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- The MTV VMAs will happen on September 12.
- The awards present will air dwell from New Jersey.
- Performers embody Demi Lovato, Lil Wayne, Doja Cat and extra.
- Nicki Minaj will host and carry out.
One in all music’s largest nights of the yr will probably be on the Prudential Middle in New Jersey on September 12: the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards. Demi Lovato, Karol G, Måneskin and Stray Children have been introduced on August 22 as the primary spherical of stars who will carry out on the present. Lil Wayne, Kelsea Ballerini, and extra have been revealed as new performers on Aug. 31. Nicki Minaj was introduced because the host and one of many performers on September 8.
Taylor Swift leads the pack of nominees with eight nominations, adopted by SZA, Doja Cat, Kim Petras, Miley Cyrus, and Nicki Minaj with six nominations apiece. Final yr’s VMAs have been hosted by Nicki, LL Cool J, and Jack Harlow. The performers included Lizzo, Blackpink, Pink Sizzling Chili Peppers, Dangerous Bunny, Panic! At The Disco, and extra. We don’t know the host but for the 2023 VMAs, however we do know that the present will characteristic many mind-blowing performances. Forward of the 2023 present, right here’s a working listing of all of the wonderful acts slated to carry out through the occasion.
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Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj is reprising her twin position as host and performer on the 2023 VMAs. She is about to carry out her new single “Final Time I Noticed You” on the present for the primary time. Nicki gained “Greatest Hip Hop” and was the recipient of the coveted Video Vanguard Award on the 2022 VMAs. She boasts a complete of 25 general VMA nominations, together with six nods this yr.
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy will gentle up the stage on the 2023 VMAs. The multi-platinum rock group first electrified the stage with “Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down” in 2005 and once more two years later with “Shut Up And Drive” that includes Rihanna. Boasting a powerful 16 “VMAs” nods general, the band will look so as to add to their trophy assortment with nominations for “Greatest Visible Results” and “Greatest Different” from their eighth studio album, So A lot (For) Stardust.
Metro Boomin
Diamond-certified artist & producer Metro Boomin will mark his first-ever VMAs efficiency with the published debut of his two hit singles “Superhero (Heroes & Villains)” with Future and “Calling” with A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Swae Lee and NAV. Metro Boomin is up for 4 VMAs this yr, together with “Album of the 12 months.”
Peso Pluma
Peso Pluma will the stage for his inaugural VMAs efficiency and compete for his first Moon Individual, contending in three distinguished classes: “Greatest New Artist,” “Greatest Latin” and “Tune of the Summer season.” Peso has the largest música Mexicana album “Genesis” of all time.
Lil Wayne
The rapper is returning to the VMAs stage for the primary time in additional than a decade. The 5x Grammy winner will probably be performing his new single “Kat Meals,” which is dropping on Sept. 1. Lil Wayne is a two-two VMAs winner. He gained his first Moon Individual in 2008, after which his second in 2012. He’s nominated for Greatest Hip Hop Video this yr for his “Kant No person” video with Swizz Beatz and DMX.
Doja Cat
Doja Cat will make her return to the VMA stage after internet hosting the present in 2021. The worldwide famous person is a 4x VMAs winner. The “Been Like This” singer is nominated for five awards at this yr’s present, together with “Greatest Video of the 12 months” and “Artist of the 12 months.” She final took dwelling a Moon Individual in 2022 for “Greatest Choreography.”
Kelsea Ballerini
Kelsea Ballerini will take the MTV stage for a show-stopping efficiency through the 2023 present. This efficiency would be the world premiere of certainly one of her tracks off her expanded EP Rolling Up The Welcome Mat (For Good). Her 2023 efficiency will probably be her first-ever look on the VMA stage — and likewise her thirtieth birthday.
Anitta
Anitta will probably be performing a medley of hits from her newest launch Funk Technology: A Favela Love Story. The worldwide sensation is returning to the VMAs following her first look on the iconic awards present final yr. She made historical past along with her first VMA win as the one Brazilian to ever take dwelling an MTV Moon Individual. Anitta is nominated once more this yr within the “Greatest Latin” class.
TOMORROW X TOGETHER
The previous MTV PUSH artists will carry out their brand-new single and make historical past with their VMAs debut through the 2023 present. They’ll be the primary Ok-pop band to cross-genre for a world efficiency with Anitta. The group is nominated for “Greatest Ok-Pop” and “Push Efficiency of the 12 months.”
Demi Lovato
Demi Lovato, a 14x nominee, is performing on the VMAs for the primary time in six years. She’ll carry out on the present three days earlier than the discharge of her extremely anticipated new album, Revamped, which options rock variations of her hit songs. Demi’s many unforgettable VMAs moments embody her 2015 stage debut with “Cool for the Summer season” and 2017 efficiency of “Sorry Not Sorry.” She’s up for 2 classes this yr: “Greatest Pop” and “Video for Good.”
Karol G
Karol G will make her first-ever look on MTV’s iconic stage on the 2023 VMAs. The history-making songstress, who holds the title as the primary lady to ever debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with a Spanish-language album, will break from her first-ever stadium tour to compete for her first ‘VMAs’ win after incomes 3x nominations this yr together with “Artist of the 12 months.”
Måneskin
Måneskin is performing on the VMAs for the second yr in a row. The globally dominating rockers are returning to the MTV stage for the world premiere efficiency of their forthcoming new single “HONEY (ARE YOU COMING?),” releasing September 1st. As their newest album RUSH! is about to surpass the 1 billion streams.
Stray Children
World Ok-Pop experts Stray Children will mark their first-ever ‘VMAs’ efficiency with the US broadcast premiere of “S-CLASS,” off their newest record-breaking #1 album 5-STAR. The group additionally competes to take dwelling their first MTV Moon Individual for “Greatest Ok-Pop,” the identical class which earned them their first “VMAs” nomination in 2022.
Voting for the 2023 MTV VMAs is now open. Fans can vote for his or her favorites throughout 15 gender-neutral classes, together with the highly-coveted “Video of the 12 months,” offered by Burger King®, by visiting vote.mtv.com by way of Friday, September 1st; voting for “Greatest New Artist” will stay lively into the present on Tuesday, September twelfth. Nominations for social classes together with “Group of the 12 months” and “Tune of Summer season” offered by M&M’S®, will probably be introduced at a later date. The MTV VMAs will air dwell on September 12, 2023, at 8pm ET/PT on MTV.
