Rihanna, her BFF Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, One Direction...these are just some of the great nominees for thi year's MTV Video Music Awards.

Rihanna is one of the most-nominated artists this year. She nabbed 5! She's nominated for her own work, as well as her collabs with Drake and Coldplay. A fun fact – in one of the categories, Rihanna will be competing against herself.

Justin is nominated in two of the biggest categories: Best Male Video and Best Pop Video.

The 1D lads are also nominated for two important awards. They'll be competing against The Wanted and Carly Rae Jepsen for Best New Artist. And in the Best Pop Video cateogory, they'll face off against Justin Bieber and Rihanna.

Demi, Selena, and Adele all got nominations too. Demi's song “Skyscraper” was nominated for Best Video With a Message.

Selena just got one nomination, but it's for a big prize – Best Female Video. But this year, it's a tough category becase it includes Rihanna, Katy Perry, Beyonce, and Nicki Minaj

And here's an exciting piece of news – 1D will perform at the awards ceremony! They've already confirmed it and are super excited. Liam said “I think performing at the VMAs is such a huge occasion and we're really looking forward to it. It ranks up there with one of the best performances we'll do so far, so we're really looking forward to it.”

The show is on September 6th at 8 p.m. On MTV. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are scheduled to present, but due to their current rocky status fans aren't sure if that will happen.

Here's the complete list of the nominees for each category. You can vote for your favorites HERE.

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”

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”
• Watch 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”

Source and photos: MTV