MTV VMA 2015 Nominations: Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran lead the tables

Quite impressively, Taylor Swift is about to have one glorious 2015. From going on a crusade against Apple Music for royalty rates to be paid, to adorably cozying up with DJ, Calvin Harris and now leading the pack at the MTV Video Music Awards with a grand total of nine nominations, including one for Video of the Year (Bad Blood), she is on a roll.

Unfortunately for her though, the nominations also resulted in a little Twitter spat with rapper Nicki Minaj. What started off as Minaj questioning why her song, Anaconda – which reached meme status and broke video streaming records – was not nominated for Video of the Year turned into a huge kerfuffle with Swift misinterpreting Minaj’s tweets as being personal attacks towards her. One thing led to another and well, all we know is that you may just expect to see Minaj pull a Kanye and head up on stage to ‘accept’ her award.

As for the rest of the nominees, Ed Sheeran took the second spot with six nods, including Video of the Year for Thinking Out Loud, while Beyonce and Mark Ronson each took five nominations. Set to be hosted by the shock-inducing Miley Cyrus, it’s safe to say that this year’s VMAs will not be disappointing on the wacky point of things. And we’ll be tuning to catch everything that goes down by the minute.

Don’t forget to vote for your favourites at the official MTV website too!

The MTV Video Music Awards 2015 will be held on 30 August. 

Here’s some of the most anticipated nominations:

Video of the Year:
Beyoncé – 7/11
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Kendrick Lamar – Alright

Best Male Video:
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Kendrick Lamar – Alright
The Weeknd – Earned It
Nick Jonas – Chains

Best Female Video:
Beyoncé – 7/11
Taylor Swift – Blank Space
Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
Sia – Elastic Heart
Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do

Best Hip Hop Video:
Fetty Wap – Trap Queen
Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
Kendrick Lamar – Alright
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – See You Again
Big Sean ft. E-40 – IDFWU

Best Pop Video:
Beyoncé – 7/11
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
Taylor Swift – Blank Space
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Maroon 5 – Sugar

Best Rock Video:
Hozier – Take Me To Church
Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman
Florence + the Machine – Ship To Wreck
Walk the Moon – Shut Up and Dance
Arctic Monkeys – Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?

Video With a Social Message:
Jennifer Hudson – I Still Love You
Colbie Caillat – Try
Big Sean ft. Kanye West and John Legend – One Man Can Change the World
Rihanna – American Oxygen
Wale – The White Shoes

Tarandip Kaur