Pop singer Rihanna and rapper Drake each grabbed a leading five nominations for the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, including for video of the year for Drake's "Take Care" featuring Rihanna.

Rihanna's dizzying visual romp in the video for her hit "We Found Love" was also nominated for video of the year, along with Katy Perry's "Wide Awake", Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" and M.I.A. for "Bad Girls."

Perry received four nominations, second overall to Drake and Rihanna, including best female video for her inspirational anthem "Part of Me," which also is the name of her 3-D concert film that debuted earlier this month.

The awards, which will feature Alicia Keys premiering a new song from her upcoming album and a performance by British boy band One Direction, will be handed out during a televised show in Los Angeles on Sept 6. Winners are picked by public voting.

Nominees for best new artist include Fun. featuring Janelle Monae for "We Are Young," Carly Rae Jepsen for "Call Me Maybe" and Frank Ocean for "Swim Good."

Joining Drake and Frank Ocean in the best male video category are Justin Bieber for "Boyfriend", Chris Brown for "Turn Up the Music" and Usher for "Climax".

Along with Rihanna and Perry, best female pop video nods also went to Beyoncé for "Love on Top," Nicki Minaj for "Starships" and Selena Gomez & The Scene for "Love You Like a Love Song".

And in a sign of dance music's growing popularity in the United States, a new category for best electronic dance music video has been added this year. That category includes a nomination for Los Angeles DJ Skrillex for "First of the Year (Equinox)."

沪江娱乐快讯：2012年第29届MTV音乐录影带大奖（MTV Video Music Awards）日前公布了全部奖项的提名名单，美国流行女歌手蕾哈娜（Rihanna）和加拿大说唱歌手德雷克(Drake) 分别获得五项提名领跑，而去年大赢家之一的超人气天后凯蒂·佩里（Katy Perry）和备受乐迷喜爱的人气小天王贾斯汀·比伯（Justin Bieber）分别以四项提名和两项提名紧随其后。

据了解，今年蕾哈娜凭借个人热门专辑《We Found Love》和Drake合作的《Take Care》在本届VMA大放异彩，分别入围最佳女歌手录影带、最佳流行录影带、最佳年度音乐录影带等五项奖项。至于最佳女歌手录影带入围情况，蕾哈娜的《We Found Love》将与凯蒂·佩里的《Part of Me》、美国乐坛天后碧昂斯（Beyoncé）的《Love on Top》、嘻哈歌手尼基·米娜（Nicki Minaj）的《Starships》一较高低。

在今年含金量最高的年度音乐录音带的角逐方面，蕾哈娜将有两首作品入围，分别是大热作品《We Found Love》和与Drake合作的《Take Care》。而其他入围的候选作品还有去年凭借《Firework》拿下这个奖项的凯蒂·佩里，今年凭借《Wide Awake》大热入选，澳洲另类歌手Gotye与新西兰女声Kimbra合唱的《Somebody That I Used to Know》和说唱女歌手M.I.A.的《Bad Girls.》也同样入围该项奖的角逐。

而最佳新人奖项角逐也同样激烈，分别有近期大热的英国人气偶像组合One Direction、当红正太组合The Wanted、人气乐队fun.、加拿大女歌手Carly Rae Jepsen以及最近被媒体炒的火热的R&B歌手Frank Ocean。另外，Frank Ocean将凭借今年的人气作品《Swim Good》与加拿大人气小天王贾斯汀·比伯（Justin Bieber）的《Boyfriend》、Drake的《Take Care》、美国R&B歌手克里斯·布朗(Chris Brown)的《Turn Up The Music》以及R&B超级巨星亚瑟小子(Usher)的《Climax》角逐最佳男歌手录影带。

据悉，第29届MTV音乐录影带大奖举办地将花落洛杉矶斯台普斯中心(Staples Centre)，而颁奖礼将定于美国时间9月6日周三晚举行。目前确定出席的表演嘉宾将有美国R&B女星艾莉西亚·凯斯(Alicia Keys)以及英国人气偶像组合One Direction，大会也将在近几周陆续公布其他将要参加本次颁奖礼的歌手名单。

完整提名名单请翻页哦~~