I premi di Mtv tornano a New York. Presenta Doja Cat. Tra le esibizioni anche Justin Bieber Shawn Mendez, Camila Cabello, Olivia Rodrigo e i Foo Fighters
In Italia sarà trasmessa in diretta dal Barclays Center di New York, su Mtv e Mtv Music, nella notte tra il 12 e il 13settembre (a partire dalle 00.30 con il Pre Show e dalle 2 con il Live Show), la serata di consegna degli Mtv Video Awards (VMAs), i premi ai video clip musicali. Lunedì 13 settembre lo show sarà nuovamente disponibile su Mtv dalle 21.10 in versione sottotitolata.
Alla conduzione Doja Cat supportata da grandissimi presentatori durante tutto lo show: Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, AJ McLean, Ashanti, Avril Lavigne, Billie Eilish, Billy Porter, Conor McGregor, Cyndi Lauper, Fat Joe, Hailey Bieber, Halle Bailey, Ja Rule, Lance Bass, Megan Fox, Nick Lachey, Rita Ora, Simone Biles e Travis Barker. Quest’ultimo, inoltre, salirà sul palco dei “VMAs” insieme a Machine Gun Kelly per un’anteprima mondiale del loro nuovo singolo papercuts.
Tra gli artisti che saliranno sul palco per esibirsi live: Jack Harlow, The Kid Laroi, Ozuna, Tainy, Justin Bieber, Chloe, Shawn Mendes, Twenty-one pilots, Camila Cabello, Lil Nas X, Machine Gun Kelly, Olivia Rodrigo, i Foo Fighters (che riceveranno il loro primo Mtv "VMAs" Global Icon Award), Travis Barker e Normani.
Guidano la lista delle nomination di quest'anno Justin Bieber (7) e Megan Thee Stallion (6), seguite da Billie Eilish, BTS, Doja Cat, Drake, Giveon, Lil Nas X e Olivia Rodrigo (5 ciascuno).
VMAs 2021: le nomination
Video dell’anno
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion – “WAP” – DJ Khaled ft. Drake – “Popstar” (Starring Justin Bieber) Doja Cat ft. SZA – “Kiss Me More” Ed Sheeran – “Bad Habits” Lil Nas X – “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” The Weeknd – “Save Your Tears”
Artista dell’anno
Ariana Grande Doja Cat Justin Bieber Megan Thee Stallion Olivia Rodrigo Taylor Swift
Canzone dell’anno
24kGoldn ft. iann dior – “Mood” Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic – “Leave The Door Open” BTS – “Dynamite” Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion Dua Lipa – “Levitating” Olivia Rodrigo – “Drivers license”
Best New Artist
24kGoldn Giveon The Kid Laroi Olivia Rodrigo Polo G Saweetie
Push Performance of the year
September 2020: Wallows – “Are You Bored Yet?” October 2020: Ashnikko – “Daisy” November 2020: SAINt JHN – “Gorgeous” December 2020: 24kGoldn – “Coco” January 2021: JC Stewart – “Break My Heart” February 2021: Latto – “Sex Lies” March 2021: Madison Beer – “Selfish” April 2021: The Kid LAROI – “Without You” May 2021: Olivia Rodrigo – “Drivers license” June 2021: girl in red “Serotonin” July 2021: Fousheé – “my slime” August 2021: jxdn – “Think About Me”
Best Collaboration
24kGoldn ft. iann dior – “Mood” Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion – “WAP” Doja Cat ft. SZA – “Kiss Me More” Drake ft. Lil Durk – “Laugh Now Cry Later” Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon – “Peaches” Miley Cyrus ft. Dua Lipa – “Prisoner”
Best Pop
Ariana Grande – “positions” Billie Eilish – “Therefore I Am” BTS – “Butter” Harry Styles – “Treat People With Kindness” Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon – “Peaches” Olivia Rodrigo – “good 4 u” Shawn Mendes – “Wonder” Taylor Swift – “willow”
Best Hip-Hop
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion – “WAP” Drake ft. Lil Durk – “Laugh Now Cry Later” Lil Baby ft. Megan Thee Stallion – “On Me (remix)” Moneybagg Yo – “Said Sum” Polo G – “Rapstar” Travis Scott ft. Young Thug & M.I.A. – “Franchise”
Best Rock
Evanescence – “Use My Voice” Foo Fighters – “Shame Shame” John Mayer – “Last Train Home” The Killers – “My Own Soul’s Warning” Kings Of Leon – “The Bandit” Lenny Kravitz – “Raise Vibration”
Best Alternative
Bleachers – “Stop Making This Hurt” Glass Animals – “Heat Waves” Imagine Dragons – “Follow You” Machine Gun Kelly ft. blackbear – “my ex’s best friend” twenty one pilots – “Shy Away” WILLOW ft. Travis Barker – “t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l”
Best Latin
