By Lisa Richwine

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -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 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 c

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