Britney Spears has received a third nomination for the MTV Video Music Awards as speculation mounts about her appearing at the case following her calamitous comeback last year.
Nominations for various categories are slowly beingness announced by MTV, with those for Video of the Year and Best Rock Video announced on Friday.
Spears was named as one of five candidates for the Video of the Year award, for her exclusive 'Piece of Me'. She has already been nominated for the same video clip in the Best Female Video and Best Pop Video categories.
The US singer will face competition in the Video of the Year category from Jonas Brothers' 'Burnin' Up', Chris Brown's 'Forever', Pussycat Dolls' 'When I Grow Up' and the Ting Tings' 'Shut Up and Let Me Go'.
Meanwhile, Paramore's 'CrushCrushCrush', Slipknot's 'Psychosocial', Linkin Park's 'Shadow of the Day', Foo Fighters' 'The Pretender' and Fall Out Boy's plow of Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' will fight it out in the Best Rock Video category.
Other categories announced so far include Best Male Video, Best Hip Hop Video, Best New Artist and Best Dancing in a Video.
The 25th MTV Video Music Awards will take shoes in Los Angeles on 7 September, though neither the broadcaster or Spears has nevertheless confirmed whether the virtuoso will again use the live show up as a platform for another comeback.
Last year Spears gave an ill-fated and critically-mauled performance of her song 'Gimme More'.
The star has appeared in a number of recent promotional videos for the upcoming awards record, which volition be hosted by British comedian Russell Brand.
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