Paramount+<\/a> in the U.S.<\/p>\nThe show will become available to stream globally the next day on Paramount+ and MTV.<\/p>\n
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Taylor Swift follows Madonna with the second-most nominations, with nine (Getty Images)<\/p>\n
CBS is home to a number of award shows, including the Tony Awards and the American Music Awards. It has aired the Grammys since 1973, though that show will head to ABC in 2027.<\/p>\n
Who is nominated for the 2026 MTV VMAs?<\/p>\n
Madonna leads this year\u2019s ceremony, with 11 nominations that include video, artist and song of the year as well as best collaboration, dance, direction, art direction, cinematography, editing, choreography and visual effects.<\/p>\n
Swift follows Madonna with the second-most nominations, with nine. <\/p>\n
Those pop powerhouses are followed by Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter with seven nods to their name as well as Bruno Mars, PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson with five. Blackpink\u2019s LISA has four and Shakira, Tate McRae, GENER8ION and Yung Lean are tied for three.<\/p>\n
Rounding out the artist of the year category nominees are Grande, Mars, Carpenter and Morgan Wallen, in addition to Madonna and Swift.<\/p>\n
What’s new this year? <\/p>\n
This year\u2019s Video Music Awards features 26 first-time nominees, which include GENER8ION and Yung Lean (for their \u201cStorm\u201d collaboration) and the K-pop boy band CORTIS and viral \u201cBoston\u201d singer Stella Lefty with two each. Other notable first-time nominees include Don Toliver, Kali Uchis, Noah Kahan, Olivia Dean, Tucker Wetmore and Sienna Spiro.<\/p>\n
The best dance category has returned for the first time in seven years. Nominees include McRae\u2019s \u201cNobody\u2019s Girl,\u201d Bebe Rexha and Faithless\u2019 \u201cNew Religion,\u201d Harry Styles\u2019 \u201cAperture,\u201d Lady Gaga and Doechii\u2019s \u201cRunway,\u201d Madonna\u2019s \u201cConfessions II \u2014 The Film,\u201d PinkPantheress\u2019 \u201cStateside\u201d with Larsson and Slayyyter\u2019s \u201cDance \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Who is performing at the 2026 MTV VMAs?<\/p>\n
Madonna will open the show. It will mark her first performance at the VMAs in 23 years.<\/p>\n
Other performers include GENER8ION with Yung Lean, Shaboozey with Gunna as well as Lisa, Raye and Sienna Spiro.<\/p>\n
Who will receive the Video Vanguard Award?<\/p>\n
Nirvana will receive the 2026 Video Vanguard Award.<\/p>\n
Previous recipients include Shakira, Beyonc\u00e9, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Missy Elliott, Katy Perry and many more.<\/p>\n
What about voting?<\/p>\n
Fan voting began online in mid-August across 13 categories and ends Sept. 25 at 6 p.m. Eastern and 3 p.m. Pacific.<\/p>\n
Voting in the best new artist category will remain active during the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-778428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}