The hunt for the Moon Person is on. Ariana and Taylor top this year's list, but some fresh faces are hot on their tails. 

It&#39;s that time of year again&nbsp;- the Moon People&nbsp;are about to land. MTV has just announced the nominees for the 2019 Video Music Awards, the premier event&nbsp;to celebrate excellence in music videos. It&rsquo;s also a night known for iconic (if not slightly questionable)&nbsp;looks, career-altering performances, hijinks, and mishaps, and the occasional storming of the stage at an inappropriate time (we&rsquo;re looking at you, Kanye and Aubrey Plaza).

This year, the stage is set for a battle royale between some of the biggest names in pop music. Pop queens Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift lead the pack with ten nominations each. Close on their heels are compellingly dark teen sensation Billie Eilish and hitmaking cowboy Lil Nas X, with the newcomers snagging nine and eight nominations respectively.&nbsp;

K-Pop, undoubtedly one of the most popular global genres right now, has officially scored its own category this year. Fans of leading bands like BTS and BLACKPINK, however, were frustrated to see that their favorites were snubbed from the more general &ldquo;Best Pop&rdquo; category&nbsp;and instead relegated to a category of their own.&nbsp;

Another first this year is the category for &ldquo;Video for Good,&rdquo; which highlights videos with a positive social message. Swift received a nomination for her &quot;You Need To Calm Down&quot; video, which had attracted&nbsp;both praise and a fair share of backlash, putting her up against Halsey, The Killers, Jamie N Commons, Skylar Grey and&nbsp;Gallant, John Legend, and Lil Dicky.&nbsp;

<a href="http://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/">Voting</a> is now open. You can vote up to ten times for each category.&nbsp;

The 2019 VMAs will be hosted by Sebastian Maniscalco, because sure, why not?&nbsp;It&nbsp;will air live from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on Monday, Aug. 26, at 8 p.m. ET.

Want to see how your favorite artists fared? Check out the complete list of nominees below:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

<ul>
	<li>21 Savage ft. J. Cole &ndash;&nbsp; &ldquo;a lot&rdquo;&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Epic Records</li>
	<li>Billie Eilish&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;Bad Guy&rdquo; &ndash; Darkroom/Interscope Records</li>
	<li>Ariana Grande &ndash; &ldquo;thank u, next&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records</li>
	<li>Jonas Brothers &ndash; &ldquo;Sucker&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records</li>
	<li>Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus &ndash; &ldquo;Old Town Road (Remix)&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records</li>
	<li>Taylor Swift &ndash; &ldquo;You Need to Calm Down&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records</li>
</ul>

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

<ul>
	<li>Cardi B&nbsp;&ndash; Atlantic Records</li>
	<li>Billie Eilish &ndash; Darkroom/Interscope Records</li>
	<li>Ariana Grande &ndash; Republic Records</li>
	<li>Halsey &ndash; Astralwerks/Capitol Records</li>
	<li>Jonas Brothers &ndash; Republic Records</li>
	<li>Shawn Mendes&ndash; Island Records</li>
</ul>

SONG OF THE YEAR

<ul>
	<li>Drake&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;In My Feelings&rdquo; &ndash; Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records</li>
	<li>Ariana Grande &ndash; &ldquo;thank u, next&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records</li>
	<li>Jonas Brothers &ndash; &ldquo;Sucker&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records</li>
	<li>Lady Gaga &amp; Bradley Cooper &ndash; &ldquo;Shallow&rdquo; &ndash; Interscope Records</li>
	<li>Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus &ndash; &ldquo;Old Town Road (Remix)&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records</li>
	<li>Taylor Swift &ndash; &ldquo;You Need to Calm Down&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records</li>
</ul>

BEST NEW ARTIST,&nbsp;presented by Taco Bell&reg;

<ul>
	<li>Ava Max&nbsp;&ndash; Atlantic Records</li>
	<li>Billie Eilish &ndash; Darkroom/Interscope Records</li>
	<li>H.E.R. &ndash; MBK/RCA Records</li>
	<li>Lil Nas X &ndash; Columbia Records</li>
	<li>Lizzo &ndash; Atlantic Records</li>
	<li>ROSAL&Iacute;A &ndash; Columbia Records</li>
</ul>

