This year musicians and artists will duke it out to be crowned the king & queen of popular music at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards airing on Sunday, August 28 at 9PM (ET/PT). Leading the pack is Katy Perry with nine nominations including “Video of the Year” and “Best Female Video for her hit, Firework. Right behind Perry is U.K. bred soul singer Adele with a well deserved seven nominations including Video of the Year and Best Direction in a video for Rolling in the Deep off her sophomore album “21″.

Other artists up for awards include Kanye West with seven nominations, Bruno Mars with four nominations, Beyoncé, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, and Thirty Seconds To Mars with three nominations each and Beastie Boys, Chris Brown, Pitbull and Lil Wayne who have two nominations.

Source: Daily Nu Divas