Taylor Swift leads the 2023 VMA nominations with 11 nods, counting three she received on Friday (Sept. The last man to win the award was Kanye West in 2015.ĭiddy is third recipient of the Global Icon Award, following Foo Fighters (2021) and Red Hot Chili Peppers (2022). Women have thoroughly dominated this category in recent years. Shakira will become the first South American artist to receive the Video Vanguard Award. The pre-show airs live from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Saweetie will host a 90-minute pre-show, with assists from Nessa, Dometi Pongo and Kevan Kenney. This is a far more international cast than the inaugural VMAs in 1984, where there were five American performers (Madonna, Huey Lewis & the News, Tina Turner, ZZ Top and Ray Parker Jr.) and two Brits (Rod Stewart and David Bowie, the latter represented by a pre-taped performance from London). Shakira and Karol G are both from Colombia Stray Kids and TOMORROW X TOGETHER are both from South Korea Anitta is from Brazil Måneskin, from Italy, Peso Pluma, from Mexico and NAV, from Canada. 12, happens to be Ballerini’s 30th birthday, which shows that the country star is a trouper.Įight of the performers on this year’s main show are from outside the U.S., which dramatizes how the music scene has become more global in recent years. Kelsea Ballerini is on the bill for fans of country music. K-pop fans will have Stray Kids and TOMORROW X TOGETHER. Rock fans can look forward to Fall Out Boy and Måneskin. Pop fans may tune in for Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo and Demi Lovato. Latin music fans can look forward to performances by Anitta, Karol G and Peso Pluma - in addition to Shakira, who, as noted, is this year’s Video Vanguard award recipient. Hip-hop fans aren’t the only audience being served by this year’s VMAs. Fresh are among the artists set to appear in the show-closing segment. LL Cool J, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Darryl “DMC” Daniels and Doug E. And the show will have a 50th anniversary salute to hip-hop, following the lead of many other awards shows in the past year.
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