BEST COLLABORATION

<ul>
	<li>Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus &ndash; &ldquo;Old Town Road (Remix)&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records</li>
	<li>Lady Gaga &amp; Bradley Cooper &ndash; &ldquo;Shallow&rdquo; &ndash; Interscope Records</li>
	<li>Shawn Mendes &amp; Camila Cabello &ndash; &ldquo;Se&ntilde;orita&rdquo; &ndash; Island Records</li>
	<li>Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco &ndash; &ldquo;ME!&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records</li>
	<li>Ed Sheeran &amp; Justin Bieber &ndash; &ldquo;I Don&rsquo;t Care&rdquo; &ndash; Atlantic Records</li>
	<li>BTS ft. Halsey &ndash; &ldquo;Boy With Luv&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records</li>
</ul>

PUSH ARTIST OF THE YEAR

<ul>
	<li>Bazzi &ndash; Atlantic Records</li>
	<li>CNCO &ndash; RCA Records</li>
	<li>Billie Eilish &ndash; Darkroom/Interscope Records</li>
	<li>H.E.R. &ndash; MBK/RCA Records</li>
	<li>Lauv &ndash; LAUV/AWAL</li>
	<li>Lizzo &ndash; Atlantic Records</li>
</ul>

BEST POP

<ul>
	<li>5 Seconds of Summer &ndash; &ldquo;Easier&rdquo; &ndash; Interscope Records</li>
	<li>Cardi B &amp; Bruno Mars &ndash; &ldquo;Please Me&rdquo; &ndash; Atlantic Records</li>
	<li>Khalid &ndash; &ldquo;Talk&rdquo; &ndash; Right Hand Music Group/RCA Records</li>
	<li>Billie Eilish&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;Bad Guy&rdquo; &ndash; Darkroom/Interscope Records</li>
	<li>Ariana Grande &ndash; &ldquo;thank u, next&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records</li>
	<li>Jonas Brothers &ndash; &ldquo;Sucker&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records</li>
	<li>Taylor Swift &ndash; &ldquo;You Need to Calm Down&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records</li>
</ul>

BEST HIP HOP

<ul>
	<li>2 Chainz ft. Ariana Grande&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;Rule the World&rdquo; &ndash; 2 Chainz Ps/Def Jam</li>
	<li>21 Savage ft. J. Cole &ndash;&nbsp; &ldquo;a lot&rdquo;&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Epic Records</li>
	<li>Cardi B &ndash; &ldquo;Money&rdquo; &ndash; Atlantic Records</li>
	<li>DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle &amp; John Legend &ndash; &ldquo;Higher&rdquo; &ndash; We The Best/Epic Records</li>
	<li>Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus &ndash; &ldquo;Old Town Road (Remix)&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records</li>
	<li>Travis Scott ft. Drake &ndash; &ldquo;SICKO MODE&rdquo; &ndash; Epic Records/Grand Hustle/Cactus Jack</li>
</ul>

BEST R&amp;B

<ul>
	<li>Anderson .Paak ft. Smokey Robinson&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;Make It Better&rdquo; &ndash; Aftermath Ent/12 Tone Music</li>
	<li>Childish Gambino &ndash; &ldquo;Feels Like Summer&rdquo; &ndash; RCA Records</li>
	<li>H.E.R. ft. Bryson Tiller &ndash; &ldquo;Could&rsquo;ve Been&rdquo; &ndash; MBK/RCA Records</li>
	<li>Alicia Keys &ndash; &ldquo;Raise A Man&rdquo; &ndash; RCA Records</li>
	<li>Ella Mai &ndash; &ldquo;Trip&rdquo; &ndash; 10 Summers/Interscope Records</li>
	<li>Normani ft. 6lack &ndash; &ldquo;Waves&rdquo; &ndash; Keep Cool/RCA Records</li>
</ul>

BEST K-POP

<ul>
	<li>BTS ft. Halsey &ndash; &ldquo;Boy With Luv&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records</li>
	<li>BLACKPINK &ndash; &ldquo;Kill This Love&rdquo; &ndash; YG Entertainment/Interscope Records</li>
	<li>Monsta X ft. French Montana &ndash; &ldquo;Who Do You Love&rdquo; &ndash; Epic Records</li>
	<li>TOMORROW X TOGETHER &ndash; &ldquo;Cat &amp; Dog&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records</li>
	<li>NCT 127 &ndash; &ldquo;Regular&rdquo; &ndash; SM Entertainment</li>
	<li>EXO &ndash; &ldquo;Tempo&rdquo; &ndash; SM Entertainment</li>
</ul>

