VMA nominees named

Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé lead in nominations for the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, the network unveiled Tuesday morning through Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio.

Swift, Sheeran and Beyoncé are competing for the night’s biggest award — video of the year — alongside Kendrick Lamar. Mark Ronson is also up for the honor for his Bruno Mars-assisted smash “Uptown Funk.”

In total, Swift is up for nine trophies, with the majority of her Moonman awards for her fiery, action-packed visual for “Bad Blood.” The video, which featured a special guest verse from Lamar and a handful of Swift’s famous girlfriends, is also up for collaboration and technical awards, including direction, visual effects and cinematography.

Sheeran trails behind Swift with six nominations. The romantic visual to his swooning ballad “Thinking Out Loud” took the majority of those nods, including best male and pop video.

The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards will air live from Microsoft Theater on Aug. 30 at 9 p.m. Miley Cyrus is set to host.