Eric
22-07-2011, 04:57 AM
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Pop singer Katy Perry ( Kathy Beth Terry ) won a leading nine nominations for the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards reducing eccentric superstar Lady Gaga to just three nods.
British singer Adele, whose second album 21 is the world's top-selling record this year, earned seven nominations -- all of them for her hit single Rolling In The Deep.
Rapper Kanye West was the top male nominee, with seven nods for his futuristic E.T. collaboration with Katy as well as his own music videos for All Of The Lights and Power.
Soulful Grenade singer Bruno Mars earned four nominations while Beyonce,Eminem, rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars and female rapper Nicki Minaj racked up three nods apiece. The awards will be handed out during a televised live show in Los Angeles on 28 August. Winners are picked by public voting.
The nine nods for Katy, 26, were the climax of an extraordinary 12 months that has seen the once struggling gospel singer reinvent herself as a pop sex kitten with a string of hits like California Gurls, Teenage Dream and Firework. Reuters
For the complete list of nominees, click here (http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2011/categories.jhtml). You can also cast your votes for your favourite videos!
Pop singer Katy Perry ( Kathy Beth Terry ) won a leading nine nominations for the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards reducing eccentric superstar Lady Gaga to just three nods.
British singer Adele, whose second album 21 is the world's top-selling record this year, earned seven nominations -- all of them for her hit single Rolling In The Deep.
Rapper Kanye West was the top male nominee, with seven nods for his futuristic E.T. collaboration with Katy as well as his own music videos for All Of The Lights and Power.
Soulful Grenade singer Bruno Mars earned four nominations while Beyonce,Eminem, rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars and female rapper Nicki Minaj racked up three nods apiece. The awards will be handed out during a televised live show in Los Angeles on 28 August. Winners are picked by public voting.
The nine nods for Katy, 26, were the climax of an extraordinary 12 months that has seen the once struggling gospel singer reinvent herself as a pop sex kitten with a string of hits like California Gurls, Teenage Dream and Firework. Reuters
For the complete list of nominees, click here (http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2011/categories.jhtml). You can also cast your votes for your favourite videos!