BEST LATIN

<ul>
	<li>Anuel AA, Karol G&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;Secreto&rdquo; &ndash; Universal Music Latino</li>
	<li>Bad Bunny ft. Drake &ndash; &ldquo;MIA&rdquo; &ndash; OVO Sound/Warner Bros. Records</li>
	<li>benny blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez, J Balvin &ndash; &ldquo;I Can&rsquo;t Get Enough&rdquo; &ndash; NEON16/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope Records</li>
	<li>Daddy Yankee ft. Snow &ndash; &ldquo;Con Calma&rdquo; &ndash; Universal Music Latin Entertainment</li>
	<li>Maluma &ndash; &ldquo;Mala M&iacute;a&rdquo; &ndash; Sony Music US Latin</li>
	<li>ROSAL&Iacute;A &amp; J Balvin ft. El Guincho &ndash; &ldquo;Con Altura&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records</li>
</ul>

BEST DANCE

<ul>
	<li>The Chainsmokers ft. Bebe Rexha&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;Call You Mine&rdquo; &ndash; Disruptor/Columbia Records</li>
	<li>Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato &ndash; &ldquo;Solo&rdquo; &ndash; Big Beat/Atlantic Records</li>
	<li>DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna &amp; Cardi B &ndash; &ldquo;Taki Taki&rdquo; &ndash; DJ Snake Music Productions Ltd/Geffen</li>
	<li>David Guetta, Bebe Rexha &amp; J Balvin &ndash; &ldquo;Say My Name&rdquo; &ndash; Big Beat/Atlantic Records</li>
	<li>Marshmello &amp; Bastille &ndash; &ldquo;Happier&rdquo; &ndash; Capitol Records</li>
	<li>Silk City &amp; Dua Lipa &ndash; &ldquo;Electricity&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records</li>
</ul>

BEST ROCK

<ul>
	<li>The 1975&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;Love It If We Made It&rdquo; &ndash; Dirty Hit/Interscope Records</li>
	<li>Fall Out Boy &ndash; &ldquo;Bishops Knife Trick&rdquo; &ndash; Island Records</li>
	<li>Imagine Dragons &ndash; &ldquo;Natural&rdquo; &ndash; KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records</li>
	<li>Lenny Kravitz&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;Low&rdquo; &ndash; BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.</li>
	<li>Panic! At The Disco &ndash; &ldquo;High Hopes&rdquo; &ndash; Elektra Music Group</li>
	<li>twenty one pilots &ndash; &ldquo;My Blood&rdquo; &ndash; Elektra Music Group</li>
</ul>

VIDEO FOR GOOD&nbsp;

<ul>
	<li>Halsey&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;Nightmare&rdquo; &ndash; Astralwerks/Capitol Records</li>
	<li>The Killers &ndash; &ldquo;Land of the Free&rdquo; &ndash; Island</li>
	<li>Jamie N Commons, Skylar Grey ft. Gallant &ndash; &ldquo;Runaway Train&rdquo; &ndash; Interscope Records</li>
	<li>John Legend &ndash; &ldquo;Preach&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records</li>
	<li>Lil Dicky &ndash; &ldquo;Earth&rdquo; &ndash; Dirty Burd, Inc./Commission/BMG</li>
	<li>Taylor Swift &ndash; &ldquo;You Need to Calm Down&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records</li>
</ul>

BEST DIRECTION

<ul>
	<li>Billie Eilish&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;Bad Guy&rdquo; &ndash; Darkroom/Interscope Records &ndash; Directed by Dave Meyers</li>
	<li>FKA twigs &ndash; &ldquo;Cellophane&rdquo; &ndash; Young Turks &ndash; Directed by Andrew Thomas Huang</li>
	<li>Ariana Grande &ndash; &ldquo;thank you, next&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records &ndash; Directed by Hannah Lux Davis</li>
	<li>Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus &ndash; &ldquo;Old Town Road (Remix)&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records &ndash; Directed by Calmatic</li>
	<li>LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;No New Friends&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records &ndash; Directed by Dano Cerny</li>
	<li>Taylor Swift &ndash; &ldquo;You Need to Calm Down&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records &ndash; Directed by Drew Kirsch &amp; Taylor Swift</li>
</ul>

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

<ul>
	<li>Billie Eilish&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;when the party&rsquo;s over&rdquo; &ndash; Darkroom/Interscope Records &ndash; Visual Effects by Ryan Ross, Andres Jaramillo</li>
	<li>FKA twigs &ndash; &ldquo;Cellophane&rdquo; &ndash; Young Turks &ndash; Visual Effects by Matt Chandler, Fabio Zaveti for Analog</li>
	<li>Ariana Grande &ndash; &ldquo;God is a Woman&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records &ndash; Visual Effects by Fabrice Lagayette, Kristina Prilukova &amp; Rebecca Rice for Mathematic</li>
	<li>DJ Khaled ft. SZA &ndash; &ldquo;Just Us&rdquo; &ndash; We The Best/Epic Records &ndash; Visual Effects by Sergii Mashevskyi</li>
	<li>LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo &ndash; &ldquo;No New Friends&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records &ndash; Visual Effects by Ethan Chancer</li>
	<li>Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco &ndash; &ldquo;ME!&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records &ndash; Visual Effects by Loris Paillier &amp; Lucas Salton for BUF VFX</li>
</ul>

