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" Katy Perry will help announce the nominees for the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.  The &amp;#039;Teenage Dream&amp;#039; singer will appear live on MTV tonight to assist in revealing the nominations as well as hosting a web chat about the awards shortlist following the broadcast.  Perry is just one of several celebrities scheduled to appear on the nominations special and will speak to MTV News from Seattle, where she is currently appearing as part of her &amp;#039;California Dreams&amp;#039; Tour.  The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards nominations special will air live on MTV at 11pm EST on tonight, while the ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, August 28 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.  Perry recently topped the Billboard list of digital single sales with her track &amp;#039;E.T.&amp;#039;. Earlier this year, it was announced that she had also set a record for spending over 52 weeks in the US Hot 100 top ten with at least one of her singles at a given time. Perry is still chasing a record held by Michael Jackson to have five number one tracks from a single album. &amp;amp;gt; Katy Perry denies Russell Brand marriage trouble: &amp;#039;Privacy is our luxury&amp;#039; Watch the video for Katy Perry&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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