Kendrick Lamar Dominates MTV VMA Nominees

(Radio.com) MTV announced the complete list of nominations for this year's MTV Video Music Awards on Instagram Live on Tuesday (July 25). Kendrick Lamar leads with eight nominations for his video "HUMBLE.", while Katy Perry and The Weeknd are tied with five nods each.

To continue the network's use of non-gendered categories from the MTV Movie & TV Awards, MTV revealed the former "Best Female" and "Best Male" video categories have been combined for "Artist of the Year."

A new category "Best Fight Against the System" has also been included. The 2017 MTV Video Music Awards will air live on Sunday, August 27 AT 8:00 pm ET/PT. See the full list of nominees here.

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