MTV VMAs Nominations: Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande Up for 10 Awards Each

Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift will be facing off against each other in eight different categories at the 2019 MTV VMAs, where both of them are up for ten different categories including Video and Song of the Year.

Coming in close behind them is Billie Eilish with nine nominations, Lil Nas X with eight for "Old Town Road" and Halsey with six, including one for Best K-POP -- a new category -- thanks to her collaboration with BTS. Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga also earned two nominations for their "A Star Is Born" collaboration, "Shallow."

This year's ceremony will be hosted by comedian Sebastian Maniscalco and will air live from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Monday, August 26.

• 21 Savage ft. J. Cole – “a lot” – Epic Records
• Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” – Darkroom/Interscope Records
• Ariana Grande – “thank u, next” – Republic Records
• Jonas Brothers – “Sucker” – Republic Records
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Columbia Records
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Republic Records

• Cardi B – Atlantic Records
• Billie Eilish – Darkroom/Interscope Records
• Ariana Grande – Republic Records
• Halsey – Astralwerks/Capitol Records
• Jonas Brothers – Republic Records
• Shawn Mendes– Island Records

• Drake – “In My Feelings” – Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records
• Ariana Grande – “thank u, next” – Republic Records
• Jonas Brothers – “Sucker” – Republic Records
• Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow” – Interscope Records
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Columbia Records
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Republic Records

• Ava Max – Atlantic Records
• Billie Eilish – Darkroom/Interscope Records
• H.E.R. – MBK/RCA Records
• Lil Nas X – Columbia Records
• Lizzo – Atlantic Records
• ROSALÍA – Columbia Records

• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Columbia Records
• Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow” – Interscope Records
• Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita” – Island Records
• Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco – “ME!” – Republic Records
• Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber – “I Don't Care” – Atlantic Records
• BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv” – Columbia Records

• Bazzi – Atlantic Records
• CNCO – RCA Records
• Billie Eilish – Darkroom/Interscope Records
• H.E.R. – MBK/RCA Records
• Lauv – LAUV/AWAL
• Lizzo – Atlantic Records

• 5 Seconds of Summer – “Easier” – Interscope Records
• Cardi B & Bruno Mars – “Please Me” – Atlantic Records
• Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” – Darkroom/Interscope Records
• Ariana Grande – “thank u, next” – Republic Records
• Jonas Brothers – “Sucker” – Republic Records
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Republic Records

• 2 Chainz ft. Ariana Grande – “Rule the World” – 2 Chainz Ps/Def Jam
• 21 Savage ft. J. Cole – “a lot” – Epic Records
• Cardi B – “Money” – Atlantic Records
• DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend – “Higher” – We The Best/Epic Records
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Columbia Records
• Travis Scott ft. Drake – “SICKO MODE” – Epic Records/Grand Hustle/Cactus Jack

• Anderson .Paak ft. Smokey Robinson – “Make It Better” – Aftermath Ent/12 Tone Music
• Childish Gambino – “Feels Like Summer” – RCA Records
• H.E.R. ft. Bryson Tiller – “Could've Been” – MBK/RCA Records
• Alicia Keys – “Raise A Man” – RCA Records
• Ella Mai – “Trip” – 10 Summers/Interscope Records
• Normani ft. 6lack – “Waves” – Keep Cool/RCA Records

• BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv” – Columbia Records
• BLACKPINK – “Kill This Love” – YG Entertainment/Interscope Records
• Monsta X ft. French Montana – “Who Do You Love” – Epic Records
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER – “Cat & Dog” – Republic Records
• NCT 127 – “Regular” – SM Entertainment
• EXO – “Tempo” – SM Entertainment

• Anuel AA, Karol G – “Secreto” – Universal Music Latino
• Bad Bunny ft. Drake – “MIA” – OVO Sound/Warner Bros. Records
• benny blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez, J Balvin – “I Can't Get Enough” – NEON16/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope Records
• Daddy Yankee ft. Snow – “Con Calma” – Universal Music Latin Entertainment
• Maluma – “Mala Mía” – Sony Music US Latin
• ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho – “Con Altura” – Columbia Records

