Beyonce leads MTV Video Music Awards nominations

Pop superstar Beyonce looks set to triumph at the MTV Video Music Awards after scooping eight nominations.

The Crazy in Love hitmaker released promos for every track on her self-titled fifth album, and three of those clips have landed nominations, including nods for Video of the Year and Best Collaboration for Drunk in Love, which features her husband Jay Z.

She is also in the running for Best Female Video and Best Choreography for Partition, and Best Video with a Social Message for Pretty Hurts at the annual MTV prizegiving.

Beyonce's closest rivals are rappers Eminem and Iggy Azalea, who have picked up seven nods apiece.

Azalea's Fancy music promo, based on cult comedy film Clueless, will compete for Video of the Year and Best Pop Video, while she also appears in the Best Female Video category twice for Fancy and Problem, her collaboration with Ariana Grande.

Other acts to land nods include Pharrell Williams and Grande, who have three nominations each.

The ceremony will take place at The Forum venue in Los Angeles on 24 August (14). Usher and 5 Seconds of Summer are scheduled to perform.

The list of main nominees is as follows:

Video of the Year:

Drunk in Love - Beyonce featuring Jay Z

Fancy - Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX

Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus

Happy - Pharrell Williams

Chandelier - Sia

Best Female Video:

Problem - Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea

Partition - Beyonce

Fancy - Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX

Dark Horse - Katy Perry featuring Juicy J

Royals - Lorde

Best Male Video:

Sing - Ed Sheeran featuring Pharrell Williams

The Monster - Eminem featuring Rihanna

All Of Me - John Legend

Happy - Pharrell Williams

Stay with Me - Sam Smith

Best Pop Video:

Happy - Pharrell Williams

Fancy - Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX

Talk Dirty - Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz

Problem - Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea

Wake Me Up - Avicii

Best Hip-Hop Video:

3005 - Childish Gambino

Hold On, We're Going Home - Drake

Berzerk - Eminem

Black Skinhead - Kanye West

We Dem Boyz - Wiz Khalifa

Best Rock Video:

Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys

Royals - Lorde

Demons - Imagine Dragons

Until It's Gone - Linkin Park

Fever - The Black Keys

Best Collaboration:

Problem - Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea

Drunk in Love - Beyonce featuring Jay Z

Loyal - Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Tyga

The Monster - Eminem featuring Rihanna

Dark Horse - Katy Perry featuring Juicy J

Timber - Pitbull featuring Kesha.