VMAs 2016: Beyonce and Adele to sweep awards after 18 nominations

She’s one of the most celebrated performers of the modern era, and on Tuesday Beyoncé earned even more accolades, with 11 nominations in the MTV Video Music Awards for her Lemonade project. The “visual album” was released in April, two months after its politically charged Formation video was unveiled just before Beyoncé’s controversial appearance at the Super Bowl

Adele received eight nominations for the awards, seven of which were her video Hello, directed by the young French filmmaker Xavier Dolan. Both Formation and Hello are nominated for the top award, video of the year: the others in the category are Drake's much-memed Hotline Bling, Justin Bieber's Sorry and Kanye West's Famous, which depicts him in bed with a succession of naked celebrities.

Last year the nominations caused a spat between Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift, after the latter took offense at Minaj complaining that she had not been nominated for video of the year for Anaconda. However, neither have been nominated this year.

The full list of nominees is:

Adele: Hello

Beyoncé: Formation

Drake: Hotline Bling

Justin Bieber: Sorry

Kanye West: Famous

Adele: Hello

Beyoncé: Hold Up

Sia: Cheap Thrills

Ariana Grande: Into You

Rihanna (ft. Drake): Work (short version)

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

Beyoncé (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)

Drake: Hotline Bling

Desiigner: Panda

Bryson Tiller: Don’t

Chance the Rapper: Angels2

Chainz:: Watch Out

Adele: Hello

Beyoncé: Formation

Justin Bieber: Sorry

Alessia Cara: Wild Things

Ariana Grande: Into You

All Time Low: Missing You

Coldplay: Adventure of a Lifetime

Fall Out Boy (ft Demi Lovato): Irresistable

twenty one pilots: Heathens

Panic! At the Disco: Victorious

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

Florence and the Machine: The Odyssey

Beyoncé: Lemonade

Justin Bieber: Purpose: The Movement

Chris Brown: Royalty

Troye Sivan: Blue Neighborhood Trilogy

Bryson Tiller

Desiigner

Zara Larsson

Lukas Graham

DNCE

Beyoncé: Hold Up

Fergie: M.I.L.F.$

Drake: Hotline Bling

David Bowie: Blackstar

Adele: Hello

Beyoncé: Formation

Missy Elliott (ft. Pharrell): WTF (Where They From)

Beyoncé: Sorry

FKA twigs: M3LL155X

Florence and the Machine: Delilah

Beyoncé: Formation

Coldplay: Up&Up

Adele: Hello

David Bowie: Lazarus

Tame Impala: The Less I Know the Better

Beyoncé: Formation

Adele: Hello

David Bowie: Lazarus

Alesso: I Wanna Know

Ariana Grande: Into You

Beyoncé: Formation

Adele: Hello

Fergie: M.I.L.F.$

David Bowie: Lazarus

Ariana Grande: Into You

Coldplay: Up&Up

FKA twigs: M3LL155X

Adele: Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

The Weeknd: Can’t Feel My Face

Zayn: Pillowtalk

(Guardian service)