7 Things to Know About the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations

MTV VMAs are nearly upon us.Like virtually all awards shows in the age of the coronavirus, MTV's annual music video ceremony is going virtual in 2020, but still plans to pack the night full of celebrity appearances and performances from major artists.

Midnight Sky singer Miley Cyrus was just announced as a performer for the upcoming 2020 MTV Video Music Awards! The 27-year-old singer will be performing alongside previously announced artists like The Weeknd, rapper Roddy Ricch, Colombian singer Maluma, boy band CNCO, BTS, J Balvin and Doja Cat at the August 30 event. While announcing the news via Instagram, Miley wrote: “Shits about to get freaky I can feel it.

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NEW YORK -- Lady Gaga is ready to just dance at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. MTV announced Thursday that Gaga, who is tied as the most-nominated act alongside Ariana Grande, will perform at the Aug.

The 2020 MTV VMAs just announced the second round of performers for the upcoming award show that will be held outdoors in New York City. Blinding Lights singer The Weeknd, rapper Roddy Ricch, Colombian singer Maluma and boy band CNCO will reportedly all join previously announced artists BTS, J Balvin and Doja Cat as performers for the show.

coronavirus “safety concerns.”As reported on Page Six, MTV will no longer hold the award ceremony at the Barclays Center, instead choosing “various outdoor locations” in New York City. The event is due to take place on August 30.In a statement to Page Six, representatives for Barclays Center and MTV said: “it became clear at this time that outdoor performances with limited or no audience would be more feasible and safer than an indoor event.”NME has contacted representatives for MTV for

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe 2020 MTV Video Music Awards have decided against holding an indoors event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Instead, it will stage a series of outdoor performances in various NYC boroughs.The show will still be held on Aug.

Keke Palmer will host the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards.The TV favorite will join BTS, Doja Cat, and J Balvin onstage at the prizegiving in New York City, the first to air live and in person since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all awards shows and music events.K-pop superstars BTS will make their performance debut at the MTV Video Music Awards with the TV premiere of their first complete English-language single, Dynamite.

Keke Palmer continues to kill it at the presentation game, adding 2020 MTV Video Music Awards host to her resume.

Eli Countryman “Hustlers” star Keke Palmer is set to host the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, airing live from Barclays Center on Aug. 30 at 8 p.m.MTV made the announcement today with a video in which the actress and singer video calls up the titular character from Nickelodeon’s “Tru Jackson V.P.,” a role she played from 2008 to 2011.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsKeke Palmer is set to host this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. MTV announced Thursday that the Strahan, Sara & Keke host and Hustlers star will emcee the VMAs, with Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande as top nominees.Thursday’s news is the latest update for the August awards ceremony. In July MTV revealed the complete list of nominees for its annual awards show.

Keke Palmer is set to host the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, which are slated for Aug. 30 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.Palmer will be the first woman of color to host the show since 1986-87, when then-MTV-VJ Downtown Julie Brown co-hosted.

The first round of performers for the 2020 VMAs has been announced, and let's just say the bar was set high. On Tuesday, August 4, VMA’s official Twitter page confirmed that the much-loved Korean boy band BTS will not only perform at the ceremony this year but will also perform their new single Dynamite for the first time at the award show.

Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga will be the ones to beat at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards after scoring nine nominations each.Billie Eilish and The Weeknd are close behind with six nods apiece.All four artists will be going head-to-head for Video of the Year, in which Grande and Gaga will compete with their Rain on Me collaboration against Eilish’s Everything I Wanted, and The Weeknd’s Blinding Lights.Taylor Swift’s The Man, Future and Drake’s Life Is Good, and Eminem and Juice WRLD’s Godzilla are

Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande‘s mega-collab ‘Rain On Me’, which featured on Gaga’s latest album ‘Chromatica’. The video is up for ‘Video Of The Year’, ‘Song Of The Year’, ‘Best Collaboration’, ‘Best Pop’, ‘Best Cinematography’, ‘Best Visual Effects’ and ‘Best Choreography’.Megan Thee Stallion has also raked in multiple nominations, including ‘Artist Of The Year’, ‘Song Of The Year’ and ‘Best Hip-Hop’ for ‘Savage’.

With the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, MTV also added two brand new awards: "Best Music Video From Home" and "Best Quarantine Performance." Fans who want to cast a vote for their faves can go to official VMA page for 15 different categories, including "Video of the Year" and "Artist of the Year".Check out the complete list of nominees below: