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news dropped that she was no longer performing at the music awards ceremony, the pop artist released an explanation days later.“We were planning this insanely amazing many-bodied intimate dance performance, not fully understanding the (very necessary!) safety protocols that are in place,” she wrote.

will perform at the award show for the first time since 2015 on Sept. 12.The “Holy” singer, 27, will join VMA host Doja Cat as well as fellow performers Camila Cabello, Chlöe, Lil Nas X, Machine Gun Kelly, Shawn Mendes, Kacey Musgraves, Olivia Rodrigo and Twenty One Pilots.Bieber racked up an outstanding seven nominations for this year’s show.

The nominees for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards have been released, with Megan Thee Stallion and Justin Beiber leading the pack with six and seven nods respectively. Taking place on September 12 and Brooklyn's Barclays Center, BTS, Drake, The Weeknd, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, and Doja Cat and more are also among this year’s nominees.

. “I’m not old-fashioned,” she said.

receiving the inaugural honor at this 2020 MTV Videos Awards — not to mention leading all winners with five Moonpersons — Mother Monster has dropped another eye-popping video, this time for “911,” the latest single off of her “Chromatica” album.But it’s the mental-health message of the video that may linger even more than the visuals.

According to Variety, the show drew 6.4 million viewers across all ViacomCBS platforms during the simulcast, a 5% drop from 2019. That number includes the pre-show, main event, post-show and encores; no figures were available for only the two-hour primetime broadcast.By comparison, last year’s event — including the two-hour primetime show itself, hosted by comedian Sebastian Maniscalco — drew an audience of 6.8 million for all programming.

source, Ari and Dalton are in a "serious" and happy relationship, which really shows. “Ariana sees something different in Dalton that she has never seen before in guys she has previously dated," a source told the outlet earlier this month.

Billie Eilish? Where was Harry Styles? Where was Megan Thee Stallion?The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards — held Sunday night in New York as the first major live awards show of the COVID era, with Lady Gaga as the big winner — was missing some of the hottest pop stars of the moment.Instead, we got the Black Eyed Peas closing the show, giving us a has-been feeling.While the pandemic no doubt presented unprecedented challenges this year — forcing the awards show to move from Barclays Center to various

2020 MTV VMAs were moved from Barclays Center to various outdoor locations in the city — as well as remotely from Los Angeles and, for K-pop sensation BTS, South Korea — it was clear that this wasn’t going to look or feel like any other VMAs.And it didn’t. As the first major live awards show in the COVID era, it didn’t have the same energy that we’re used to from one of the biggest nights in show biz.But still, the show — hosted by “Hustlers” actress-singer Keke Palmer — had to go on.

2020 MTV VMAs had some performances that helped satiate the world’s yearning for live music.Many of the performances felt like glorified music videos rather than live entertainment, though especially since a handful were pre-taped in different locations rather than the originally-planned Barclays Center.

The MTV Video Music Awards returned to New York City for 2020 and, technically, were the first staged awards show since the pandemic began. And by technically we mean an award show where the host wasn’t set up in an empty soundstage like the recent BET Awards (except unlike that telecast it wasn’t even live).

2020 VMAs, the singer — who took home the VMA for best R&B and video of the year for “Blinding Lights” — appeared to have a broken nose and black eyes and was bleeding during his performance atop Hudson Yards in New York City.But don’t call 9-1-1 just yet: it was just makeup.The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, embraced a similar battered aesthetic in the short film “After Hours,” which has the same name as his most recent album, and in the music video for “Blinding Lights.”The

one Twitter user commented.Wearing a barely-there nude bodysuit, the singer frolicked around the stage with mask-clad dancers bumping and grinding to the mashup.The Los Angeles native was nominated for three awards this year, including song of the year for “Say So,” which pit her up against heavy-hitters Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and Post Malone. She was also nominated for the Push best new artist category and best direction for the song’s music video.

coronavirus couldn’t rain on Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s parade at the 2020 VMAs Sunday night.Gaga grabbed the spotlight, as only she can, alongside her “Rain on Me” collaborator during a performance of their single from Gaga’s dance-centric “Chromatica,” which was one of the most anticipated albums of the summer.Sporting a high-tech face mask, lots of leather and a splash of purple, Gaga did a quick-hit of her song “911” before segueing into an energetic rendition of “Rain on Me” with Grande,

After Hours' lead single, "Blinding Lights," Abel is seen getting violently beat up by bouncers and driving while drunk, leading to his terrible face injuries. In promotion for the single, —back in March, Abel caused his fans to panic because he wore the bloody face makeup during his SNL performance.

and 's "Rain on Me" came out three whole months ago and we have yet to see an official performance of it in person—*ahem* thanks, coronavirus—or on television, but the good news is that one of those sad facts juuuust changed as of like...right now.