Bad Bunny x Jhay Cortez – “Dákiti” Billie Eilish & ROSALÍA – “Lo Vas A Olvidar” Black Eyed Peas and Shakira – “Girl Like Me” Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy – “Un Dia (One Day)” Karol G – “Bichota” Maluma – “Hawái”
Best R&B
Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, WizKid – “Brown Skin Girl” Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic – “Leave The Door Open” Chris Brown and Young Thug – “Go Crazy” Giveon – “HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY” H.E.R. ft. Chris Brown – “Come Through” SZA – “Good Days”
Billie Eilish – “Your Power” Demi Lovato – “Dancing With The Devil” H.E.R. – “Fight For You” Kane Brown – “Worldwide Beautiful” Lil Nas X – “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” Pharrell Williams ft. JAY-Z – “Entrepreneur”
Best Direction
Billie Eilish – “Your Power” – Directed by: Billie Eilish DJ Khaled ft. Drake – “Popstar (Starring Justin Bieber)” – Directed by: Julien Christian Lutz aka Director X Lil Nas X – “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” – Directed by: Lil Nas X and Tanu Muino Taylor Swift – “willow” – Directed by: Taylor Swift Travis Scott ft. Young Thug & M.I.A – “Franchise” – Directed by: Travis Scott Tyler, The Creator – “LUMBERJACK” - Directed by: Wolf Haley
Best Cinematography
Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, WizKid – “Brown Skin Girl” - Cinematography by: Benoit Soler, Malik H. Sayeed, Mohammaed Atta Ahmed, Santiago Gonzalez, Ryan Helfant Billie Eilish – “Therefore I Am” – Cinematography by: Rob Witt Foo Fighters – “Shame Shame” – Cinematography by: Santiago Gonzalez Justin Bieber ft. Chance The Rapper – “Holy” – Cinematography by: Elias Talbot Lady Gaga – “911” – Cinematography by: Jeff Cronenweth Lorde – “Solar Power” – Cinematography by: Andrew Stroud
Best Art Direction
Beyoncé, Shatta Wale, Major Lazer – “Already” – Art Direction by: Susan Linns, Gerard Santos Ed Sheeran – “Bad Habits” – Art Direction by: Alison Dominitz Lady Gaga – “911” – Art Direction by: Tom Foden, Peter Andrus Lil Nas X – “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” – Art Direction by: John Richoux Saweetie ft. Doja Cat – “Best Friend” – Art Direction by: Alec Contestabile Taylor Swift – “willow” – Art Direction by: Ethan Tobman, Regina Fernandez
Best Visual Effects
Bella Poarch – “Build A Bitch” – Visual Effects by: Andrew Donoho, Denhov Visuals, Denis Strahhov, Rein Jakobson, Vahur Kuusk, Tatjana Pavlik, Yekaterina Vetrova Coldplay – “Higher Power” – Visual Effects by: Mathematic Doja Cat & The Weeknd – “You Right” – Visual Effects by: La Pac, Anthony Lestremau, Julien Missaire, Petr Shkolniy, Alexi Bailla, Micha Sher, Antoine Hache, Mikros MPC, Nicolas Huget, Guillaume Ho Tsong Fang, Benjamin Lenfant, Stephane Pivron, MPC Bangalore, Chanakya Chander, Raju Ganesh, David Rouxel Glass Animals – “Tangerine” – Visual Effects by: Ronan Fourreau Lil Nas X – “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” – Visual Effects by: Mathematic P!nk – “All I Know So Far” – Visual Effects by: BUF, VFX Supervisors: Dominique Vidal & Geoffrey Niquet, VFX Producers: Annabelle Zoellin & Camille Gibrat
Best Coreography
Ariana Grande – “34+35” – Republic Records – Choreography by: Brian Nicholson & Scott Nicholson BTS – “Butter” – Choreography by: Son Sung Deuk Ed Sheeran – “Bad Habits” – Choreography by: Natricia Bernard Foo Fighters – “Shame Shame” – Choreography by: Nina McNeely Harry Styles – “Treat People With Kindness” – Choreography by: Paul Roberts Marshmello & Halsey – “Be Kind” – Choreography by: Dani Vitale
Best Editing
Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic – “Leave The Door Open” – Aftermath Entertainment/Atlantic Records – Editing by: Troy Charbonnet BTS – “Butter” – BIGHIT MUSIC – Editing by: Yong Seok Choi from Lumpens Drake – “What’s Next” – OVO/Republic Records – Editing by: Noah Kendal Harry Styles – “Treat People With Kindness” – Columbia Records – Editing by: Claudia Wass Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon – “Peaches” – Def Jam – Editing by: Mark Mayr, Vinnie Hobbs Miley Cyrus ft. Dua Lipa – “Prisoner” – RCA Records
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