Rihanna just announced the nominees for this years 2007 MTV Video Music Awards. Here’s a list of the nominees..

Female Artist of the Year:
Beyonce
Fergie
Nelly Furtado
Rihanna
Amy Winehouse

Male Artist of the Year:
Akon
Robin Thicke
T.I.
Justin Timberlake
Kanye West

See the rest of the 2007 VMA nominees after the jump!

Best Group
Fall Out Boy
Gym Class Heroes
Linkin Park
Maroon 5
The White Stripes

Best New Artist
Lily Allen
Gym Class Heroes
Peter Bjorn and John
Amy Winehouse
Carrie Underwood

Monster Threat of the Year
Chris Daughtry “Home”
Fall Out Boy “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs”
Avril Lavigne “Girlfriend”
Lil Mama “Lip Gloss”
Mims “This Is Why I’m Hot”
Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah”
Rihanna f/ Jay-Z “Umbrella”
Shop Boyz “Party Like A Rock Star”
T-Pain f/ Yung Joc “Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’)”
Timbaland f/ Keri Hilson, D.O.E. & Sebastian “The Way I Are”

Most Earth-Shattering Collaboration
Akon f/ Eminem “Smack That”
Beyoncé f/ Shakira “Beautiful Liar”
Gwen Stefani f/ Akon “The Sweet Escape”
Justin Timberlake f/ Timbaland “SexyBack”
U2 f/ Green Day “The Saints Are Coming”

Quadruple Threat of the Year
Beyonce
Bono
Jay-Z
Justin Timberlake
Kanye West

To see the nominees for best Choreography, Best Editing and Best Director see MTV.com!