2020 MTV Video Music Awards

The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards are to be held on August 30, 2020, in New York City, being the first event to take place in the city since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ceremony was scheduled to take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with “limited or no audience” per orders from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo regarding pandemic protocols, but both MTV and Barclays mutually decided on August 7, 2020 not to have the event inside the arena over safety concerns.[2] The 37th annual ceremony will feature performances from various iconic locations across the city throughout all five boroughs to honor the spirit and resilience of New York.[3]

2020 MTV Video Music Awards
Date	August 30, 2020 (2020-08-30)
Venue	New York City
Country	United States
Hosted by	Keke Palmer[1]
Most nominations	Lady Gaga Ariana Grande (9 each)
Website	mtv.com/vma
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV

Performances

List of musical performances

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Pre-show
Main show[4]
J Balvin	TBA
BTS	"Dynamite"
CNCO	TBA
Doja Cat	TBA
Maluma	TBA
Roddy Ricch	TBA
The Weeknd	TBA
Lady Gaga	TBA
Miley Cyrus	"Midnight Sky"

Nominations

On July 23, the pre-nominees for Push Best New Artist were announced.[5] The nominees for most categories were revealed on July 30, 2020.[6]

Video of the Year

• Billie Eilish — "Everything I Wanted"
• Eminem (featuring Juice WRLD) - "Godzilla"
• Future (featuring Drake) — "Life Is Good"
• Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande — "Rain on Me"
• Taylor Swift — "The Man"
• The Weeknd — "Blinding Lights"

Artist of the Year

• Post Malone
• Justin Bieber
• DaBaby
• Lady Gaga
• Megan Thee Stallion
• The Weeknd

Song of the Year

• Doja Cat – "Say So"
• Billie Eilish — "Everything I Wanted"
• Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande — "Rain on Me"
• Megan Thee Stallion — "Savage"
• Post Malone – "Circles"
• Roddy Ricch — "The Box"

Push Best New Artist

• Lewis Capaldi
• Doja Cat
• Jack Harlow
• Tate McRae
• Roddy Ricch
• YUNGBLUD

Best Collaboration

• Black Eyed Peas (featuring J Balvin) – "Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life)"
• Future (featuring Drake) — "Life Is Good"
• Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber – "Stuck with U"
• Karol G and Nicki Minaj – "Tusa"
• Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande — "Rain on Me"
• Ed Sheeran (featuring Khalid) – "Beautiful People"

Best Pop

• Justin Bieber (featuring Quavo) — "Intentions"
• BTS — "On"
• Halsey – "You Should Be Sad"
• Jonas Brothers – "What a Man Gotta Do"
• Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande — "Rain on Me"
• Taylor Swift — "Lover"

Best Hip Hop

• DaBaby — "Bop"
• Eminem (featuring Juice Wrld) — "Godzilla"
• Future (featuring Drake) — "Life Is Good"
• Megan Thee Stallion — "Savage"
• Roddy Ricch — "The Box"
• Travis Scott — "Highest in the Room"

Best R&B

• Chloe x Halle — "Do It"
• H.E.R. (featuring YG) – "Slide"
• Alicia Keys – "Underdog"
• Khalid (featuring Summer Walker) – "Eleven"
• Lizzo – "Cuz I Love You"
• The Weeknd — "Blinding Lights"

Best K-Pop

• BTS — "On"
• Exo – "Obsession"
• (G)I-dle – "Oh My God"
• Monsta X – "Someone's Someone"
• Red Velvet – "Psycho"
• TXT – "9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)"

Best Latin

• Anuel AA (featuring Daddy Yankee, Ozuna, Karol G and J Balvin) – "China"
• Bad Bunny – "Yo Perreo Sola"
• J Balvin – "Amarillo"
• Black Eyed Peas (featuring Ozuna and J. Rey Soul) – "Mamacita"
• Karol G and Nicki Minaj – "Tusa"
• Maluma (featuring J Balvin) – "Qué Pena"

Best Rock

• blink-182 – "Happy Days"
• Coldplay – "Orphans"
• Evanescence – "Wasted on You"
• Fall Out Boy (featuring Wyclef Jean) – "Dear Future Self (Hands Up)"
• Green Day – "Oh Yeah!"
• The Killers – "Caution"

Best Alternative

• All Time Low – "Some Kind of Disaster"
• FINNEAS – "Let's Fall in Love for the Night"
• Lana Del Rey – "Doin' Time"
• Machine Gun Kelly – "Bloody Valentine"
• The 1975 – "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)"
• twenty one pilots – "Level of Concern"

Best Music Video from Home

• 5 Seconds of Summer – "Wildflower"
• blink-182 – "Happy Days"
• Drake – "Toosie Slide"
• Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber – "Stuck with U"
• John Legend – "Bigger Love"
• twenty one pilots – "Level of Concern"

