MTV Video Music Awards 2023: The Ultimate Guide to Performers, Nominees, and Must-See Moments!

The 40th MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) are gearing up to be an unforgettable spectacle, scheduled to take place on September 12, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. In a departure from tradition, this year’s show will unfold on a Tuesday for the first time ever. With a dazzling lineup of performers, new award categories, and a roster of high-profile nominees, the 2023 VMAs promise a night full of surprises and stellar performances. Read on to get the full scoop on what to expect from this year’s must-see music event.

Performer Lineup, Schedule, and Nominees for the 40^th MTV Video Music Awards 2023

The initial set of performers for the main event was unveiled on August 22, followed by the subsequent announcement of the second wave of performers on August 31.

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Which performance are you most excited to see?

— Video Music Awards (@vmas) August 22, 2023

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What songs do you want to see them perform on September 12?

— Video Music Awards (@vmas) August 31, 2023

Here is the complete lineup of performers for the 40th MTV Video Music Awards 2023:

• Anitta
• Demi Lovato
• Doja Cat
• KAROL G
• Kelsea Ballerini
• Lil Wayne
• Måneskin
• Shakira
• Stray Kids
• Tomorrow X Together (TXT)

Viewers can catch the live broadcast of the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12 at 8 PM ET, with both TXT and Stray Kids delivering performances during the event.

Nominees for MTV VMAs 2023

The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) 2023 nominees for the ‘Group of the Year’ accolade include Kpop groups like BLACKPINK, FIFTY FIFTY, NewJeans, SEVENTEEN, and TXT.

BLACKPINK, a Kpop girl group, notably secured the highest number of nominations this year, with recognition in six distinct award categories, along with nominations for Show of the Summer and Group of the Year.

Among their nominations, BLACKPINK’s work “Pink Venom” earned nods in categories like Best Choreography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, and Best Kpop.

TXT also stood out, emerging as the male Kpop group with the most nominations this year. They are vying for honors in four categories: Song of the Summer, Group of the Year, Push Performance of the Year, and Best K-Pop for their track “Sugar Rush Ride.”

Not only that, FIFTY FIFTY and SEVENTEEN are also in contention for two awards each at the 40th MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) 2023, as they both received nominations for Group of the Year and Best Kpop.

In line with previous announcements, the nominees for Best Kpop this year encompass songs like aespa “Girls,” BLACKPINK “Pink Venom,” FIFTY FIFTY “Cupid,” SEVENTEEN “Super,” Stray Kids “S-Class,” and TXT “Sugar Rush Ride.”

Take note of the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) 2023 voting schedule: voting for Show of the Summer commences on September 3, followed by the opening of voting for Group of the Year on September 4. Meanwhile, the voting for Song of Summer is slated to start on September 7.

Here’s the complete list of nominees for MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) 2023:

Best New Artist:

• GloRilla
• Ice Spice
• Kaliii
• Peso Pluma
• PinkPantheress
• Renee Rap

Group of the Year: (vote on MTV’s Instagram Stories)

• BLACKPINK
• FIFTY FIFTY
• FLO
• Jonas Brothers
• Måneskin
• NewJeans
• SEVENTEEN
• Tomorrow X Together (TXT)

Song of Summer (voting opens September 7)

• Beyoncé – Cuff It
• Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For (from the Motion Picture “Barbie”)
• Doechii ft. Kodak Black – What It Is (Block Boy)
• Doja Cat – Paint The Town Red
• Dua Lipa – Dance the Night (from the Barbie Album)
• FIFTY FIFTY – Cupid (Twin ver.)
• Gunna – fukumean
• Jung Kook ft Latto – Seven
• Luke Combs – Fast Car
• Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice – Barbie World (with Aqua) [from Barbie The Album)
• Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
• SZA – Kill Bill
• Taylor Swift ft Ice Spice – Karma
• Tomorrow X Together and Jonas Brothers – Do It Like That
• Troye Sivan – Rush
• Yng Lvcas & Peso Pluma – La Bebe (Remix)

Album of the Year (voting open September 11)

• Beyoncé – Renaissance
• Drake & 21Savage – Her Loss
• Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains
• Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
• SZA – SOS
• Taylor Swift -Midnights

