VMA Nominations: Gaga Reigns Supreme

MTV revealed the nominations for the 2010 Video Music Awards yesterday, and while there are a few notable snubs (Rihanna! The Miley!), and even fewer suprise nods (Florence + the Machine! 30 Seconds to Mars!), there's really one thing people are going gaga over: Lady Gaga.

Not only did she score a record 13 nominations (17 if you count Beyonce's "Video Phone," featuring Gaga) she is nominated twice for Best Choreography in a video and Video of the Year for both "Bad Romance" and "Telephone."

MTV Video Music Awards have a history of honoring the popularity of a song or an artist more than the actual video itself and this year proves no different. Taylor Swift's video for "Fifteen," for example-- really? And while I revere Beyonce in the highest, I'm honestly shocked her video for "Video Phone" garnered such love from VMA voters; it made little to no impact and only received buzz because of the collaboration with Lady Gaga. And let's face it-- it's just an okay video to a terrible song.

So what if Rihanna's string of amazing videos this past year were almost completely ignored (one nod for "Rude Boy"'s editing...)! So what if Ke$ha's aaaaawwful video for "Tik Tok" earned 4 nominations! So what! It's just the VMAs! Like the videos really matter.

The nominations, please....

BEST COLLABORATION
B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams, “Airplanes”
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, “Video Phone (Extended Remix)”
Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé, “Telephone”
3OH!3 featuring Ke$ha, “My First Kiss”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind”

BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”
Ke$ha, “Tik Tok”
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, “California Gurls”
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, “Video Phone (Extended Remix)”
Taylor Swift, “Fifteen”

BEST MALE VIDEO
Eminem, “Not Afraid”
Usher featuring Will.i.am, “OMG”
B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams, “Airplanes”
Drake, “Find Your Love”
Jason Derulo, “In My Head”

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
B.oB featuring Hayley Williams, “Airplanes”
Eminem, “Not Afraid”
Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem, “Forever”
Jay-Z & Swizz Beats, “On To The Next One”
Kid Cudi featuring MGMT & Ratatat, “Pursuit Of Happiness”

BEST NEW ARTIST
Ke$ha, “Tik Tok”
Jason Derulo, “In My Head”
Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, “Baby”
Nicki Minaj featuring Sean Garrett, “Massive Attack”
Broken Bells, “The Ghost Inside”

BEST POP VIDEO
Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dog, “California Gurls”
Ke$ha, “Tik Tok”
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, “Video Phone (Extended Remix)”
B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars, “Nothing on You”

BEST ROCK VIDEO
30 Seconds To Mars, “Kings and Queens”
MUSE, “Uprising”
Paramore, “Ignorance”
Florence + the Machine, “Dog Days Are Over”
MGMT, “Flash Delirium”

BEST DANCE MUSIC VIDEO
Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”
Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull, “I Like It”
Cascada, “Evacuate The Dancefloor”
Akon, “Sexy Chick”
Usher featuring Will.I.Am, “OMG”

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”
Florence + The Machine, “Dog Days Are Over”
30 Seconds To Mars, “Kings and Queens”
Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé, “Telephone”
Eminem, “Not Afraid”

BEST ART DIRECTION
Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”
Florence + The Machine, “Dogs Days Are Over”
Eminem, “Not Afraid”
30 Seconds To Mars, “Kings and Queens”
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, “Video Phone (Extended Remix)”

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”
Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé, “Telephone”
Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, “Video Phone (Extended Remix)”
Usher featuring Will.i.am, “OMG”
Janelle Monáe featuring Big Boi, “Tightrope”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Eminem, “Not Afraid”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind”
Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”
Mumford & Sons, “Little Lion Man”
Florence + The Machine, “Dog Days Are Over”

BEST DIRECTION
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind”
Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”
Eminem, “Not Afraid”
Pink, “Funhouse”
30 Seconds To Mars, “Kings and Queens”

BEST EDITING
Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”
Eminem, “Not Afraid”
Rihanna, “Rude Boy”
Pink, “Funhouse”
Miike Snow, “Animal”

BEST SFX (SPECIAL EFFECTS)
Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”
Eminem, “Not Afraid”
MUSE, “Uprising”
Green Day, “1st Century Breakdown”
Dan Black, “Symphonies”

BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO
Dan Black, “Symphonies”
Gorillaz featuring Bobby Womack & Mos Def, “Stylo”
Coldplay, “Strawberry Swing”
The Black Keys, “Tighten Up”