MTV Video Music Awards announces first three performers with BTS, Doja Cat, and J Balvin set to dazzle viewers
BTS, Doja Cat, and J Balvin will be among the musical acts dazzling viewers on stage at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.
The three acts, whom are all nominated for an award, were announced as performers at the 2020 ceremony on Tuesday, but additional musical acts will follow.
BTS has been nominated for Best Pop, Best K-Pop, and Best Choreography, Doja Cat is up for Song Of The Year, PUSH Best New Artist, and Best Direction, while J Balvin will be battling it out for Best Collaboration and three Best Latin awards.
Class act! BTS, Doja Cat, and J Balvin will be among the musical acts dazzling viewers on stage at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards
Honored: Doja Cat is up for Song Of The Year, PUSH Best New Artist, and Best Direction, while J Balvin will be battling it out for Best Collaboration and three Best Latin awards
The VMAs will air live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on August 30, and will be following new safety guidelines in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced in June the event would take place at the iconic arena with ‘limited or no audience’.
On top of the usual awards going out that night, this year marks the introduction of two new honors recognizing work produced during the pandemic: Best Music Video From Home and Best Quarantine Performance.
Among those competing for Best Music Video From Home include Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Drake, and John Legend, while R&B duo Chloe x Halle are up for Best Quarantine Performance.
Safety first: The VMAs will air live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on August 30, and will be following new safety guidelines in light of the COVID-19 pandemic
Taking the stage: Doja Cat wowed audience members at the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in February 2020
Superstars: Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga lead the nominations this year with nine awards each
Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga lead the nominations this year with nine awards each, while Billie Eilish and The Weeknd follow close behind with six nods.
Ariana and Gaga’s dance hit Rain On Me is up for a slew of honors, including Song Of The Year, Best Collaboration, Best Pop, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects and Best Choreography.
The Video For Good category will also be recognizing protests tracks reflecting the Black experience and made in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, such as R&B star H.E.R.’s I Can’t Breathe and Anderson.Paak’s Lockdown.
Taylor Swift, who scored five nominations, will also be competing for Video For Good with The Man.
Fans will be able to vote for VMA winners across 15 gender-neutral categories until August 23.
Sing it! Ariana and Gaga’s dance hit Rain On Me is up for a slew of honors, including Song Of The Year, Best Collaboration, Best Pop, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects and Best Choreography (pictured 2019)