The biggest showdowns of the 2018 VMAs

The biggest showdowns of the 2018 VMAs

The nominations are in for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, and it’ll be a battle of two killer collaborations.

In one corner, we have Bruno Mars and Cardi B, whose “Finesse (Remix)” video — which brought back the fly ’90s hip-hop hoofing of “In Living Color” — is up for five Moon Persons.

In the other corner stand the Carters. Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s “Apes–t” clip — shot at the effing Louvre, in case you doubted the magnitude of their power couple status — picked up nods in eight categories.

Both “Finesse (Remix)” and “Apes–t” are up for the ultimate prize, Video of the Year, where their biggest competition would seem to be from Childish Gambino’s “This Is America,” the viral video that busted both moves and a message.

Other nominees for Video of the Year include Ariana Grande’s “No Tears Left to Cry,” Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug’s “Havana” and Drake’s “God’s Plan” (He’s pretty much owned 2018).

The second showdown to watch is the Artist of the Year award, which turns collaborators Cardi B and Mars into competitors.

Their main challenger would seem to be Drake, while the other contenders are Grande, Cabello and Post Malone.

Cardi B leads all nominees with 10, with nods across three videos: “Finesse (Remix),” “Dinero” (with Jennifer Lopez and DJ Khaled) and her solo “Bartier Cardi.” (The Carters are next up with their eight nominations for “Apes–t”.)

Since Beyoncé won Video of the Year for “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” in 2009 and “Formation” in 2016, wouldn’t it be sweet if she could share top props with the man whose Roc necklaces she rocks?

That would be the perfect ending to this year’s VMAs, which will go down Aug. 20 at Radio City Music Hall.

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