FKA Twigs and Moses Boyd among big winners at AIM Independent Music Awards

South Korean boy band BTS performed a live TV debut of their English language single "Dynamite" at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards on Saturday, taking the stage in suits and ties. The seven-member group, which consists of Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, RM and Jungkook, maintained their signature high-energy as they perfected each choreographed dance move against a revolving backdrop of cityscapes, skyscrapers, flashing billboards and a pink sunset.

Lady Gaga was crowned the big winner at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, taking home five top prizes, including Artist of the Year.The pop icon's Rain on Me hit with Ariana Grande earned the "soul sisters" Song of the Year, Best Collaboration, and Best Cinematography, while Gaga was also named the inaugural winner of the Tricon Award, honouring her music, acting, and philanthropy work. She missed out on Video of the Year - that went to The Weeknd for Blinding Lights.

Chris Willman Music WriterBefore proceeding any further, let’s acknowledge the clear superstars of the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards: Lady Gaga’s mask designers. They should be given his own awards, at some point, for being the individual who kept us on the edge of our seats during a show that has never drummed up much suspense about winners, even in its early glory days, let alone now.

Lady Gaga enjoyed a night to remember at the MTV Video Music Awards, while The Weeknd took home the biggest prize of the night.

Winners of the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, held Sunday night at various locations throughout New York City.— Video of the year: The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights"— Artist of the year: Lady Gaga— Song of the year: Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, “Rain on Me”— Push best new artist: Doja Cat— Best collaboration: Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, “Rain on Me"— Best group: BTS— Best quarantine performance: CNCO, “MTV Unplugged at Home"— Best music video from home: Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, “Stuck with U"—

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterThe 2020 MTV Video Music Awards are kicking off on Sunday, looking a little different than usual amid the coronavirus pandemic.Instead of taking place at a packed Barclays Center, artists are taking the stage in audience-less locations around New York City to adhere to social distancing guidelines. Those performers include BTS, The Black Eyed Peas, DaBaby, The Weeknd, Doja Cat, Maluma with CNCO and Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande.

MTV Video Music Awards might look a little different amid the coronavirus pandemic, but winning a Moon Person is still an honor.While Keke Palmer is hosting the 2020 VMAs from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, several stars are set to appear and perform from home.MTV announced the nominees one month before the Sunday, August 30, ceremony — and Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga lead the pack with nine nominations each.

Raven Gates and Alexis Waters got real about behind-the-scenes drama that surrounds favorites from the franchise.The season 21 Bachelor alums covered a variety of topics on Us Weekly‘s “Here for the Right Reasons” podcast and in Us Weekly’s “Bachelor Confessions,” from Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon’s unlikely yet unstoppable connection to Kaitlyn Bristowe and Shawn Booth’s potentially not-so-shocking broken engagement.“I wasn’t devastated about their split because I knew too much, I think,”

FKA Twigs has shared a new video for her ‘MAGDALENE’ track ‘Sad Day’, directed by Hiro Murai, best known for his work on Atlanta and collaborations with Donald Glover.The accompanying short film was “co-conceived” by the pair and directed by Murai.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe iHeartRadio Music Awards telecast, originally scheduled for March 29 on Fox then postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, has officially been canceled, but the winners will be revealed throughout Labor Day weekend on radio and social media.

The 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards have been officially cancelled after being postponed due to Coronavirus earlier this year.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe iHeartRadio Music Awards telecast, which had originally been set to air on Fox March 29, has finally been officially canceled for this year, with the winners instead now slated to be unveiled on radio stations and social media over the four-day Labor Day weekend.The new plan was announced by iHeartMedia Monday morning. The company said the winners will be rolled out on what it calls an “exclusive weekend-long radio and social media special” taking place Sept.

LCD Soundsystem‘s James Murphy has spoken in support of the campaign to save independent music venues in the US during the coronavirus crisis.The National Independent Venue Association are spearheading efforts to get the bipartisan Save Our Stages Act passed, which would create a $10 billion small business association fund to help those small venues that are struggling or being threatened with closure due to the effects of the pandemic.Murphy joined New York Senator Chuck Schumer and a number of

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs the coronavirus pandemic’s devastating impact on the live-entertainment industry became clear, independent music venues across the country — the most vulnerable businesses in the live-music industry — came together as NIVA, the now 2,600-member National Independent Venue Association, hired the powerful lobbying firm Akin Gump, and got to work.

The 2020 Billboard Music Awards, postponed in April due to the coronavirus pandemic, has set a new date. It’s now set to air live at 8 p.m.

The 2020 Soribada Best K-Music Awards took place today and was hosted by Jun Hyun-moo and Jin Se-yeon. As revealed by Soompi, BTS dominated at the award ceremony along with TWICE and Kang Daniel as the trio won three awards each.

Darkstar have shared the poignant video for their new single ‘Blurred’, with the clip paying tribute to the UK’s independent grassroots music venues.The video has been made in solidarity with the ongoing #SaveOurVenues campaign, which is aiming to protect those independent venues in the UK which are currently under threat due to the coronavirus-enforced live music shutdown.The clip for ‘Blurred’, which is taken from Darkstar’s June-released album ‘Civic Jams’, consists of Google Street View