MTV VMA 2015 nominees: Taylor Swift leads the pack with 9

Taylor Swift's star-studded Bad Blood music video is paying off: She's the top nominee at next month's MTV Video Music Awards.

Swift is nominated for nine moonmen, including video of the year for Bad Blood, starring Selena Gomez, Lena Dunham and more of the pop star's famous friends.

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Kendrick Lamar, who is featured on Bad Blood, is nominated for video of the year thanks to his own hit, Alright. Other nominees for the top prize include Beyonc's 7/11, Ed Sheeran's Thinking out Loud and Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson.

The 2015 VMAs, hosted by Miley Cyrus, will air live Aug. 30 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Sheeran has six nominations, while Beyonc, Lamar and Ronson have five each.

Swift's Blank Space will compete for best female video and pop video, while Bad Blood is up for best collaboration, direction, editing, visual effects, art direction and cinematography.

Fans can begin voting Tuesday.

Beyonc, Sia, Nicki Minaj and Ellie Goulding will battle Swift for best female video, while Sheeran, Lamar, Ronson, the Weeknd and Nick Jonas will compete for best male video.

Diplo, FKA twigs, Skrillex and Minaj earned three nominations each, while the Weeknd, Ariana Grande and Fetty Wap are double nominees.

Cyrus, who won video of the year last year for Wrecking Ball, dominated the 2013 VMAs when she grinded on Robin Thicke during a performance that trended heavily on social media. Cyrus wrote in an Instagram post Monday that "MTV won't let me perform ... so I'm hosting this year's VMAs."

Here is a partial list of the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards nominations:

Video of the year

• Beyonc 7/11
• Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud
• Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar Bad Blood
• Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars Uptown Funk
• Kendrick Lamar Alright

Best male video

• Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud
• Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars Uptown Funk
• Kendrick Lamar Alright
• The Weeknd Earned It
• Nick Jonas Chains

Best female video

• Beyonc 7/11
• Taylor Swift Blank Space
• Nicki Minaj Anaconda
• Sia Elastic Heart
• Ellie Goulding Love Me Like You Do

For a complete list of winners see the VMA's official website.