With somewhat over a month till the 2024 Video Music Awards (VMAs), MTV has released its nominations.
Taylor Swift got here in scorching, main the listing with 10 nominations—eight for her ‘Fortnight’ music video alone and two within the Artist of the 12 months and Finest Pop classes. Put up Malone got here in second with 9 nominations. He collected eight from his collaboration with Swift on ‘Fort Night time,’ and the ninth is a nod to his nation hit ‘I Had Some Assist,’ that includes Morgan Wallen.
Extra notable, although, is that this yr’s 29 first-time nominees.
First-Time VMAs Nominees: Sexyy Purple, Tyla, Victoria Monét & Extra
For context, the 2024 MTV VMAs will air reside on Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. ET. MTV will host the annual occasion on the UBS Area on Lengthy Island, New York.
Now, about these first-timers on the VMA scene, beginning with Sexyy Purple. The St. Louis rapper took off on the high of final yr with ‘Pound City’ and has remained in rotation with different hits like ‘Bow Bow Bow,’ ‘U My The whole lot’ and ‘Wanting For The H*es.’
Now, she has an opportunity to win as much as two Video Music Awards within the classes. She’s nominated for ‘Finest Collaboration’ and ‘Finest Hip Hop,’ alongside Drake and SZA for ‘Wealthy Child Daddy.’ Neither Drake nor SZA are first-timers, and he’s solely nominated for the 2 actors talked about. Nevertheless, SZA racked in 5 nominations this yr, with the three extra ones being ‘Video Of The 12 months,’ ‘Artist of the 12 months,’ and ‘Finest R&B.’
First-timer and South African artist Tyla turned a global sensation in 2023 with the discharge of ‘Water.’ The monitor dominated social media, with 1000’s making an attempt to recreate the waistline strikes she paired with the music. She has three alternatives to win at this yr’s VMAs, together with within the following classes: ‘Finest New Artist,’ ‘Finest R&B,’ and ‘Finest Afrobeats.’
In the meantime, regardless of greater than a decade of constructing music, this yr is the primary time Victoria Monét is getting recognition from the VMAs. She secured two nominations for ‘PUSH Efficiency of the 12 months’ and ‘Finest R&B.’
Breakout nation artist Shaboozey, who Beyoncé featured on ‘Cowboy Carter’s ‘SpaghettiII’ is nominated for the primary time in 2024.
Per USA Today, the first-timer listing additionally contains Gunna, Coco Jones, Playboi Carti, Burna Boy, Flyana Boss, Joyner Lucas, Sabrina Carpenter, RAYE, Laufey, Lojay, Myke Towers, NCT Dream, Pheelz, Chappell Roan, Jelly Roll, Gracie Abrams, Jessie Murph, LE SSERAFIM, Morgan Wallen, Rauw Alejandro, Alexander Stewart, Tyler Childers, Benson Boone, Teddy Swims, and The Warning.
Extra Particulars On This 12 months’s Video Music Awards Nominees
Moreover, this yr, Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, and Eminem are tied with six nods. Megan Thee Stallion earned 5 nominations, whereas Blackpink’s LISA, Olivia Rodrigo, and Teddy Swims observe with 4 nominations.
Peep the whole listing of nominees by clicking on the tweet under.
THREAD: The entire 2024 #VMA nominees 🤩
— Video Music Awards (@vmas) August 6, 2024
Fan voting begins online Tuesday (August 6) throughout 15 gender-neutral classes and ends Aug. 30. In the meantime, voting in the perfect new artist class will stay lively all through the present.
For context, Taylor Swift took dwelling 9 MTV VMAs final yr, bringing her whole to a formidable 23. That locations her simply behind Beyoncé, who has 28 (two with Future’s Baby) and simply forward of Madonna, who has 20 awards, and Woman Gaga, who has 19.
Good luck to this yr’s nominees!
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Related Press reporter Maria Sherman contributed to this report.
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