Beyonce And Lady Gaga Head Up VMA Nominations

The MTV Video Music Award nominations are in and pop starlets Beyonce and Lady Gaga lead the way with nine nominations each. “I’m excited and honored to be tied for most nominated for the VMAs,” Beyoncé said. “I’ve been blessed this year to have ‘Single Ladies’ become a video people really connected with and responded to. I’ve spent so much time watching all the great versions people created all around the world. It’s beautiful to feel you touch people and bring a song to life with a video.”

Lady Gaga attributed her success to “years of hustle in New York City” and stated, “We believe in the immensity and the promise of ’showbiz’ and will continue to give it mouth-to-mouth, till its vomiting return. All you need is a camcorder, a flashlight and one truly great idea. Thank you, MTV, for being our video flagship, and for supporting this bunch of inspired kids, who love to get wasted and make art together.”

Britney Spears followed right behind Beyonce and Lady Gaga with seven nominations for her “Womanizer” and “Circus’ videos. Other nominations include:

Video of the Year: Beyoncé (”Single Ladies [Put a Ring on It]“), Lady Gaga (”Poker Face”) and Britney Spears  (”Womanizer”) will compete with Eminem (”We Made You”) and Kanye West (”Love Lockdown”).

Best New Artist: Drake (”Best I Ever Had”), 3OH!3 (”Don’t Trust Me”), Kid Cudi (”Day ‘N’ Nite”) and Asher Roth (”I Love College”).

Best Male Video: Eminem (”We Made You”) against Ne-Yo (”Miss Independent”), Kanye West (”Love Lockdown”), T.I. and Rihanna (”Live Your Life”), and Jay-Z (”D.O.A. [Death of Auto-Tune]“).

Best Female Video: Lady Gaga (”Poker Face”), Beyoncé (”Single Ladies [Put a Ring on It]“), Katy Perry (”Hot N Cold”), Kelly Clarkson (”My Life Would Suck Without You”), Taylor Swift (”You Belong With Me”) and Pink (”So What”).

Be sure to tune in to the awards show, hosted by Russell Brand, September 13th at 9 pm E.T. on MTV. [Source: MTV.com, Photo: Getty Images]