Best Quarantine Performance

• Chloe x Halle — "Do It" (from MTV Prom-Athon)
• CNCO – MTV Unplugged at Home
• DJ D-Nice – Club MTV Presents: #DanceTogether
• Lady Gaga – "Smile" (from One World: Together At Home)
• John Legend – #TogetherAtHome Concert Series
• Post Malone – "Nirvana Tribute"

Video for Good

• Billie Eilish – "all the good girls go to hell"
• H.E.R. – "I Can't Breathe"
• Lil Baby – "The Bigger Picture"
• Demi Lovato – "I Love Me"
• Anderson Paak - "Lockdown"
• Taylor Swift – "The Man"

Best Direction

• Doja Cat – "Say So" (Director: Hannah Lux Davis)
• Billie Eilish – "Xanny" (Director: Billie Eilish)
• Dua Lipa – "Don't Start Now" (Director: Nabil)
• Harry Styles – "Adore You" (Director: Dave Meyers)
• Taylor Swift – "The Man" (Director: Taylor Swift)
• The Weeknd – "Blinding Lights" (Director: Anton Tammi)

Best Art Direction

• A$AP Rocky – "Babushka Boi" (Art Directors: A$AP Rocky and Nadia Lee Cohen)
• Miley Cyrus – "Mother's Daughter" (Art Director: Christian Stone)
• Selena Gomez – "Boyfriend" (Art Director: Tatiana Van Sauter)
• Dua Lipa – "Physical" (Art Director: Anna Colomé Nogu)
• Harry Styles – "Adore You" (Art Director: Laura Ellis Cricks)
• Taylor Swift – "Lover" (Art Director: Kurt Gefke)

Best Choreography

• BTS – "On" (Choreographers: The Lab and Son Sung Deuk)
• CNCO and Natti Natasha – "Honey Boo" (Choreographer: Kyle Hanagami)
• DaBaby – "Bop" (Choreographers: DaniLeigh and Cherry)
• Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – "Rain on Me" (Choreographer: Richy Jackson)
• Dua Lipa – "Physical" (Choreographer: Charm La'Donna)
• Normani – "Motivation" (Choreographer: Sean Bankhead)

Best Cinematography

• 5 Seconds of Summer – "Old Me" (Director of Photography: Kieran Fowler)
• Camila Cabello (featuring DaBaby) – "My Oh My" (Director of Photography: Scott Cunningham)
• Billie Eilish – "all the good girls go to hell" (Director of Photography: Christopher Probst)
• Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – "Rain on Me" (Director of Photography: Michael Merriman)
• Katy Perry – "Harleys in Hawaii" (Director of Photography: Arnau Valls)
• The Weeknd – "Blinding Lights" (Director of Photography: Oliver Millar)

Best Editing

• James Blake – "Can't Believe the Way We Flow" (Editor: Frank Lebon)
• Miley Cyrus – "Mother's Daughter" (Editors: Alexandre Moors and Nuno Xico)
• Halsey – "Graveyard" (Editors: Emille Aubry, Janne Vartia and Tim Montana)
• Lizzo – "Good as Hell" (Editors: Russell Santos and Sofia Kerpan)
• Rosalía – "A Palé" (Editor: Andre Jones)
• The Weeknd – "Blinding Lights"(Editors: Janne Vartia and Tim Montana)

Best Visual Effects

• Billie Eilish – "all the good girls go to hell" (Visual Effects: Drive Studio)
• Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – "Rain on Me" (Visual Effects: Ingenuity Studios)
• Dua Lipa – "Physical" (Visual Effects: EIGHTY4)
• Demi Lovato – "I Love Me" (Visual Effects: Hoody FX)
• Travis Scott – "Highest in the Room" (Visual Effects: Ingenuity Studios)
• Harry Styles – "Adore You" (Visual Effects: Mathematic)

Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

• TBA

References

1. Hosken, Patrick (August 6, 2020). "Keke Palmer Will Host The 2020 VMAs, With A Little Help From True Jackson". MTV News. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
2. Mohr, Ian; Siegler, Mara; Smith, Emily (August 7, 2020). "The 2020 MTV VMAs will not be held at Barclays Center". Page Six. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
3. Hosken, Patrick (June 29, 2020). "The VMAs Are Returning To Barclays Center — And Hitting All Five Boroughs In New York City". MTV News. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
4. Hosken, Patrick (August 4, 2020). "It's Dynamite: BTS, Doja Cat, And J Balvin Will Perform At The 2020 VMAs". MTV News. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
5. Hosken, Patrick (July 23, 2020). "Say Hello: Your 2020 VMA PUSH Best New Artist Nominees Are Here". MTV News. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
6. Hosken, Patrick (July 30, 2020). "Your 2020 VMA Nominations Are Here: Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, And The Weeknd Lead The Pack". Retrieved July 30, 2020.

External links

• Official website