Adele and Beyoncé are the leading artists in terms of nominations at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. Both artists feature strongly in both the artist and professional categories, with Adele's Hello video, directed by Xavier Dolan, with the most nominations of all – seven, including Video of the Year and Best Direction. 

Beyoncé's Formation video, directed by Melina Matsoukas, has six nominations, while Drake's Hotline Bling, directed by Director X has four nomations.

Johan Renck's videos for David Bowie, Blackstar and Lazarus, are also recognised in the Professional categories. Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia's video for Coldplay's Up&Up is nominated for Best Direction and Best Visual Effects. Holly Blakey, for Florence & The Machine's Delilah, and FKA twigs are nominated in the Best Choreography category.

Here are the nominations in full:

Video of the Year:

Adele – ‘Hello’
Beyoncé – ‘Formation’
Drake – ‘Hotline Bling’
Justin Bieber – ‘Sorry’
Kanye West – ‘Famous’

Best Female Video:

Adele – ‘Hello’
Beyoncé – ‘Hold Up’
Sia – ‘Cheap Thrills’
Ariana Grande – ‘Into You’
Rihanna [ft. Drake] – ‘Work’ (short version)

Best Male Video:

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’

Best Collaboration:

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)

Best Hip Hop Video:

Drake – ‘Hotline Bling’
Desiigner – ‘Panda’
Bryson Tiller – ‘Don’t’
Chance the Rapper – ‘Angels’
2 Chainz – ‘Watch Out’

Best Pop Video:

Adele – ‘Hello’
Beyoncé – ‘Formation’
Justin Bieber – ‘Sorry’
Alessia Cara – ‘Wild Things’
Ariana Grande – ‘Into You’

Best Rock Video:

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’

Best Electronic Video:

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’

Breakthrough Long Form Video:

Florence and the Machine – The Odyssey
Beyoncé – Lemonade
Justin Bieber – PURPOSE – The Movement
Chris Brown – Royalty
Troye Sivan – Blue Neighborhood Trilogy

Best New Artist:

Bryson Tiller
Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham
DNCE

Best Art Direction:

Beyoncé – ‘Hold Up’
Fergie – ‘M.I.L.F.$’
Drake – ‘Hotline Bling’
David Bowie – ‘Blackstar’
Adele – ‘Hello’

Best Choreography:

Beyoncé – ‘Formation’
Missy Elliott [ft. Pharrell] – ‘WTF (Where They From)’
Beyoncé – ‘Sorry’
FKA twigs – ‘M3LL155X’
Florence and the Machine – ‘Delilah’

Best Direction:

Beyoncé – ‘Formation’
Coldplay – ‘Up&Up’
Adele – ‘Hello’
David Bowie – ‘Lazarus’
Tame Impala – ‘The Less I Know the Better’

Best Cinematography:

Beyoncé – ‘Formation’
Adele – ‘Hello’
David Bowie – ‘Lazarus’
Alesso – ‘I Wanna Know’
Ariana Grande – ‘Into You’

Best Editing:

Beyoncé – ‘Formation’
Adele – ‘Hello’
Fergie – ‘M.I.L.F.$’
David Bowie – ‘Lazarus’
Ariana Grande – ‘Into You’

Best Visual Effects:

Coldplay – ‘Up&Up’
FKA twigs – ‘M3LL155X’
Adele – ‘Send My Love (To Your New Lover)’
The Weeknd – ‘Can’t Feel My Face’
Zayn – ‘PILLOWTALK’

Credits for the nominations are available at Videostatic. The 2016 MTV VMAs take place at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday, August 28.