Taylor Swift leads MTV Video Music Awards nominations with 9

Jul 21, 2015, 10:06 AM

FILE - In this July 10, 2015 file photo, Taylor Swift performs during her "1989" world tour at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Swift is nominated for nine MTV Video Music Awards, including one for video of the year for “Bad Blood,” which starred Selena Gomez, Lena Dunham and more of the pop star’s famous friends. The 2015 VMAs will air live on Aug. 30 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift’s star-studded “Bad Blood” music video is paying off: She’s the top nominee at next month’s MTV Video Music Awards.

Swift is nominated for nine moonmen, including video of the year for “Bad Blood,” starring Selena Gomez, Lena Dunham and more of the pop star’s famous friends.

Kendrick Lamar, who is featured on “Bad Blood,” is nominated for video of the year thanks to his own hit, “Alright.” Other nominees for the top prize include Beyonce’s “7/11,” Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking out Loud” and “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson.

The 2015 VMAs, hosted by Miley Cyrus, will air live Aug. 30 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Sheeran has six nominations, while Beyonce, Lamar and Ronson have five each.

Swift’s “Blank Space” will compete for best female video and pop video, while “Bad Blood” is up for best collaboration, direction, editing, visual effects, art direction and cinematography.

Fans can begin voting Tuesday.

Beyonce, Sia, Nicki Minaj and Ellie Goulding will battle Swift for best female video, while Sheeran, Lamar, Ronson, the Weeknd and Nick Jonas will compete for best male video.

Diplo, FKA twigs, Skrillex and Minaj earned three nominations each, while the Weeknd, Ariana Grande and Fetty Wap are double nominees.

Cyrus, who won video of the year last year for “Wrecking Ball,” dominated the 2013 VMAs when she grinded on Robin Thicke during a performance that trended heavily on social media. Cyrus wrote in an Instagram post Monday that “MTV won’t let me perform … so I’m hosting this year’s VMAs.”

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