Aussie Acts Do Us Proud With MTV Video Music Award Noms

While this year's MTV Video Music Awards may be led by some huge international artists, a few Australian acts have done us proud by scoring some handy nominations in the 2016 event. 

Pop favourite Sia proved to the best of the bunch, picking up a nomination in the Best Female Video category for her acclaimed track Cheap Thrills alongside big names such as Rihanna and Beyonce.

Meanwhile, Perth-based artist Troye Sivan scored a nod for Breakthrough Long Form Video with his Blue Neighbourhood trilogy and Tame Impala nabbed a spot in the Best Direction category for The Less I Know The Better.

Late iconic UK singer David Bowie also received a handful of nominations for Blackstar (Best Art Direction) and Lazarus (Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing).

Beyonce and Adele have racked up the most nominations (11 and eight respectively) and they'll duke it in out in a number of categories, including the main Video Of The Year category.

Queen B's Formation has been picked alongside Adele's Hello, while other contenders include Drake's Hotling Bling, Justin Bieber's Sorry and Kanye West's Famous.

This year's event will be screened in Australia from 10am on Monday, 29 August, live from Madison Square Garden.

Click here for a full look at the nominations.