MTV Video Music Awards Nominations: Kendrick Lamar, Jack Harlow & Lil Nas X Lead The Pack

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Kendrick Lamar, Jack Harlow and Lil Nas X lead the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards nominations with seven each, MTV announced today.

Closely following the top three are Doja Cat and Harry Styles (6 nominations each), and Billie Eilish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd (5 each).Swift’s five nominations are for her directorial debut on the video for “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” which was nominated for best longform video, cinematography, direction and editing.Also of note: With her 69th VMA nomination (for “Madame X”) Madonna becomes the only artist to be nominated in each of the five decades the VMA has existed.The 2022 VMAs will air Sunday, August 28 at 8 pmET/PT live from New Jersey’s Prudential Center.

The awards will air across MTV’s global footprint of linear and digital platforms in 170+ countries, reaching 422 million households in nearly 30 different languages.

For the third consecutive year, the VMAs will simulcast on The CW Network, in addition to BET, BET Her, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV2, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, Pop, TVLand and VH1.The complete list of 2022 nominees is:VIDEO OF THE YEARDoja Cat – “Woman” – Kemosabe Records / RCA RecordsDrake ft.