Lady Gaga scooped nine nominations for this August’s MTV Video Music Awards, and no one is more excited about it than the lady herself. Gaga and Ariana Grande lead the contest with nine nods, including a co-nomination for video of the year for their mega-collab “Rain on Me.” “I am so grateful and so blessed to have 9 #VMAs nominations this year for my album Chromatica, for Rain On Me, and other performances I’ve given,” Gaga tweets. “This is such a difficult time for people all over the world, I really honor how lucky I am to have a day like today.” I am so grateful and so blessed to have 9 #VMAs nominations this year for my album Chromatica, for Rain On Me, and other performances I’ve given. This is such a difficult time for people all over the world, I really honor how lucky ...
MTV announced their nominations for this year’s Video Music Awards on Thursday (July 30), with Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga leading the pack with nine nominations each. Billie Eilish and The Weeknd follow with six each. Up for the coveted video of the year award are Billie Eilish‘s “Everything I Wanted,” Eminem and Juice WRLD‘s “Godzilla,” Future and Drake‘s “Life Is Good,” Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande‘s “Rain on Me,” Taylor Swift‘s “The Man” and The Weeknd‘s “Blinding Lights.” Starting today, fans can vote across 15 categories including video of the year, artist of the year, best quarantine performance and more&nbs...
The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards revealed its nominations Thursday (July 30), with DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, Post Malone, Lady Gaga, The Weeknd and Justin Bieber as the six choices for artist of the year. But who’s your top choice? DaBaby already nicknamed himself “Billboard Baby” after his Roddy Ricch-assisted hit “Rockstar” has been No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard‘s Songs of the Summer chart for the last seven weeks. Fellow Interscope Records artist Lady Gaga leads the whole pack with nine nominations (tied with her “Rain On Me” collaborator Ariana Grande), as her sixth album Chromatica lands her back as one of the biggest pop stars on planet Earth. The Weeknd also comes for the title for one of the bigges...
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande lead the nominee field for the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, earning nine nods each. The ceremony is set for August 30 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center with “limited to no audience,” as detailed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The “Artist of the Year” nominees are Lady Gaga, The Weeknd, Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion, Justin Bieber, and DaBaby. Up for “Video of the Year” are Gaga and Grande (“Rain on Me”), Billie Eilish (“everything i wanted”), Taylor Swift (“The Man”), Eminem featuring Juice WRLD (“Godzilla”), The Weeknd (“Blinding Lights”), and Future featuring Drake (“Life Is Good”). The “Song of the Year” category features Gaga and Grande (“Rain on Me”), Eilish (“everything i wanted”), Megan Thee Stallion (“Savage”), Post Malone (“Circles”), Doja Cat (“Say So”)...
It’s happening! The MTV Video Music Awards are a go. Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York made the announcement during his Monday (June 29) press briefing, telling viewers that the annual ceremony would be held in Brooklyn. As the governor announced that New York City would be entering Phase III of reopening on July 6, he shared the unexpected news. “The Video Music Awards are going to be held Sunday, August 30, at Barclays Center,” he said. The slide displayed at the time also noted that “the event will follow all safety guidance, including limited or no audience.” Billboard has reached out to MTV for comment. In May, MTV told Billboard in a statement that they were looking into the possibility of safely holding the event live. “We’re exploring with gove...