Video of the Year

• Doja Cat – Attention
• Miley Cyrus – Flowers
• Nicki Minaj – Super Freaky Girl
• Olivia Rodrigo – vampire
• Sam Smith, Kim Petras – Unholy
• SZA – Kill Bill
• Taylor Swift – Anti-hero

Artist of the Year:

• Beyoncé
• Doja Cat
• KAROL G
• Nicki Minaj
• Shakira
• Taylor Swift

Song of the Year:

• Miley Cyrus – Flowers
• Olivia Rodrigo – vampire
• Rema & Selena Gomez – Calm Down
• Sam Smith, Kim Peters – Unholy
• Steve Lacy – Bad Habit
• SZA – Kill Bill
• Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero

PUSH Performance of the Year:

• Saucy Santana – Booty (August 2022)
• Stephen Sanchez – Until I Found You (September 2022)
• JVKE – Golden Hour (October 2022)
• Flo Milli – Conceited (November 2022)
• Reneé Rapp – Colorado (December 2022)
• Sam Ryder – All The Way Over (January 2023)
• Armani White – GOATED. (February 2023)
• FLETCHER – Becky’s So Hot (March 2023)
• Tomorrow X Together – Sugar Rush Ride (April 2023)
• Ice Spice – Princess Diana (May 2023)
• FLO – Losing You (June 2023)
• Lauren Spencer Smith – That Part (July 2023)

Best Collaboration:

• David Guetta & Bebe Rexha – I’m Good (Blue)
• Diddy ft Bryson Tiller, Ashanti, Yung Miami – Gotta Move On (Queens Remix)
• KAROL G, Shakira – TQG
• Metro Boomin with The Weeknd, 21 Savage & Diddy – Creepin’ (Remix)
• Post Malon and Doja Cat – I Like You (A Happier Song)
• Rema & Selena Gomez – Calm Down

Best Pop:

• Demi Lovato – SWINE
• Dua Lipa – Dance The Night (from Barbie The Album)
• Ed Sheeran – Eyes Closed
• Miley Cyrus – Flowers
• Olivia Rodrigo – vampire
• P!NK – TRUSTFALL
• Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero

Best Hip-Hop

• Diddy ft Bryson Tiller, Ashanti, Yung Miami – Gotta Move On (Queens Remix)
• DJ Khaled ft Drake & Lil Baby – STAYING ALIVE
• GloRilla & Cardi B – Tomorrow 2
• Lil Uzi Vert – Just Wanna Rock
• Lil Wayne ft Swizz Beatz & DMX – Kant Nobody
• Metro Boomin ft Future – Superhero (Heroes & Villains)
• Nicki Minaj – Super Freaky Girl

Best R&B

• Alicia Keys ft Lucky Daye – Stay
• Chlöe, Chris Brown – How Does It Feel
• Metro Boomin with The Weeknd, 21 Savage, Diddy – Creepin’ (Remix)
• SZA – Shirt
• Toosii – Favorite Song
• Yung Bleu & Nicki Minaj – Love In The Way

Best Alternative:

• Blink-182 – EDGING
• boygenius – the film
• Fall Out Boy – Hold Me Like A Grudge
• Lana Dal Rey ft Jon Batiste – Candy Necklace
• Paramore – That Is Why
• Thirty Seconds to Mars – Stuck

Best Rock:

• Foo Fighters – The Teacher
• Linkin Park – Lost
• Måneskin – THE LONELIEST
• Metallica – Lux Æterna
• Muse – You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – Tippa My Tongue

Best Latin

• Anitta – Funk Rave
• Bad Bunny – WHERE SHE GOES
• Eslabon Armado, Peso Pluma – Ella Baila Sola
• Grupo Frontera, Bad Bunny – un x100to
• KAROL G, Shakira – TQG
• ROSALÍA – DESPECHÁ
• Shakira – Acróstico

Best K-POP

• aespa – Girls
• BLACKPINK – Pink Venom
• FIFTY FIFTY – Cupid
• SEVENTEEN – Super
• Stray Kids – S-Class
• Tomorrow X Together – Sugar Rush Ride

