Only Beyoncé has more VMAs than Taylor Swift. Will that change tonight?
Taylor Swift is close to becoming the artist with the most VMAs. Beyoncé currently holds the record according to the Guinness Book of World Records with 30 wins.
Swift now has 23 and is up for 12 awards at tonight’s ceremony. She is nominated for the following awards:
- Song of the Summer: “Fortnight”
- Most iconic performance at the VMAs: “You Belong With Me”
- Video of the year: “Fortnight”
- Artist of the Year
- Song of the Year: “Fortnight”
- Best collaboration: “Fortnight”
- Best Pop
- Best Director: “Fortnight”
- Best Cinematography: “Fortnight”
- Best Visual Effects: “Fortnight”
- Best Art Direction: “Fortnight”
- Best Editing: “Fortnight”
If she wins seven awards, she’ll be tied with Beyoncé. If she wins eight, she could win. At last year’s VMAs, Swift took home nine awards, so the eight needed to break the record isn’t impossible.
However, Beyoncé is also nominated for the 2023 VMAs. She is nominated for:
- Song of the Year: “Texas Hold ‘Em”
- Most iconic performance at the VMAs: “Love on Top”
- Best Trending Video: “Texas Hold ‘Em”
Taylor Swift leads the list of nominees, followed by Post Malone
It could be Taylor Swift’s night at the 2024 MTV VMAs.
At the annual awards ceremony, Swift leads the list of nominees with 12 nominations. The pop star is nominated for the big award of the night, video of the year for “Fortnight,” as well as artist of the year and song of the year.
The “Video of the Year” competition consists of:
- Ariana Grande – “We Can’t Be Friends (Waiting For Your Love)”
- Billie Eilish – “LUNCH”
- Doja Cat – “Paint the Town Red”
- Eminem – “Houdini”
- SZA – “Snooze”
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – “Fortnight”
Other artists in line to win a Moon Man include Post Malone, who collaborated with Swift on “Fortnight” and has nine nominations. Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter and Eminem are each up for six awards.
It is expected to be an exciting show as there are 29 new nominees this year, all hoping to get their very first moon man.
Although there were six nominations for the Best New Artist award, only Gracie Abrams, Chappell Roan and Tyla are in the running for the award. Benson Boone, Shaboozey and Teddy Swims were eliminated from the final round.
The full list of nominees can be found here.
What happened at the 2023 MTV VMAs: A look back at last year’s awards show
The 2023 MTV VMAs were full of amazing performances and surprise reunions!
‘N Sync made Taylor Swift’s millennial dreams come true when the boy band reunited to present her with the award for Best Pop Video.
“I’m not doing a good job of transitioning from here to that,” Swift said, before pointing to her Moon Man statuette, which includes Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez and Chris Kirkpatrick.
Shakira later performed a medley of some of her biggest hits – “Whenever, Wherever,” “Hips Don’t Lie,” “She Wolf” and more – before being honored with the Video Vanguard Award.
She wasn’t the only singer to present the audience with a medley of songs. Anitta, Doja Cat and Demi Lovato also belted out some of their hit singles.
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion rapped and danced to their collaboration “Bongos,” performing the song live for the very first time.
Megan Thee Stallion will return to the VMAs stage this year and host And Let’s see if she can top last year’s impressive performance.
Eminem, Chappell Roan, Karol G and more among the artists
The MTV VMAs feature dynamic performances from the biggest names in music.
Eminem returns to the awards show and is reportedly set to open the ceremony.
“Midwest Princess” Chappell Roan makes her VMA debut and is expected to sing one of her hits like “Good Luck, Babe!” or “Red Wine Supernova.”
Latin artists taking the VMA stage include Anitta, Karol G, Rauw Alejandro and Camila Cabello.
Presenter Megan Thee Stallion will also perform and have a double role.
Other artists include Benson Boone, FloRilla, Halsey, Jessie Murph, Lenny Kravitz, Le Sserafim, Lisa, LL Cool J, Sabrina Carpenter, Shawn Mendes and Teddy Swims.
How to watch the MTV VMAs 2024 and the preview
The ceremony, which will take place at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, will be broadcast live on Wednesday, September 11.
To catch the red carpet arrivals, tune in to the screening, which begins at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.
The awards show will air simultaneously on MTV, Univision and other Paramount-owned channels including MTV2, VH1, BET, BET Her, Country Music Television, TV Land, Nickelodeon, Logo, Pop, Paramount Network and Comedy Central.
If you want to stream the ceremony, you can watch it on Paramount+.
