Taylor Swift sweeps MTV VMA noms

Taylor Swift has been nominated for nine MTV Video Music Awards.

The 25-year-old singer led the pack when the potential honorees were announced on Tuesday ahead of the ceremony taking place in Los Angeles on August 30.

Among her nods were Video of the Year for the star-studded Bad Blood, while her video for Blank Space is nominated in both the Best Female Video and Best Pop Video categories.

Other stars to feature heavily in the nominations included Taylor's close friend Ed Sheeran.

The British pop star, who recently performed three sell-out gigs at the world famous Wembley Stadium in London, received six nods including one for Best Male Performance for Thinking Out Loud as well as Best Choreography.

Ed and Taylor will be battling it out in the Best Pop Video segment, with Thinking Out Loud and Blank Space respectively. But the pair have some tough competition from Beyoncé for 7/11, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars for Uptown Funk and Maroon 5 for Sugar.

Other notable nominees for the event include Robert Pattinson's rumoured fiancée FKA Twigs, who features in the #VMAs Artists to Watch category alongside George Ezra, James Bay, Fetty Wap and Vance Joy.

The nomination announcement comes after it was revealed on Monday that Miley Cyrus will be hosting the awards.

The 22-year-old singer is certainly no stranger to the event, and famously caused a worldwide scandal with her twerking during a performance of Blurred Lines with Robin Thicke at the 2013 ceremony.

Miley cinfirmed the hosting news by posting a picture of herself dressed as an alien on Instagram.

In the shot she is seen holding two sandwich boards. One reads: "MTV won't let me perform", while the other states: "So I'm hosting the VMAs".

MTV Video Music Awards 2015 nominations:

Best Collaboration
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar- Bad Blood
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars- Uptown Funk
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth- See You Again
Ariana Grande feat. The Weeknd- Love Me Harder
Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj- Bang Bang

Video Nominees with a Social Message
Jennifer Hudson- I Still Love You
Colbie Caillat- Try
Big Sean feat. Kanye West & John Legend- One Man Can Change The World
Rihanna- American Oxygen
Wale- The White Shoes

Best Hip-Hop Video
Fetty Wap- Trap Queen
Nicki Minaj- Anaconda
Kendrick Lamar- Alright
Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth- See You Again
Big Sean feat. E-40- IDFWU

Best Rock Video
Hozier- Take Me To Church
Fall Out Boy- Uma Thurman
Florence + the Machine- Ship To Wreck
WALKTHEMOON- Shut Up and Dance
Arctic Monkeys- Why You'd Only Call Me When You're High?

Best Female Performance
Beyonce- 7/11
Taylor Swift- Blank Space
Nicki Minaj- Anaconda
Sia- Elastic Heart
Ellie Goulding- Love Me Like You Do

Best Male Performance
Ed Sheeran- Thinking Out Loud
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars- Uptown Funk
Kendrick Lamar- Alright
The Weeknd- Earned It
Nick Jonas- Chains

Best Choreography
Beyonce
OK Go
Chet Faker
Ed Sheeran
Flying Lotus
Kendrick Lamar

#VMAs Artist to Watch
Fetty Wap
Vance Joy
George Ezra
James Bay
FKA twigs

Best Pop Video
Beyoncé- 7/11
Taylor Swift- Blank Space
Ed Sheeran- Thinking Out Loud
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars- Uptown Funk
Maroon 5- Sugar

Video of the Year
Beyoncé- 7/11
Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar- Bad Blood
Ed Sheeran- Thinking Out Loud
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars- Uptown Funk
Kendrick Lamar- Alright