Taylor Swift leads MTV EMA nominations for second year running with seven nods

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The US pop star has been nominated in categories including best video, best artist, best US act, and best collaboration (Doug Peters/PA)

Taylor Swift leads the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) nominations for the second year running with seven nods.

The US pop star, 34, who released her 11th studio album earlier in the year, The Tortured Poets Department, has been nominated in categories that include best video, best artist, best US act, and best collaboration.