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MTV, a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), today announced the nominations for the 2014 “MTV Video Music Awards” airing LIVE from The Forum in Inglewood, CA on Sunday, August 24 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT via an innovative first-of-its-kind social media rollout on Snapchat. Global superstar Beyoncé, who surprised and delighted fans worldwide with the revolutionary release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed visual album earlier this year, leads the pack with an astounding eight nominations including “Video of the Year,” “Best Female” and “Best Choreography.”
Eminem and Australian rapper Iggy Azalea received an impressive seven nominations each. Eminem scores multiple nods for categories including “Best Hip-Hop,” “Best Male” and “Best Collaboration” while previous “Artist to Watch” nominee Iggy Azalea finds herself vying for some of the top awards including “Video of the Year,” “Best Female” and “Best Pop.” Beginning today, fans can vote in VMA categories, including “Video of the Year,” “Artist to Watch” and more by visiting vma.mtv.com.
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Nominees for a new socially voted category, “Best Lyric Video” will be announced at a later date on vma.mtv.com.
Usher, Ariana Grande and 5 Seconds of Summer are confirmed to perform with additional talent being announced at a later date.
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From the official press release via
http://www.defjam.com/iggy-azalea-nomiated-7-vmas/
If "Problem" is nominated then Iggy's up to 8 noms!
And why did they remove the "Song of the Summer" category this year?
at a Lyric Video category. Why is this needed?
I was already anicipating the Song of the Summer!! 
