Rihanna and Drake will have quite a night at the 2012 MTV VMA awards! They each received the most nominations with five apiece. And to make things even more interesting: Rihanna and Drake both face off against Chris Brown but in different categories. This should make for one INTERESTING show.

The other big shock about the noms is Lady Gaga: she received ZERO nominations this year. I wonder if her little monsters are already organizing a protest?

Below is a complete list of the nominations (after Best Video and Best New Artist, you can see the rest of the nominations by clicking on the More link).

Video of the Year

• Katy Perry, “Wide Awake”
• Gotye, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
• Rihanna, “We Found Love”
• Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”
• M.I.A., “Bad Girls”

Best New Artist

• Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, “We Are Young”
• Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”
• Frank Ocean, “Swim Good”
• One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”
• The Wanted, “Glad You Came”

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Best Hip-Hop Video

• Childish Gambino, “Heartbeat”
• Drake feat. Lil Wayne, “HYFR”
• Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean & 2 Chainz, “Mercy”
• Watch the Throne, “Paris”
• Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chainz, “Beez in the Trap”

Best Male Video

• Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”
• Frank Ocean, “Swim Good”
• Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”
• Chris Brown, “Turn Up the Music”
• Usher, “Climax”

Best Female Video

• Rihanna, “We Found Love”
• Katy Perry, “Part of Me”
• Beyoncé, “Love on Top”
• Nicki Minaj, “Starships”
• Selena Gomez & The Scene, “Love You Like a Love Song”

Best Pop Video

• One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”
• Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, “We Are Young”
• Rihanna, “We Found Love”
• Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”
• Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa, “Payphone”

Best Rock Video

• Coldplay, “Paradise”
• The Black Keys, “Lonely Boy”
• Linkin Park, “BURN IT DOWN”
• Jack White, “Sixteen Saltines”
• Imagine Dragons, “It’s Time”

Best Electronic Dance Music Video

• Duck Sauce, “Big Bad Wolf”
• Calvin Harris, “Feel So Close”
• Skrillex, “First of the Year (Equinox)”
• Martin Solveig, “The Night Out”
• Avicii, “Le7els”

Best Video With a Message

• Demi Lovato, “Skyscraper”
• Rise Against, “Ballad of Hollis Brown”
• Kelly Clarkson, “Dark Side”
• Gym Class Heroes, “The Fighter”
• K’Naan feat. Nelly Furtado, “Is Anybody Out There?”
• Lil Wayne, “How to Love”

Best Art Direction

• Katy Perry, “Wide Awake”
• Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”
• Lana Del Rey, “Born to Die”
• Regina Spektor, “All the Rowboats”
• Of Monsters & Men, “Little Talks”

Best Choreography

• Chris Brown, “Turn Up the Music”
• Rihanna, “Where Have You Been”
• Beyoncé, “Countdown”
• Avicii, “Le7els”
• Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull, “Dance Again”

Best Cinematography

• M.I.A., “Bad Girls”
• Adele, “Someone Like You”
• Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”
• Coldplay feat. Rihanna, “Princess of China”
• Lana Del Rey, “Born to Die”

Best Direction

• M.I.A., “Bad Girls”
• Duck Sauce, “Big Bad Wolf”
• Coldplay feat. Rihanna, “Princess of China”
• Frank Ocean, “Swim Good”
• Watch the Throne, “Otis”

Best Editing

• Beyoncé, “Countdown”
• A$AP Rocky “Goldie”
• Gotye, “Somebody That I Used to Know”
• The Throne, “Paris”
• Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz, “Mercy”

Best Visual Effects

• Katy Perry, “Wide Awake”
• Rihanna, “Where Have You Been”
• David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, “Turn Me On”
• Linkin Park, “BURN IT DOWN”