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MTV Video Music Awards 2024: Complete list of VMA nominations
Taylor Swift leads the way in terms of nominations for the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, to be held on September 10.
The MTV Videos Music Awards - also known as the VMAs - are back. On Tuesday, September 10, New York’s UBS Arena will be on hosting duties for another edition of the gala, in which the best videos of the year will rewarded.
While it hasn’t yet been announced who will host the ceremony, we do now know which artists, songs and videos have been nominated.
Taylor Swift leads the way with 10 nominations, followed by Post Malone with nine, partly as a result of him collaborating with Swift as a featured artist on “Fortnight”.
Sabrina Carpenter, Eminem, and Ariana Grande follow on the ‘most nominated’ list with six nominations each, while SZA and Megan Thee Stallion are next on five.
MTV Video Music Awards 2024: Full list of VMA nominees
Here is the full list of nominees in the main categories for the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.
Video of the year
- Ariana Grande – “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”
- Billie Eilish – “Lunch”
- Doja Cat – “Paint the Town Red”
- Eminem – “Houdini”
- SZA – “Snooze”
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – “Fortnight”
Artist of the year
- Ariana Grande
- Bad Bunny
- Eminem
- Sabrina Carpenter
- SZA
- Taylor Swift
Song of the year
- Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ‘Em”
- Jack Harlow – “Lovin on Me”
- Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – “Fortnight”
- Teddy Swims – “Lose Control”
Best new artist
- Benson Boone
- Chappell Roan
- Gracie Abrams
- Shaboozey
- Teddy Swims
- Tyla
Best collaboration
- Drake ft. Sexyy Red & SZA – “Rich Baby Daddy "
- GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion – “Wanna Be”
- Jessie Murph ft. Jelly Roll – “Wild Ones”
- Jung Kook ft. Latto – "Seven"
- Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen – “I Had Some Help”
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – “Fortnight”
Best pop artist
- Camila Cabello
- Dua Lipa
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Tate McCrae
- Taylor Swift
Best hip-hop video
- Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA – “Rich Baby Daddy”
- Eminem – “Houdini”
- GloRilla – “Yeah Glo!”
- Gunna – “Fukumean”
- Megan Thee Stallion – “BOA”
- Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti – “FE!N”
Best R&B video
- Alicia Keys – “Lifeline”
- Muni Long – “Made for Me”
- SZA – “Snooze”
- Tyla – “Water”
- Usher, Summer Walker, 21 Savage – “Good Good”
- Victoria Monét – “On My Mama”
Best alternative video
- Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things”
- Bleachers – “Tiny Moves”
- Hozier – “Too Sweet”
- Imagine Dragons – “Eyes Closed”
- Linkin Park – “Friendly Fire”
- Teddy Swims – “Lose Control (Live)”
Best rock video
- Bon Jovi – “Legendary”
- Coldplay – “Feelslikeimfallinginlove”
- Green Day – “Dilemma”
- Kings of Leon – “Mustang”
- Lenny Kravitz – “Human”
- U2 – “Atomic City”
Best Latin video
- Anitta – “Mil Veces”
- Bad Bunny – “Monaco”
- Karol G – “Mi Ex Tenía Razón”
- Myke Towers – “LaLa”
- Peso Pluma & Anitta – “Bellakeo”
- Rauw Alejandro – “Touching the Sky”
- Shakira & Cardi B – “Puntería”
Best Afrobeats
- Ayra Starr ft. Giveon – “Last Heartbreak Song”
- Burna Boy – “City Boys”
- Chris Brown ft. Davido & Lojay – “Sensational”
- Tems – “Love Me JeJe”
- Tyla – “Water”
- Usher, Pheelz – “Ruin”
Best K-pop Video
- Jung Kook ft. Latto – “Seven”
- LISA – “Rockstar”
- NCT Dream – “Smoothie”
- NewJeans – “Super Shy”
- Stray Kids – “Lalalala”
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER – “Deja vu”
Video for good
- Alexander Stewart – “if only you knew”
- Billie Eilish – “What Was I Made For"
- Coldplay – “Feelslikeimfallinginlove”
- Joyner Lucas & Jelly Roll – “Best for Me”
- RAYE – “Genesis.”
- Tyler Childers – “In Your Love”
Push performance of the year
- Kaliii – “Area Codes”
- GloRilla – “Lick or Sum”
- Benson Boone – “In The Stars”
- Coco Jones – “ICU”
- Victoria Monét – “On My Mama”
- Jessie Muurph – “Wild Ones”
- Teddy Swims – “Lose Control”
- Chappell Roan – “Red Wine Supernova”
- Flyana Boss – “Yeaaa”
- Laufey – “Goddess”
- Le Sserafim – “EASY”
- The Warning – “Automatic Sun”
Best direction
- Ariana Grande – “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”
- Bleachers – “Tiny Moves”
- Eminem – “Houdini”
- Megan Thee Stallion – “BOA”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Please Please Please”
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – “Fortnight”
Best cinematography
- Ariana Grande – “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”
- Charli XCX – “Von Dutch”
- Dua Lipa – “Illusion”
- Olivia Rodrigo – “Obsessed”
- Rauw Alejandro – “Touching the Sky”
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – “Fortnight”
Best editing
- Anitta – “Mil Veces”
- Ariana Grande – “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”
- Eminem – “Houdini”
- Lisa – “Rockstar”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – “Fortnight”
Best choreography
- Bleachers – “Tiny Moves”
- Dua Lipa – “Houdini”
- Lisa – “Rockstar”
- Rauw Alejandro – “Touching the Sky”
- Tate McCrae – “Greedy”
- Troye Sivan – “Rush”
Best visual effects
- Ariana Grande – “The Boy is Mine”
- Eminem – “Houdini”
- Justin Timberlake – “Selfish”
- Megan Thee Stallion – “BOA”
- Olivia Rodrigo – “Get Him Back!”
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – “Fortnight”
Best art direction
- Charli XCX – “360″
- Lisa – “Rockstar”
- Megan Thee Stallion – “BOA”
- Olivia Rodrigo – “Bad Idea rRght?”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Please Please Please”
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – “Fortnight”
How to vote in the MTV Video Music Awards
The general public is able to vote up to 20 times a day in the MTV Video Music Awards. Fans can vote in the top 15 categories, including video of the year, until August 30 on the network’s official website.