Rihanna And Drake Lead VMA Nominations

The full list of nominees for the 2012 VMA’s has been released, and Rihanna and Drake are leading the pack among artist nominated for the trophies.

Battling it out against each other for Video of the Year,  Rihanna is nominated for ‘We Found Love,’ and Drake for ‘Take Care,’ which also features Rihanna.  They will be squaring off against Gotye, Katy Perry, and M.I.A.

Rihanna is also the favorite in the category for Best Female Video, Best Pop Video, Best Choreography, and Best Visual Effects.

Drake, was nominated in categories for Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Male Video, where he will be up against new nemesis, Chris Brown.

Check out the full list of nominees below:

 Video of the Year: 
Katy Perry, Wide Awake
Gotye, Somebody That I Used To Know
Rihanna, We Found Love
Drake featuring Rihanna, Take Care
M.I.A., Bad Girls

Best New Artist: 
Fun. featuring Janelle Monae, We Are Young
Carly Rae Jepsen, Call Me Maybe
Frank Ocean, Swim Good
One Direction, What Makes You Beautiful
The Wanted, Glad You Came

 Best Hip-Hop Video: 
Childish Gambino, Heartbeat
Drake featuring Lil Wayne, HYFR
Kanye West featuring Pusha T, Big Sean & 2 Chainz, Mercy
Jay-Z and Kanye West, N**gas in Paris
Nicki Minaj featuring 2 Chainz, Beez in the Trap

 Best Male Video: 
Justin Bieber, Boyfriend
Frank Ocean, Swim Good
Drake featuring Rihanna, Take Care
Chris Brown, Turn Up the Music
Usher, Climax

 Best Female Video: 
Rihanna, We Found Love
Katy Perry, Part of Me
Beyonce, Love on Top
Nicki Minaj, Starships
Selena Gomez & The Scene, Love You Like a Love Song

 Best Pop Video:
One Direction, What Makes You Beautiful
Fun. featuring Janelle Monae, We Are Young
Rihanna, We Found Love
Justin Bieber, Boyfriend
Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa, Payphone

Best Rock Video:
Coldplay, Paradise
The Black Keys, Lonely Boy
Linkin Park, Burn It Down
Jack White, Sixteen Saltines
Imagine Dragons, It’s Time

Best Electronic Dance Music Video:
Duck Sauce, Big Bad Wolf
Calvin Harris, Feel So Close
Skrillex, First of the Year (Equinox)
Martin Solveig, The Night Out
Avicii, Le7els

 Best Video With a Message: 
Demi Lovato, Skyscraper
Rise Against, Ballad of Hollis Brown
Kelly Clarkson, Dark Side
Gym Class Heroes, The Fighter
K’Naan featuring Nelly Furtado, Is Anybody Out There?
Lil Wayne, How to Love

 Best Art Direction: 
Katy Perry, Wide Awake
Drake featuring Rihanna, Take Care
Lana Del Rey, Born to Die
Regina Spektor, All the Rowboats
Of Monsters & Men, Little Talks

 Best Choreography: 
Chris Brown, Turn Up the Music
Rihanna, Where Have You Been
Beyonce, Countdown
Avicii, Le7els
Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull, Dance Again

Best Cinematography: 
M.I.A., Bad Girls
Adele, Someone Like You
Drake featuring Rihanna, Take Care
Coldplay featuring Rihanna, Princess of China
Lana Del Rey, Born to Die

 Best Direction: 
M.I.A., Bad Girls
Duck Sauce, Big Bad Wolf
Coldplay featuring Rihanna, Princess of China
Frank Ocean, Swim Good
Jay-Z and Kanye West, Otis

 Best Editing: 
Beyonce, Countdown
A$AP Rocky, Goldie
Gotye, Somebody That I Used to Know
Jay-Z and Kanye West, N**gas in Paris
Kanye West featuring Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz, Mercy

Best Visual Effects: 
Katy Perry, Wide Awake
Rihanna, Where Have You Been
David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Turn Me On
Linkin Park, Burn It Down.