Swift leads the way with nine nods, including Best Female Video for Blank Space, while her star-studded promo for Bad Blood, has landed seven mentions, including Video of the Year, Best Collaboration, Best Direction for Joseph Khan, and Best Visual Effects.

Sheeran is close behind with six nominations - his Thinking Out Loud garnering him recognition for Video of the Year, Best Male Video and Best Pop Video, while Beyonce will be another star to beat after earning five nominations, including Video of the Year, Best Female Video and Best Pop Video for 7/11.

Other Video of the Year contenders are Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars for Uptown Funk and Kendrick Lamar for Alright, while Nicki Minaj, Nick Jonas, Ellie Goulding, Maroon 5 and Wiz Khalifa have all nabbed VMA nominations, too.

Miley Cyrus will host the 2015 MTV VMAs at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on 30 August (15).