BEST EDITING

<ul>
	<li>Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;Tints&rdquo; &ndash; Aftermath Ent/12 Tone Music &ndash; Editing by Elias Talbot</li>
	<li>Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus &ndash; &ldquo;Old Town Road (Remix)&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Record &ndash; Editing by Calmatic</li>
	<li>Billie Eilish&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;Bad Guy&rdquo; &ndash; Darkroom/Interscope Records &ndash; Editing by Billie Eilish</li>
	<li>Ariana Grande &ndash; &ldquo;7 Rings&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records &ndash; Editing by Hannah Lux Davis &amp; Taylor Walsh</li>
	<li>Solange &ndash; &ldquo;Almeda&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records &ndash; Editing by Solange Knowles, Vinnie Hobbs, Jonathon Proctor</li>
	<li>Taylor Swift &ndash; &ldquo;You Need to Calm Down&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records &ndash; Editing by Jarrett Fijal</li>
</ul>

BEST ART DIRECTION

<ul>
	<li>BTS ft. Halsey &ndash; &ldquo;Boy With Luv&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records &ndash; Art Direction by JinSil Park, BoNa Kim (MU:E)</li>
	<li>Ariana Grande &ndash; &ldquo;7 Rings&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records &ndash; Art Direction by John Richoux</li>
	<li>Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus &ndash; &ldquo;Old Town Road (Remix)&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records &ndash; Art Direction by Itaru Dela Vegas</li>
	<li>Shawn Mendes &amp; Camila Cabello &ndash; &ldquo;Se&ntilde;orita&rdquo; &ndash; Island Records &ndash; Art Direction by Tatiana Van Sauter</li>
	<li>Taylor Swift &ndash; &ldquo;You Need to Calm Down&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records &ndash; Art Direction by Brittany Porter</li>
	<li>Kanye West and Lil&rsquo; Pump ft. Adele Givens &ndash; &ldquo;I Love It&rdquo; &ndash; Warner Records &amp; Def Jam Music Group &ndash; Art Direction by Tino Schaedler</li>
</ul>

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

<ul>
	<li>FKA twigs &ndash; &ldquo;Cellophane&rdquo; &ndash; Young Turks &ndash; Choreography by Kelly Yvonne</li>
	<li>ROSAL&Iacute;A &amp; J Balvin ft. El Guincho &ndash; &ldquo;Con Altura&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records &ndash; Choreography by Charm La&rsquo;Donna</li>
	<li>LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;No New Friends&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records &ndash; Choreography by Ryan Heffington</li>
	<li>Shawn Mendes &amp; Camila Cabello &ndash; &ldquo;Se&ntilde;orita&rdquo; &ndash; Island Records &ndash; Choreography by Calvit Hodge, Sara Biv</li>
	<li>Solange &ndash; &ldquo;Almeda&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records &ndash; Choreography by Maya Taylor, Solange Knowles</li>
	<li>BTS ft. Halsey &ndash; &ldquo;Boy With Luv&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records &ndash; Choreography by Rie Hata</li>
</ul>

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

<ul>
	<li>Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;Tints&rdquo; &ndash; Aftermath Ent/12 Tone Music &ndash; Cinematography by Elias Talbot</li>
	<li>Billie Eilish&nbsp;&ndash; &ldquo;hostage&rdquo; &ndash; Darkroom/Interscope Records &ndash; Cinematography by Pau Castejon</li>
	<li>Ariana Grande &ndash; &ldquo;thank you, next&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records &ndash; Cinematography by Christopher Probst</li>
	<li>Shawn Mendes &amp; Camila Cabello &ndash; &ldquo;Se&ntilde;orita&rdquo; &ndash; Island Records &ndash; Cinematography by Scott Cunningham</li>
	<li>Solange &ndash; &ldquo;Almeda&rdquo; &ndash; Columbia Records &ndash; Cinematography by Chayse Irvin, Ryan Marie Helfant, Justin Hamilton</li>
	<li>Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco &ndash; &ldquo;ME!&rdquo; &ndash; Republic Records &ndash; Cinematography by Starr Whitesides</li>
</ul>

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