Only female artists nominated for Artist Of The Year at VMAs for the first time ever

The Song of the Year category is also dominated by female artists

The nominees for the 13 September awards ceremony include Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Doja Cat, Shakira, Nicki Minaj and KAROL G.

Taylor, who holds the record for the most Video of the Year wins and has a total of 14 VMAs to her name, is also up for Video of the Year for her single ‘Anti-Hero’.

It’s also competing for Song of the Year, Best Pop Video, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Visual Effects.

Other nominations for Video of the Year award include the recently-released tracks ‘Attention’ and ‘Vampire’ by Doja Cat and Olivia Rodrigo, ‘Flowers’ by Miley Cyrus, ‘Super Freaky Girl’ by Nicki Minaj, ‘Unholy’ by Sam Smith and Kim Petras and finally ‘Kill Bill’ by SZA.

Smith, who is non-binary, is the only non-female-identifying nominee in the category.

Beyonce was only eligible for one category, Artist of the Year, because she didn't release any music videos for her 2022 album Renaissance.

Taylor has the most nominations overall with eight. R&B artist SZA has six, while Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Sam Smith and Kim Petras all have five.

While a lot of the main categories are dominated by big names, a number of artists have been included for the first time. Among those is indie supergroup, Boygenius, made up of Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker.

Rappers Ice Spice and Flo Milli are also being honoured for the first time, alongside singers PinkPantheress and Renee Rapp.

ABC noted that it is yet to be revealed who's in the running for the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award, which according to MTV, is awarded "in recognition of an artists' overall achievements in music and film".

See the full list of nominations below:

Song of the Year

Best New Artist

• GloRilla – CMG / Interscope Records
• Ice Spice – 10K Projects / Capitol Records
• Kaliii – Atlantic Records
• Peso Pluma – Double P Records
• PinkPantheress – 300 Entertainment
• Reneé Rapp – Interscope Records

Push Performance of the Year

Best Collaboration

Best Pop

• Demi Lovato – ‘Swine’ – Island Records
• Dua Lipa – ‘Dance The Night (From Barbie The Album)’ – Atlantic Records
• Ed Sheeran – ‘Eyes Closed’ – Atlantic Records
• Miley Cyrus – ‘Flowers’ – Columbia Records
• Olivia Rodrigo – ‘Vampire’ – Geffen Records
• P!NK – ‘TRUSTFALL’ – RCA Records
• Taylor Swift – ‘Anti-Hero’ – Republic Records

Best Hip-Hop

Best R&B

Best Alternative

• blink-182 – ‘EDGING’ – Columbia Records
• boygenius – ‘the film’ – Interscope Records
• Fall Out Boy – ‘Hold Me Like A Grudge’ – Fueled By Ramen
• Lana Del Rey ft. Jon Batiste – ‘Candy Necklace’ – Interscope Records
• Paramore – ‘This Is Why’ – Atlantic Records
• Thirty Seconds To Mars – ‘Stuck’ – Concord Records / Concord

Best Rock

• Foo Fighters – ‘The Teacher’ – RCA Records
• Linkin Park – ‘Lost (Original Version)’ – Warner Records
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – ‘Tippa My Tongue’ – Warner Records
• Måneskin – ‘THE LONELIEST’ – Arista Records
• Metallica – ‘Lux Æterna’ – Blackened Recordings
• Muse – ‘You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween’ – Warner Records

Best Latin

Best K Pop

• aespa – ‘Girls’ – SM ENTERTAINMENT Co., Ltd.
• BLACKPINK – ‘Pink Venom’ – YG Entertainment / Interscope Records
• FIFTY FIFTY – ‘Cupid’ – ATTRAKT / Warner Records
• SEVENTEEN – ‘Super’ – HYBE / Geffen Records
• Stray Kids – ‘S-Class’ – JYP / Republic
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER – ‘Sugar Rush Ride’ – BIGHIT MUSIC / Republic Records

Best Afrobeats

Video for Good

• Alicia Keys – If I Ain’t Got You (Orchestral) – NETFLIX
• Bad Bunny – ‘El Apagón – Aquí Vive Gente’ – Rimas Entertainment
• Demi Lovato – ‘Swine’ – Island Records
• Dove Cameron – ‘Breakfast’ – Columbia Records
• Imagine Dragons – ‘Crushed’ – KIDinaKORNER / Interscope Records
• Maluma – ‘La Reina’ – Sony Music US Latin

Best Direction

Best Cinematography

Best Visual Effects

Best Choreography

Best Art Direction

Best Editing

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