Best Afrobeats

• Ayra Starr – Rush
• Burna Boy – It’s Plenty
• Davido ft Musa Keys – UNAVAILABLE
• Fireboy DML & Asake – Bandana
• Libianca – People
• Rema & Selena Gomez – Calm Down
• Wizkid ft Ayra Starr – 2 Sugar

Video for Good

• Alicia Keys – If I Ain’t Got You (Orchestral)
• Bad Bunny – El Apagón – Aqui Vive Gente
• Demi Lovato – SWINE
• Dove Cameron – Breakfast
• Imagine Dragons – Crushed
• Maluma – La Reina

Show of the Summer:

• Beyoncé
• BLACKPINK
• Drake
• Ed Sheeran
• KAROL G
• Taylor Swift

Best Direction

• Doja Cat – Attention (Directed by Tanu Muiño)
• Drake – Falling Back (Directed by Director X)
• Kendrick Lamar – Count Me Out (Directed by Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar)
• Megan Thee Stallion – Her (Directed by Colin Tilley)
• Sam Smith, Kim Petras – Unholy (Directed by Floria Sigismondi)
• SZA – Kill Bill (Directed by Christian Breslauer)
• Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero (Directed by Taylor Swift)

Best Cinematography

• Adele – I Drink Wine (Cinematography by Adam Newport-Berra)
• Ed Sheeran – Eyes Closed (Cinematography by Natasha Braier)
• Janelle Monae – Lipstick Lover (Cinematography by Allison Anderson)
• Kendrick Lamar – Count Me Out (Cinematography by Adam Newport-Berra)
• Miley Cyrus – Flowers (Cinematography by Marcell Rev)
• Olivia Rodrigo – Flowers (Cinematography by Russ Fraser)
• Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero (Cinematography by Rina Yang)

Best Visual Effects

• Fall Out Boy – Love From The Other Side (Visual Effects by Thomas Bailey & Josh Shaffner)
• Harry Styles – Music for a Sushi Restaurant (Visual Effects by Chelsea Delfino &Black Kite Studios)
• Melanie Martinez – VOID (Visual Effects by Carbon)
• Nicki Minaj – Super Freaky Girl (Visual Effects by CameoFX)
• Sam Smith, Kim Petras – Unholy (Visual Effects by Max Colt / FRENDER)
• Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero (Visual Effects by Parliament)

Best Choreography

• BLACKPINK – Pink Venom (Choreography by Kiel Tutin, Sienna Lalau, Lee Jung (YGX), Taryn Cheng (YGX))
• Dua Lipa – Dance The Night (from Barbie The Album) (Choreography by Charm LaDonna)
• Jonas Brothers – Waffle House (Choreography by Jerry Reeve)
• Megan Thee Stallion – Her (Choreography by Sean Bankhead)
• Panic! At The Disco – Middle of A Breakup (Choreography by Monica Felice Smith)
• Sam Smith, Kim Petras – Unholy (Choreography by (LA)HORDE -Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer, Arthur Harel)

Best Art Direction

• BLACKPINK – Pink Venom (Art Direction by Seo Hyun Seung (GIGANT))
• boygenius – the film (Art Direction by Jen Dunlap)
• Doja Cat – Attention (Art Direction by Spencer Graves)
• Lana Del Rey ft Jon Batiste – Candy Necklace (Art Direction by Brandon Mendez)
• Megan Thee Stallion – Her (Art Direction by Wes Dogan)
• SZA – Shirt (Art Direction by Kate Bunch)

Best Editing

• BLACKPINK – Pink Venom (Edited by Seo Hyun Seung (GIGANT))
• Kendrick Lamar – Rich Spirit (Edited by Caldwell)
• Miley Cyrus – River (Edited by Brendan Walter)
• Olivia Rodrigo – vampire (Edited by Sofia Kerpan & David Checel)
• SZA – Kill Bill (Edited by Luis Caraza Peimbert)
• Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero (Edited by Chancler Haynes)

Don’t miss this year’s one of biggest music awards, MTV Video Music Awards 2023, on September 12, 2023

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