Billy Ray Cyrus Lands MTV Video Music Award Nominations

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Nominees for the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards were announced yesterday, and Billy Ray Cyrus landed a bunch of them. The singer is recognized for his collaboration with Lil Nas X on "Old Town Road," which is recognized in seven categories.

The video is nominated for Video of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Collaboration, and Best Hip-Hop, as well as technical awards like Best Direction, Best Editing and Best Arti Direction. 

Voting across 14 categories is open until August 14^th. The 2019 VMAs, hosted by Sebastian Maniscalco, airs August 26^th at 9 pm live from the Prudential Center in New Jersey.

Check out some of the nominees below, and click here for the complete list:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• 21 Savage ft. J. Cole – “a lot”
• Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy”
• Ariana Grande – “thank u, next”
• Jonas Brothers – “Sucker”
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)”
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Cardi B
• Billie Eilish
• Ariana Grande
• Halsey
• Jonas Brothers
• Shawn Mendes

SONG OF THE YEAR

• Drake – “In My Feelings”
• Ariana Grande – “thank u, next”
• Jonas Brothers – “Sucker”
• Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow”
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)”
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”

BEST NEW ARTIST, presented by Taco Bell

• Ava Max
• Billie Eilish
• H.E.R.
• Lil Nas X
• Lizzo
• ROSALÍA 

BEST COLLABORATION

• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)”
• Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow”
• Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita”
• Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco – “ME!”
• Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber – “I Don’t Care”
• BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv”

PUSH ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Bazzi
• CNCO
• Billie Eilish
• H.E.R.
• Lauv
• Lizzo 

BEST POP

• 5 Seconds of Summer – “Easier”
• Cardi B & Bruno Mars – “Please Me”
• Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy”
• Khalid – "Talk"
• Ariana Grande – “thank u, next”
• Jonas Brothers – “Sucker”
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” 

BEST HIP HOP

• 2 Chainz ft. Ariana Grande – “Rule the World”
• 21 Savage ft. J. Cole – “a lot”
• Cardi B – “Money”
• DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend – “Higher”
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)”
• Travis Scott ft. Drake – “SICKO MODE”

BEST R&B

• Anderson .Paak ft. Smokey Robinson – “Make It Better”
• Childish Gambino – “Feels Like Summer”
• H.E.R. ft. Bryson Tiller – “Could’ve Been”
• Alicia Keys – “Raise A Man”
• Ella Mai – “Trip”
• Normani ft. 6lack – “Waves” 

BEST K-POP

• BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv”
• BLACKPINK – “Kill This Love”
• Monsta X ft. French Montana – “Who Do You Love”
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER – “Cat & Dog”
• NCT 127 – “Regular”
• EXO – “Tempo”

BEST DANCE

• The Chainsmokers ft. Bebe Rexha – “Call You Mine”
• Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato – “Solo”
• DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B – “Taki Taki”
• David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J Balvin – “Say My Name”
• Marshmello & Bastille – “Happier”
• Silk City & Dua Lipa – “Electricity”

BEST ROCK

• The 1975 – “Love It If We Made It”
• Fall Out Boy – “Bishops Knife Trick”
• Imagine Dragons – “Natural”
• Lenny Kravitz – “Low”
• Panic! At The Disco – “High Hopes”
• twenty one pilots – “My Blood” 

VIDEO FOR GOOD

• Halsey – “Nightmare”
• The Killers – “Land of the Free”
• Jamie N Commons, Skylar Grey ft. Gallant – “Runaway Train”
• John Legend – “Preach”
• Lil Dicky – “Earth”
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” 

Source: MTV