Pop singer Lady Gaga and her Die With A Smile collaborator Bruno Mars landed at the top of the list of nominees announced on Tuesday (Aug 5) for this year's MTV Video Music Awards.

Gaga scored 12 nominations, including artist of the year and best album for Mayhem. Mars received 11 nods for Die With A Smile, his Grammy-winning song with Gaga, and for Apt, a duet with K-pop sensation Rose.

Both Mars collaborations will compete for video of the year against Birds Of A Feather by Billie Eilish, the Kendrick Lamar diss track Not Like Us, Sabrina Carpenter's Manchild and others.

Superstars Beyonce and Taylor Swift both received nominations for artist of the year. The two women have the most career VMA awards with 30 each. Other nominees in the category are Lamar, Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny

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