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Beyonce dominates MTV VMAs nominations

This time, Kanye West may have to interrupt himself if he beats out Beyonce for Video of the Year.

West and Beyonce are facing off -- along with Adele, Drake and Justin Bieber -- for the top honor at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, according to the list of nominations the cable network released Tuesday.

Beyonce leads the class of 2016 with 11 nominations -- a career best -- for her visual album "Lemonade." Adele came in second with eight nominations, most of them for the video for "Hello."

Rihanna, Ariana Grande, Calvin Harris, Coldplay, The Weeknd and Sia also racked up nominations. The awards will be decided by fan voting, which began Tuesday.

Here's the list of the top nominations for the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards:

Video of the Year:
Adele, "Hello"
Beyonce, "Formation"
Drake, "Hotline Bling"
Justin Bieber, "Sorry"
Kanye West, "Famous"

Best Female Video:
Adele, "Hello"
Beyonce, "Hold Up"
Sia, "Cheap Thrills"
Ariana Grande, "Into You"
Rihanna ft. Drake, "Work" (short version)

Best Male Video
Drake, "Hotline Bling"
Bryson Tiller, "Don't"
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna, "This Is What You Came For"
Kanye West, "Famous"
The Weeknd, "Can't Feel My Face"

Best Collaboration
Beyonce ft. Kendrick Lamar, "Freedom"
Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign, "Work From Home"
Ariana Grande ft. Lil Wayne, "Let Me Love You"
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna, "This Is What You Came For"
Rihanna ft. Drake, "Work" (short version)

Best Hip-Hop Video
Drake, "Hotline Bling"
Desiigner, "Panda"
Bryson Tiller, "Don't"
Chance The Rapper ft. Saba, "Angels"
2 Chainz - "Watch Out"

Best Pop Video
Adele,"Hello"
Beyonce, "Formation"
Justin Bieber, "Sorry"
Alessia Cara, "Wild Things"
Ariana Grande, "Into You"

Best Rock Video
All Time Low, "Missing You"
Coldplay, "Adventure Of A Lifetime"
Fall Out Boy ft. Demi Lovato, "Irresistible"
twenty one pilots, "Heathens"
Panic! At The Disco, "Victorious"

Best Electronic Video
Calvin Harris & Disciples, "How Deep Is Your Love"
99 Souls ft. Destiny's Child & Brandy, "The Girl Is Mine"
Mike Posner, "I Took A Pill In Ibiza"
Afrojack, "SummerThing!"
The Chainsmokers ft. Daya, "Don't Let Me Down"

Breakthrough Longform Video
Florence + The Machine, "The Odyssey"
Beyonce, "Lemonade"
Justin Bieber, "PURPOSE: The Movement"
Chris Brown, "Royalty"
Troye Sivan, "Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy"

Best New Artist
Bryson Tiller
Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham
DNCE

The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards will be broadcast live from Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday, August 28.

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