Lady Gaga is officially the hottest woman in the music business. The nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards were announced today with Gaga nominated for 13 awards (16 if you include her collaboration with Beyonce for “Video Phone”). Highlights of the nominations include Best Female Video and two nods for the coveted Video of the Year.

Interestingly, Justin Bieber was nominated for Best New Artist, which is up to a public vote. We feel confident that the Biebs will win.

Thanks to PopEater for putting together this list of the nominees.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’

Florence + The Machine, ‘Dog Days Are Over’

30 Seconds To Mars, ‘Kings and Queens’

Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé, ‘Telephone’

Eminem, ‘Not Afraid’

B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams, ‘Airplanes’

BEST FEMALE VIDEO

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’

Ke$ha, ‘Tik Tok’

Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, ‘California Gurls’

Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, ‘Video Phone (Extended Remix)’

Taylor Swift, ‘Fifteen’

BEST MALE VIDEO

Eminem, ‘Not Afraid’

Usher featuring Will.I.Am, ‘OMG’

B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams, ‘Airplanes’

Drake, ‘Find Your Love’

Jason Derulo, ‘In My Head’

BEST COLLABORATION

B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams, ‘Airplanes’

Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, ‘Video Phone (Extended Remix)’

3OH!3 featuring Ke$ha, ‘My First Kiss’

Jay-Z & Alicia Keys, ‘Empire State of Mind’

BEST NEW ARTIST

Ke$ha, ‘Tik Tok’

Jason Derulo, ‘In My Head’

Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, ‘Baby’

Nicki Minaj featuring Sean Garrett, ‘Massive Attack’

Broken Bells, ‘The Ghost Inside’

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO

B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams, ‘Airplanes’

Eminem, ‘Not Afraid’

Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem, ‘Forever’

Jay-Z & Swizz Beats, ‘On To The Next One’

Kid Cudi featuring MGMT and Ratatat, ‘Pursuit Of Happiness’

BEST POP VIDEO

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’

Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, ‘California Gurls’

Ke$ha, ‘Tik Tok’

Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, ‘Video Phone (Extended Remix)’

B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars, ‘Nothing on You’

BEST ROCK VIDEO

30 Seconds To Mars, ‘Kings and Queens’

Muse, ‘Uprising’

Paramore, ‘Ignorance’

Florence + the Machine, ‘Dog Days Are Over’

MGMT, ‘Flash Delirium’

BEST DANCE MUSIC VIDEO

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’

Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull, ‘I Like It’

Cascada, ‘Evacuate The Dancefloor’

David Guetta featuring Akon, ‘Sexy Chick’

Usher featuring Will.I.Am, ‘OMG’

BEST ART DIRECTION

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’

Florence + The Machine, ‘Dogs Days Are Over’

Eminem, ‘Not Afraid’

30 Seconds To Mars, ‘Kings and Queens’

Beyoncé featuring Lady Gaga, ‘Video Phone (Extended Remix)’

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’

Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce, ‘Telephone’

Beyonce featuring Lady Gaga, ‘Video Phone (Extended Remix)’

Usher featuring Will.I.Am, ‘OMG’

Janelle Monáe featuring Big Boi, ‘Tightrope’

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Eminem, ‘Not Afraid’

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, ‘Empire State of Mind’

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’

Mumford and Sons, ‘Little Lion Man’

Florence + The Machine, ‘Dog Days Are Over’

BEST DIRECTION

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, ‘Empire State of Mind’
Director: Hype Williams

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’
Director: Francis Lawrence

Eminem, ‘Not Afraid’
Director: Rich Lee

P!nk, ‘Funhouse’
Director: Dave Meyers

30 Seconds To Mars, ‘Kings and Queens’
Director: Bartholomew Cubbins

BEST EDITING

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’
Editor: Jarrett Fijal

Eminem, ‘Not Afraid’
Editor: Ken Mowe

Rihanna, ‘Rude Boy’
Editor: Clark Eddy

P!nk, ‘Funhouse’
Editor: Chris Davis

Miike Snow, ‘Animal’
Editor: Frank Macias

BEST SFX (SPECIAL EFFECTS)

Lady Gaga, ‘Bad Romance’
Special Effects: Tim Jarvis

Eminem, ‘Not Afraid’
Special Effects: Animaholics-VFX

Muse, ‘Uprising’
Special Effects: Sam Stevens

Green Day, ’21st Century Breakdown’
Special Effects: Laundry

Dan Black, ‘Symphonies’
Special Effects: Corinne Bance & Axel D’Harcourt

BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO

Dan Black, ‘Symphonies’

Gorillaz featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def, ‘Stylo’

Coldplay, ‘Strawberry Swing’

The Black Keys, ‘Tighten Up’

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While Kanye West may have claimed to Jay Leno to be keeping a low profile on things after his Taylor Swift-MTV Video Music Awards debacle, the new video clip he posted on his blog begs to differ.

The promo video released on Wednesday, Sept. 23 for his new “Fame Kills” tour with Lady Gaga is anything but low profile, according to MTV News.

The video clip, posted by West under the headline, “What Happened to All the Rock Stars? Fame Killed Them!” is a slow motion film featuring a topless Gaga covering herself and wrapped in the arms of a black man while soft, moody music plays in the background. When 30 seconds of this pass, the name of the tour appears on the screen along with a voice that says, “Fame Kills!” and then “West + Gaga” flashes across.

West first made an announcement about the tour earlier this summer at an appearance on “The View,” but it wasn’t a sealed deal until last week. The “Fame Kills” tour is set to begin on Nov. 10 in Phoenix and wrap up Jan. 24 in Dallas.

Other than the video clip, however, West has managed to keep out of the direct spotlight. He even had his lawyer push back a court date that was scheduled for this month. The pre-trial hearing for West’s 2008 airport scuffle with a photographer has now been pushed back to Oct. 23. Lawyer Blair Berk reportedly went to the judge in the case and requested for the trial to be pushed back.

The scuffle took place on Sept. 11, 2008 at the Los Angeles International Airport. West and his road manager, Don C. Crowley, allegedly wrestled a camera out of the hands of a TMZ photographer who was trying to take the rapper’s picture. Crowley is then said to have thrown the photographer’s $10,000 camera to the ground and West is said to have smashed the flash. The debacle ended in an arrest. West has pleaded not guilty to three misdemeanor counts of vandalism, theft, and battery.

However, the pushed-back date still allows West lots of time to work on the new tour with Gaga. And no matter how you look at it, Gaga and West are sure to blow the top off this one.

Fame Kills from kwest on Vimeo.

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