雙語新聞：碧昂絲八項提名領跑2014MTV音樂錄影帶大獎

MTV announced Thursday that Beyonce is up for eight moonman trophies, including video of the year for "Drunk in Love." Iggy Azalea and Eminem are nominated for seven awards each.
　　　
　　Pharrell is the only male nominated for the top prize. Along with Beyonce, his "Happy" will compete with Azalea's "Fancy," Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" and Sia's "Chandelier" for video of the year.
　　　
　　Beyonce's "Partition" is nominated for best female video and cinematography , while the Jay Z-featured "Drunk in Love" is up for best collaboration. Both songs are from Beyonce's self-titled fifth album, which she released in surprise form last year with all of the tracks' music videos.
　　　
　　"This album was a labor of love and she had such a vision of wanting to be able to tell the story of this album visually as well as audio," said Lee Anne Callahan-Longo, general manager of Beyonce's production house, Parkwood Entertainment. "She really, really set out to do something special in a visual medium."
　　　
　　Beyonce's "Pretty Hurts," a video displaying women's body issues and insecurities, is nominated for best direction, editing and video with a social message.
　　　
　　Azalea is still riding high on the success of "Fancy," which spent seven weeks on top of the Billboard charts and is nominated for best pop video and female video. The Australian performer will compete twice in both categories thanks to her other hit, the Ariana Grande smash "Problem." The rapper is not nominated for best hip-hop video, though.
　　　
　　Eminem's seven nominations include the latter and best male video, where he will compete with Pharrell, John Legend, Ed Sheeran and newcomer Sam Smith.
　　　
　　The VMAs will air live Aug. 24 from The Forum in Inglewood, California. Performers will include Grande, Usher and 5 Seconds of Summer.

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　　當?shù)貢r間7月17日，第三十一屆MTV音樂錄影帶大獎（MTV Video Music Awards）2014提名名單出爐。
　　　
　　天后碧昂絲（Beyoncé）毫無疑問地成為今年提名名單中的絕對主角，這位32歲的歌手入圍了年度最佳錄影帶、最佳女歌手錄影帶，最佳舞蹈設計等八項大獎，領跑眾星。其中，她與丈夫Jay-Z共同合作的《Drunk in Love》分別入圍了年度最佳錄影帶和最佳組合兩個獎項。
　　　
　　說唱天王埃米納姆（Eminem）此次重出江湖，一舉拿下包括最佳男歌手錄影帶、最佳嘻哈錄影帶等在內的七個獎項，位居次席。來自澳大利亞的說唱新人Iggy Azalea表現(xiàn)搶眼，同樣收獲了七項提名。年初曾入圍奧斯卡最佳歌曲的法瑞爾·威廉姆斯（Pharrell Williams）的《Happy》收獲了三項提名，而“電臀女王”麥莉·塞勒斯的《Wrecking Ball》入圍了年度最佳錄影帶和最佳導演兩項大獎。
　　　
　　在“最佳男歌手錄影帶”提名中，英國新人山姆·史密斯（Sam Smith）的《Stay With Me》驚喜入圍，他也是今年最受關注藝人獎的有力爭奪者。此外，Sia和新生代歌手Kiesza的入圍都讓人眼前一亮。新人取得好成績的同時，MTV曾經(jīng)的寵兒，去年剛剛推出新專輯的布蘭妮·斯皮爾斯（《Britney Jean》）和Lady Gaga（《ARTPOP》）受到了冷落，今年提名顆粒無收。
　　　
　　2014 MTV音樂錄影帶大獎將在當?shù)貢r間8月24日晚9點在洛杉磯英格爾伍德廣場舉行。屆時，亞瑟小子（User）和五秒盛夏樂隊（5 Seconds of Summer）將登臺演出，而各大獎項的歸屬也將在當晚揭曉。

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