The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards will be held at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, on September 11, 2024. The ceremony was originally scheduled to take place on September 10, 2024, but was rescheduled to a day later to avoid conflicts with the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. The show will be hosted by Grammy award winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion, marking her hosting debut.
It will honor the best music videos, artists, and songs released between June 22, 2023, and June 20, 2024.[1][2] Two new award categories–VMAs Most Iconic Performance and Best Trending Video will be awarded this year through the fan votes.[3]Taylor Swift was the most nominated artist with a total of twelve, including nine nominations for her collaboration with Post Malone on the single "Fortnight".[4][5][6]Katy Perry will be honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.[7]
Performances
Main Show
The first round of performers for the main show was announced on August 12, 2024.[8] The second round of performers for the main show was announced on August 21, 2024.[9] The third round of performers for the main show was announced on August 27, 2024.[10]
The first round of nominees were announced on August 6, 2024.[11]Taylor Swift led with ten, followed by Post Malone with nine, and Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter and Eminem, who had six nominations each, and Megan Thee Stallion and SZA, who had five each.[1][2]
The second round of nominees were announced on August 30, which included two new award categories–VMAs Most Iconic Performance and Best Trending Video.[3] After the second round of nominations were announced, Swift led with twelve, followed by Malone with eleven, Eminem with eight, and Grande, Megan Thee Stallion, Carpenter and SZA having seven nominations each.[12]
Voted categories
The winners of the following categories will be chosen by fan votes.[13] The first round of voting known as the "General Voting Period" began on August 6 at 11:45pm ET, for the categories which nominees were announced on the same day[13] and concluded on August 30 at 6pm ET, except for Best New Artist, which will conclude on September 10 at 10pm ET.[14] The second round of voting known as the "Instagram Story Voting" will begin on September 2 at 11am ET and will conclude on September 11 at 11am ET.[14]
Olivia Rodrigo – "Get Him Back!" (Visual Effects by Uppercut, John Geehreng, Steve Cokonis, Mitch Gardiner, Chelsea Pistono, John Ashby, Alice Cen, Ernie Armitage, Georgina Poushkine, Cooper Vacheron, Preston Mohr, Karen Arakelian and Justin Johnson)
The official voting system for the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, according to MTV, is as follows:[14]
Each voter must be at least 13 years or older and should not be affiliated with Viacom International Inc. to participate in the voting.
General voting period
The first round of voting is known as the "General Voting Period" and includes most of the voted categories (15 out of 19 categories).[13]
It began on August 6 at 11:45 am. ET, and will conclude on August 30 at 6 pm. ET, except for Best New Artist, which concludes on September 10 at 10 pm. ET.
Each voter can vote up to 10 times per category per day through Vote.MTV.com.
Voters should have signed in to their MTV.com Account, as its necessary to limit their votes across devices.[13]
Double Days and Power Hours
There will be three "Double Days" with "Power Hours".
August 6 from 11:45 a.m. to 11:59 pm. ET
August 7 from 12 a.m. to 11:59 am. ET
August 30 from 12 a.m. to 6 pm. ET
During these periods, voting limits arre doubled; each voter could vote up to 20 times per category per day.[14]
Instagram Story voting
The second round of voting is known as the "Instagram Story Voting" and includes Best Trending Video, Group of the Year, Song of the Summer and VMAs Most Iconic Performance.