit Debie
• Childish Gambino – “This Is America” –  Cinematography by Larkin Seiple
• Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran – “River” – Cinematography by Frank Mobilio & Patrick Meller
• Shawn Mendes – “In My Blood” – Cinematography by Jonathan Sela

BEST DIRECTION

• The Carters – “APES**T” –  Directed by Ricky Saiz
• Childish Gambino – “This Is America” –  Directed by Hiro Murai
• Drake – “God's Plan” –  Directed by Karena Evans
• Ed Sheeran – “Perfect” –  Directed by Jason Koenig
• Justin Timberlake ft. Chris Stapleton – “Say Something” –  Directed by Arturo Perez Jr.
• Shawn Mendes – “In My Blood” – Directed by Jay Martin

BEST EDITING

• Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)” –  Editing by Jacquelyn London
• The Carters – “APES**T” –  Taylor Ward and Sam Ostrove
• Childish Gambino – “This Is America” –  Editing by Ernie Gilbert
• Janelle Monáe – “Make Me Feel” – Editing by Deji LaRay
• N.E.R.D & Rihanna – “Lemon” –  Editing by Taylor Ward
• Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do” –  Editing by Chancler Haynes for Cosmo

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” –  Visual Effects by Vidal and Loris Paillier for Buf
• Avicii ft. Rita Ora – “Lonely Together” –  Visual Effects by KPP
• Eminem ft. Beyoncé – “Walk On Water” –  Visual Effects Supervisor Rich Lee for Drive Studios
• Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “All The Stars” –  Visual Effects by Loris Paillier for BUF Paris
• Maroon 5 – “Wait” – Visual Effects by TIMBER
• Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do” – Visual Effects by Ingenuity Studios

Award winning and still Humble... The acclaimed music video takes home the Grammy at the 60th annual music celebration.

Kendrick Lamar "Humble." (Dave Meyers, dir.) Jason Baum, Dave Free, Jamie Rabineau, Nathan K. Scherrer & Anthony Tiffith, video producers

Nominees have been announced for the 60th annual Grammy Awards, to be held Sunday, January 28 in NYC. 

The Best Music Video nominees are as follows:

Beck "Up All Night" (Canada, dir.) Laura Serra Estorch & Oscar Romagosa, video producers

Jain "Makeba" (Greg et Lio, dir.) Yodelice, video producer

Jay-Z "The Story of O.J." (Mark Romanek, Shawn Carter, dir.) Daniel Midgley, video producer

Kendrick Lamar "Humble." (Dave Meyers, dir.) Jason Baum, Dave Free, Jamie Rabineau, Nathan K. Scherrer & Anthony Tiffith, video producers

Logic f/ Alessia Cara, Khalid "1-800-273-8255" (Andy Hines, dir.) Andrew Lerios, video producer

One of the legends, both for music and music video... The incomparable Tom Petty has died of cardiac arrest, at the age of 66.

So many classic videos. Check out a few here in this Tom Petty playlist, running the gamut from early '80s gems to as recent as last year. 

Kendrick Lamar truly earned his KIng moniker, opening the VMAs with a literally fiery performance and then nabbing Video Of The Year, Best Hip Hop, and nearly all the Professional Categories.

See below for all the winners of the 2017 MTV Awards are....

VIDEO OF THE YEAR 

• Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.” (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope) 

VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD

• P!nk 

ARTIST OF THE YEAR 

• Ed Sheeran (Atlantic Records) 

BEST NEW ARTIST (Presented by Taco Bell®)

• Khalid (RCA Records) 

BEST COLLABORATION 

• Zayn & Taylor Swift – “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)” (Republic Records)

BEST POP 

• Fifth Harmony ft. Gucci Mane – “Down” (Syco Music/Epic Records) 

BEST HIP HOP 

• Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.” (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)

BEST DANCE 

• Zedd and Alessia Cara – “Stay” (Interscope) 

BEST ROCK 

• Twenty One Pilots – “Heavydirtysoul” (Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic Records) 

BEST FIGHT AGAINST THE SYSTEM  - (All videos declared winners in a tie)

• Logic ft. Damian Lemar Hudson – “Black SpiderMan” (Def Jam)
• The Hamilton Mixtape – “Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)” (Atlantic Records)
• Big Sean – “Light” (Def Jam)
• Alessia Cara – “Scars To Your Beautiful” (Def Jam)
• Taboo ft. Shailene Woodley – “Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL”
• John Legend – “Surefire” (Columbia Records)

SONG OF SUMMER Presented by Verizon

• Lil Uzi Vert — “XO Tour Llif3”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Kendrick Lamar --“HUMBLE.” Cinematographer: Scott Cunningham

BEST DIRECTION

Kendrick Lamar --“HUMBLE.” Director: Dave Meyers & the little homies

BEST ART DIRECTION

Kendrick Lamar --“HUMBLE.” Production Designer: Spencer Graves

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Kendrick Lamar --“HUMBLE.” VFX Editor: Company: Timber/Lead: Jonah Hall

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Kanye West – “Fade” Choreographer: Teyana Taylor, Guapo, Matthew Pasterisa, Jae Blaze, Derek Watkins

BEST EDITING

Young Thug – “Wyclef Jean” Editor: Ryan Staake & Eric Degliomini