MTV VMAs 2024 Is Almost Here: Nominees, Performers, & How to Watch

The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards are slowly approaching, and viewers will get the chance to see Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, and rapper Megan Thee Stallion (who is also this year’s host and a nominee).

Additionally, a list of performers set to perform on the MTV VMAs includes pop superstars such as Halsey, legendary rocker Lenny Kravitz, Shawn Mendes, Rauw Alejandro, LL Cool J, Karol G, GloRilla, Anitta, Benson Boone, among many others.

Here all the MTV VMAs nominees this year: 

Best Latin

• 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”

Best K-pop 

• 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”

 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 McRae — “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”
• Olivia Rodrigo — “bad idea right?”
• Sabrina Carpenter — “Please Please Please”
• Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone — “Fortnight”

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

MTV Push Performance of the Year

• Aug. 2023: Kaliii — “Area Codes”
• Sept. 2023: GloRilla — “Lick or Sum”
• Oct. 2023: Benson Boone — “In The Stars”
• Nov. 2023: Coco Jones — “ICU”
• Dec. 2023: Victoria Monét — “On My Mama”
• Jan. 2024: Jessie Murph — “Wild Ones”
• Feb. 2024: Teddy Swims — “Lose Control”
• March 2024: Chappell Roan — “Red Wine Supernova”
• April 2024: Flyana Boss — “yeaaa”
• May 2024: Laufey — “Goddess”
• June 2024: LE SSERAFIM — “EASY”
• July 2024: The Warning — “Automatic Sun”

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 

• Camila Cabello
• Dua Lipa
• Olivia Rodrigo
• Sabrina Carpenter
• Tate McRae
• Taylor Swift

Best Hip-Hop 

• Drake ft. Sexyy Red & SZA — “Rich Baby Daddy”
• Eminem — “Houdini”
• GloRilla — “Yeah Glo!”
• Gunna — “fukumean”
• Megan Thee Stallion — “BOA”
• Travis Scott ft. Playboi Carti — “FE!N”

Best R&B

• 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 

• 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

• Bon Jovi — “Legendary”
• Coldplay — “feelslikeimfallinginlove”
• Green Day — “Dilemma”
• Kings of Leon — “Mustang”
• Lenny Kravitz — “Human”
• U2 — “Atomic City”

This year’s VMAs will be held at Long Island’s UBS Arena, moving away from its last few years at the Prudential Center in New Jersey.

The 2024 MTV VMAs will take place on Wednesday, September 11, starting at 8 p.m. EST. (They were originally scheduled for September 10 but were moved so as not to conflict with the presidential debate. In commemoration of the date’s tragic significance, MTV is planning to donate profits from the show to 9/11 Day and Tuesday’s Children.

If you missed the live MTV special episode, fret not. Hulu+ Live TV and Sling TV are all offering free trials, so there is no loss.