VMA nominations revealed last night

Last night the nominated acts for MTV's annual Video Music Awards were released.

Kendrick Lamar is up for eight awards, including Video of the year, Artist of the year, Best hip-hop, cinemtography, direction/art direction, visual effects and choreography. Hard to stay humble when you're up for more than half of the awards given out.

Ed Sheeran also is up for three awards: Artist of the year, Best pop and cinematography. The newcomers list features Miley Cyrus' younger sister, Noah, and neo-soul favourite, SZA.

The awards show will take place on August 27.

Here is the full list of nominations:

Video of the year:
Kendrick Lamar - 'HUMBLE.'
Bruno Mars - '24K Magic'
Alessia Cara - 'Scars To Your Beautiful'
DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller - 'Wild Thoughts'
The Weeknd - 'Reminder'

Artist of the year:
Bruno Mars
Kendrick Lamar
Ed Sheeran
Ariana Grande
The Weeknd
Lorde

Best new artist:
Khalid
Kodak Black
SZA
Young M.A
Julia Michaels
Noah Cyrus

Best collaboration:
Charlie Puth ft. Selena Gomez - 'We Don't Talk Anymore'
DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller - 'Wild Thoughts'
D.R.A.M. ft. Lil Yachty - 'Broccoli'
The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey - 'Closer'
Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean - 'Feels'
Zayn and Taylor Swift - 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)'

Best pop:
Shawn Mendes - 'Treat You Better'
Ed Sheeran - 'Shape Of You'
Harry Styles - 'Sign Of The Times'
Fifth Harmony ft. Gucci Mane - 'Down'
Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley - 'Chained To The Rhythm'
Miley Cyrus - 'Malibu'

Best hip-hop:
Kendrick Lamar - 'HUMBLE.'
Big Sean - 'Bounce Back'
Chance the Rapper - 'Same Drugs'
D.R.A.M. ft. Lil Yachty - 'Broccoli'
Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert - 'Bad and Boujee'
DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne - 'I'm The One'

Best dance:
Zedd and Alessia Cara - 'Stay'
Kygo x Selena Gomez - 'It Ain't Me'
Calvin Harris - 'My Way'
Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber and M0 - 'Cold Water'
Afrojack ft. Ty Dolla ign - 'Gone'

Best rock:
Coldplay - 'A Head Full Of Dreams'
Fall Out Boy - 'Young And Menace'
Twenty One Pilots - 'Heavydirtysoul'
Green Day - 'Bang Bang'
Foo Fighters - 'Run'

Best fight against the system:
Logic ft. Damian Lemar Hudson - 'Black SpiderMan'
The Hamilton Mixtape - 'Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)'
Big Sean - 'Light'
Alessia Cara - 'Scars To Your Beautiful'
Taboo ft. Shailene Woodley -' Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL'
John Legend - 'Surefire;

Best cinematography:
Kendrick Lamar - 'HUMBLE.' - Cinematographer: Scott Cunningham
Imagine Dragons - 'Thunder' - Cinematographer: Matthew Wise
Ed Sheeran - 'Castle On The Hill' - Cinematographer: Steve Annis
DJ Shadow ft. Run The Jewels - 'Nobody Speak' - Cinematographer: David Proctor
Halsey - 'Now Or Never' - Cinematographer: Kristof Brandl

Best direction:
Kendrick Lamar - 'HUMBLE.' - Directors: Dave Meyers, The Little Homies
Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley - 'Chained To The Rhythm' - Director: Mathew Cullen
Bruno Mars - '24K Magic' - Directors: Cameron Duddy, Bruno Mars
Alessia Cara - 'Scars To Your Beautiful' - Director: Aaron A
The Weeknd - 'Reminder' - Director: Glenn Michael

Best art direction:
Kendrick Lamar - 'HUMBLE.' - Production designer: Spencer Graves
Bruno Mars - '24K Magic' - Production designer: Alex Delgado
Katy Perry ft. Migos - 'Bon Appetit' - Production designer: Natalie Groce
DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller - 'Wild Thoughts' - Production designer: Damian Fyffe
The Weeknd - 'Reminder' - Production designers: Lamar C Taylor and Christo Anesti

Best visual effects:
Kendrick Lamar - 'HUMBLE.' - Company: Timber - Lead: Jonah Hall
A Tribe Called Quest - 'Dis Generation' - Company: Bemo - Lead: Brandon Hirzel
KYLE ft. Lil Yachty - 'iSpy' - Company: Gloria FX - Leads: Max Colt and Tomash Kuzmytskyi
Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley - 'Chained To The Rhythm' - Company: MIRADA
Harry Styles - 'Sign Of The Times' - Company: ONE MORE - Lead: Cedric Nivoliez

Best choreography:
Kanye West - 'Fade' - Choreographers: Teyana Taylor, Guapo, Jae Blaze and Derek 'Bentley' Watkins
Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj - 'Side To Side' - Choreographers: Brian and Scott Nicholson
Kendrick Lamar - 'HUMBLE.' - Choreographer: Dave Meyers
Sia - 'The Greatest' - Choreographer: Ryan Heffington
Fifth Harmony ft. Gucci Mane - 'Down' - Choreographer: Sean Bankhead

Best editing:
Future - 'Mask Off' - Editor: Vinnie Hobbs of VHPost
Young Thug - 'Wyclef Jean' - Editors: Ryan Staake, Eric Degliomini
Lorde - 'Green Light' - Editor: Nate Gross of Exile Edit
The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey - 'Closer' - Editor: Jennifer Kennedy
The Weeknd - 'Reminder' - Editor: Red Barbaza