• The Chainsmokers ft. Bebe Rexha – “Call You Mine” – Disruptor/Columbia Records
• Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato – “Solo” – Big Beat/Atlantic Records
• DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B – “Taki Taki” – DJ Snake Music Productions Ltd/Geffen
• David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J Balvin – “Say My Name” – Big Beat/Atlantic Records
• Marshmello & Bastille – “Happier” – Capitol Records
• Silk City & Dua Lipa – “Electricity” – Columbia Records

• The 1975 – “Love It If We Made It” – Dirty Hit/Interscope Records
• Fall Out Boy – “Bishops Knife Trick” – Island Records
• Imagine Dragons – “Natural” – KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records
• Lenny Kravitz – “Low” – BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
• Panic! At The Disco – “High Hopes” – Elektra Music Group
• twenty one pilots – “My Blood” – Elektra Music Group

• Halsey – “Nightmare” – Astralwerks/Capitol Records
• The Killers – “Land of the Free” – Island
• Jamie N Commons, Skylar Grey ft. Gallant – “Runaway Train” – Interscope Records
• John Legend – “Preach” – Columbia Records
• Lil Dicky – “Earth” – Dirty Burd, Inc./Commission/BMG
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Republic Records

• Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” – Darkroom/Interscope Records – Directed by Dave Meyers
• FKA twigs – “Cellophane” – Young Turks – Directed by Andrew Thomas Huang
• Ariana Grande – “thank you, next” – Republic Records – Directed by Hannah Lux Davis
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Columbia Records – Directed by Calmatic
• LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo – “No New Friends” – Columbia Records – Directed by Dano Cerny
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Republic Records – Directed by Drew Kirsch & Taylor Swift

• Billie Eilish – “when the party's over” – Darkroom/Interscope Records – Visual Effects by Ryan Ross, Andres Jaramillo
• FKA twigs – “Cellophane” – Young Turks – Visual Effects by Matt Chandler, Fabio Zaveti for Analog
• Ariana Grande – “God is a Woman” – Republic Records – Visual Effects by Fabrice Lagayette, Kristina Prilukova & Rebecca Rice for Mathematic
• DJ Khaled ft. SZA – “Just Us” – We The Best/Epic Records – Visual Effects by Sergii Mashevskyi-- LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo – “No New Friends” – Columbia Records – Visual Effects by Ethan Chancer-- Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco – “ME!” – Republic Records – Visual Effects by Loris Paillier & Lucas Salton for BUF VFX

• Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Tints” – Aftermath Ent/12 Tone Music – Editing by Elias Talbot
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Columbia Record – Editing by Calmatic
• Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” – Darkroom/Interscope Records – Editing by Billie Eilish
• Ariana Grande – “7 Rings” – Republic Records – Editing by Hannah Lux Davis & Taylor Walsh
• Solange – “Almeda” – Columbia Records – Editing by Solange Knowles, Vinnie Hobbs, Jonathon Proctor
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Republic Records – Editing by Jarrett Fijal

• BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv” – Columbia Records – Art Direction by JinSil Park, BoNa Kim (MU:E)
• Ariana Grande – “7 Rings” – Republic Records – Art Direction by John Richoux
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Columbia Records – Art Direction by Itaru Dela Vegas
• Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita” – Island Records – Art Direction by Tatiana Van Sauter
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Republic Records – Art Direction by Brittany Porter
• Kanye West and Lil' Pump ft. Adele Givens – “I Love It” – Warner Records & Def Jam Music Group – Art Direction by Tino Schaedler

• FKA twigs – “Cellophane” – Young Turks – Choreography by Kelly Yvonne
• ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho – “Con Altura” – Columbia Records – Choreography by Charm La'Donna
• LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo – “No New Friends” – Columbia Records – Choreography by Ryan Heffington
• Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita” – Island Records – Choreography by Calvit Hodge, Sara Biv
• Solange – “Almeda” – Columbia Records – Choreography by Maya Taylor, Solange Knowles
• BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv” – Columbia Records – Choreography by Rie Hata