Britney Spears' MTV nomination

Jul 28, 2008, 11:45 GMT

Britney in her heyday...Lee Roth / RothStock / PR Photos

Britney Spears has received a nomination at this year's MTV Video Music Awards.

The troubled singer - whose performance of 'Gimme More' was panned at last year's ceremony - is up for the Best Female Music Video award for 'Piece of Me'.

Britney will go head to head with Rihanna's 'Take a Bow', Mariah Carey's 'Touch My Body', Jordin Sparks' duet with Chris Brown, 'No Air' and Katy Perry's chart-topper 'I Kissed a Girl'.

Also announced are the nominees for Best Male Video.

T.I.'s 'What You Know', 'Love in the Club' by Usher, Lil Wayne's 'Lollipop', 'With You' by Chris Brown and Flo-Rida's 'Low' are all up for the award.

The only other detail about the Los Angeles ceremony revealed so far is that teenage trio the Jonas Brothers will be among the performers.

MTV viewers have been asked to cast their votes to decide the final nominees in the Best Hip Hop Video category and Best Pop Video.

Awards bosses revealed recently that they have not ruled out Britney performing again this year.

Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks Music Group, said: "Everyone deserves a second or third chance, right?

"I'm not sure how we top Britney opening the show. We are working on it every minute of every day."

The awards ceremony, which will be hosted by British comic Russell Brand, takes place on September 7.