| 2024 MTV Video Music Awards | |
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| Date | Wednesday, September 11, 2024 8:00—11:18 p.m. EDT |
| Venue | UBS Arena, Elmont, New York |
| Country | United States |
| Hosted by | Megan Thee Stallion |
| Most awards | Taylor Swift (7) |
| Most nominations | Taylor Swift (12) |
| Website | mtv |
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| Produced by | Bruce Gillmer Jesse Ignjatovic [2] |
| Directed by | Joe DeMaio |
The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards were 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 was hosted by American rapper, Megan Thee Stallion, marking her hosting debut.
It honored the best music videos, artists, and songs released between June 22, 2023, and June 20, 2024. [3] [4] Two new award categories, VMAs Most Iconic Performance and Best Trending Video, were awarded through the fan votes. [5] Taylor Swift was the most nominated and awarded artist, winning seven trophies out of twelve nominations, including five wins out of nine nominations for her collaboration with Post Malone on the single "Fortnight". [6] [7] [8] Katy Perry was honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award presented by her fiancé Orlando Bloom. [9]
Le Sserafim was announced as a performer for the pre-show on September 6, 2024. [10]
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
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| Le Sserafim | "1-800-Hot-N-Fun" "Crazy" |
Extended Play stage performers were announced on September 6, 2024. [10]
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
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| Teddy Swims | "Lose Control" "The Door" "Stay" |
| Jessie Murph | "Wild Ones" "I Hope It Hurts" "Killing Me Softly With His Song" |
The first round of presenters were announced on September 6, 2024. Kevan Kenney, Nessa, and Dometi Pongo hosted the 90-minute pre-show event. [11] Megan Thee Stallion was announced as the main show host on August 22, 2024. [12]
The first round of nominees were announced on August 6, 2024. [13] The second round of nominees were announced on August 30, which included two new award categories–VMAs Most Iconic Performance and Best Trending Video. [5] Taylor Swift led with twelve, followed by Post Malone with eleven, Eminem with eight, Ariana Grande, Megan Thee Stallion and Sabrina Carpenter who had seven nominations each, and SZA, with six. [3] [4] Swift was the most awarded nominee with seven wins, followed by Malone with five, and Eminem and Megan Thee Stallion with two each.
The winners of the following categories were chosen by fan votes. [14] 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 [14] and concluded on August 30 at 6pm ET, except for Best New Artist, which concluded on September 10 at 10pm ET. [15] The second round of voting known as the "Instagram Story Voting" began on September 2 at 11am ET and concluded on September 11 at 11am ET. [15]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
The winners of the following categories were chosen by industry professionals.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
| Best Visual Effects | Best Editing |
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| Best Direction | Best Art Direction |
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The following awards have special significance and are not necessarily awarded annually. [16] Katy Perry was announced as the recipient of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award on August 15. [9]
| Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award |
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| Katy Perry [9] |
The official voting system for the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, according to MTV, was as follows: [15]
The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards received 2.1 million viewers across all networks, including 728,000 viewers on MTV. [18]
The ceremony score their biggest audience in four years with 4.08 million, up 8% compared to the previous year. [19] [20] It was offered on streaming through Vix and had an additional linear encore airing on UniMás.
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After receiving the award for Best Afrobeats Video, in her acceptance speech, South African singer Tyla described the victory as "special but also bittersweet," [21] as she went on to express her thoughts about categorizing every African genre as Afrobeats. [22]
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