Keke Palmer is ready for change. Are you? The singer and actress was one of the first faces we saw when the 2020 VMAs kicked off, and it was fitting — she is the show's host, after all.

2020 VMAs on MTV.The K-pop band, whose obsessive fans are known as the ARMY(a k a Adorable Representative MC for Youth), made their first-ever MTV Video Music Awards performance, performing after taking home best group and best K-pop trophies.

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2020 VMAs Sunday night.The 30-year-old Canadian singer kicked off the show with his performance, described in advance as a “keyed-up, dazzling” showcase. He lived up to the hype with a rooftop version of his hit single “Blinding Lights” from the observation deck at Hudson Yards, complete with a background of fireworks.The Weeknd pre-taped parts of his performance there and in Brooklyn last week.

Of course, this is Twitter we're talking about, aka Land of Misinformation—so it's possible that fans are photoshopping their faves and these images mean nothing. y’all are so dense y’all really think gaga would let her vmas outfit leakOrrrrr the show leaked early.

again before the end of the year. But thankfully, they're on relatively good terms with one another these days, meaning that their recent run-in at MTV's VMA rehearsals (probably) wasn't awkward!According to a source, Bella and Abel had a brief run-in backstage ahead of the ceremony, but there was no drama between the two.

kinda lied about it being "live." According to , most of the performances, red carpet interviews, and awards presentations were filmed literally days in advance—which, frankly, makes sense! We are in a global pandemic, after all.And to give credit where credit's due, MTV reportedly went to a huge effort to follow CDC guidelines during the show's production. For starters, any talent that flew into NYC to shoot a pre-recorded performance was required to quarantine.

The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards took place in New York City and, technically, were the first staged awards show since the pandemic began. And by technically we mean an award show where the host wasn’t set up in an empty soundstage like the recent BET Awards.

coronavirus pandemic.The 2020 VMAs will celebrate the year’s best music videos Sunday on MTV — just not in the manner they’re used to.

coronavirus decimated the 2020 music festival season, so consider Sunday’s MTV VMAs the hottest virtual concert of the year.The annual Video Music Award extravaganza is just about the closest thing to a live music event we’ll see this year — even if stars might be accepting their Moon Person trophies on the August 30th show from their homes.Previously slated to be held at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, the awards show will now be comprised of outdoor performances around New York City without big

2020 MTV VMAs are here to break your Netflix and quarantine routine.The 35th annual music video awards telecast on Sunday, Aug.

Keke Palmer is going to be having a real kiki as host of the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards from New York on Sunday.The “Hustlers” actress-singer, 27, will preside over performances by the likes of Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande, The Weeknd and Miley Cyrus in the first live major awards show of the coronavirus era.But while she’s emerged as arguably the It girl of 2020, Palmer has much more of a résumé than you may realize.

The 2020 VMAs are nearly here, and the show — much like the entire year itself — will be a new kind of undertaking, with performances happening all around New York City instead of contained to a single arena stage. Despite the new format, the spirit of watching visionary musical renditions (and all the candid, shocking, unexpected, heartfelt moments that come from awards speeches) is still front and center.

Shining through the city with a little funk and soul / So I'ma light it up like dynamite, woah-oh-oh," doesn't make you do cliché disco moves like in the video, you may wanna get your pulse checked. On top of the upbeat lines, there are a few pop-culture references and homages to their favorite musicians throughout the song.

and his other ex-girlfriend Bella Hadid.

Trigger warning: This post contains mentions of suicide.In case you haven’t been up to date on the music cycle, know that your favorite pop enigma Billie Eilish has a VMA-nominated song out that is sure to break your heart.

BTS is blowing up, the K-popsters are more than living up to the title of their new single “Dynamite.”Indeed, the boy band is already crushing records with the “Dynamite” video, which premiered along with the song on Friday.It racked up the highest numbers ever for a YouTube video premiere, with 3 million concurrent viewers for the midnight debut, and it’s also on track to become the most-viewed video in its first 24 hours in YouTube history, with over 53 million views and counting.The video is

www.btsincinemas.com, with the announcement inevitably cautioning that “dates vary per territory and (are) subject to change based on the status of local cinema re-openings.”The U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, India and over 40 countries in all are listed for the later release date on Sept. 24.

Madonna collaborator — Maluma made it a very happy Friday for his fans when he dropped a surprise album, “Papi Juancho,” which he announced on Instagram Live at the stroke of midnight.“This year has been, like, full of surprises, and they’ve not been that positive,” Maluma, 26, told The Post over the phone from Miami, where he’s launching his new LP.

announced on social media on Thursday.The event, hosted this year by Keke Palmer, is already stacked with a wicked lineup, including The Weeknd, K-pop stars BTS, Doja Cat, J Balvin, Maluma and Roddy Ricch.