Rosé looked like she could barely believe she won Song of the Year at the 2025 Video Music Awards, but had a two-page speech prepared just in case. After Paris Hilton (who walked out to her own bygone hit of sorts, 2006’s “Stars are Blind”) presented her with a win …
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Sabrina Carpenter showed her support for the LGBTQ+ community in her performance of the Man’s Best Friend song “Tears” at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night. The song began with Carpenter emerging from a literal manhole to sing alongside dancers that included RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Symone, Willam, …
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MTV has named Mariah Carey its 2025 Video Vanguard Award recipient. The seven-time MTV Video Music Award nominee will perform a medley of her biggest hits when the show airs live on CBS from UBS Arena in New York on Sept. 7. The coveted award will be the first VMA …
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The first slate of performers for the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards have been announced, with Sabrina Carpenter, J Balvin, and Alex Warren all set to take the stage. For Carpenter, she’ll be returning to the VMAs after making her debut at the show last year, where she also won …
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The nominations for the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards are here, with Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, and Sabrina Carpenter among this year’s most-nominated artists. Gaga led all contenders with an impressive 12 nominations, thanks largely to her collaboration with Bruno Mars, “Die With a Smile,” which is up for Video …
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The MTV Video Music Awards will retain its namesake, but the annual awards ceremony will no longer be presented on MTV. After 40 years on the network, the VMAs have found a new broadcast home at CBS. On Sept. 7, CBS will present the show for the first time live …
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Anitta took to the MTV stage for her third year, performing “Savage Funk,” off her latest albumFunk Generation, and “Alegria,” a single with Tiago PZK and Emilia that dropped in August. The singer also performed “Paradise” alongside Fat Joe, DJ Khaled, and Tiago PZK. When “Paradise” was complete, Fat Joe …
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Shawn Mendes returned to the VMAs stage to perform “Nobody Knows” off his upcoming album, Shawn. In the smoky (literally, so there was much smoke), stripped-down set, Mendes played an acoustic guitar and potently sang an ethereal and liquored-up love song. “You’re an amateur drunk and everyone knows it/ You’re …
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A cotton candy career of hits becomes a futuristic, post-apocalyptic dream. At Wednesday night’s VMAs, Katy Perry took the stage to deliver a medley of her greatest hits (and her new album, 143) as she celebrated receiving the coveted Video Vanguard Award. Perry’s performance opened with a montage of her …
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Megan Thee Stallion brought her venomous Megan album era to the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday night with a massive medley that included “BOA,” “B.A.S.,” “Hiss,” and “Mamushi.” Her night-long gig as the award show’s host didn’t stop her from pumping her infectious energy into sharp choreography, some …
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