2024 MTV Video Music Awards

2024 MTV Video Music Awards
Date	Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Venue	UBS Arena, Long Island, New York
Country	United States
Most nominations	Taylor Swift (10)
Website	mtv.com/vma
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV MTV2 VH1 BET BET Her Nick at Nite CMT Comedy Central Paramount Network Pop TV Land Logo TV Channel 5 (UK) 10 Peach (AU)

The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards are an annual American awards ceremony. They will be held at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, on September 10, 2024; and will honor the best music videos, artists, and songs released between June 22, 2023, and June 20, 2024.

Taylor Swift was the most nominated artist with a total of ten, including eight nominations for her collaboration with Post Malone on the single "Fortnight".

Nominees

The first round of nominees were announced on August 6, 2024. 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 apiece.

Voted categories

The first round of voting known as the "General Voting Period" began on August 6, 2024 for fifteen categories and will conclude on August 30, except for Best New Artist, which will remain open into the show itself.

Video of the Year	Song of the Year
Ariana Grande – "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" Billie Eilish – "Lunch" Doja Cat – "Paint the Town Red" Eminem – "Houdini" SZA – "Snooze" Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight"	Beyoncé – "Texas Hold 'Em" Jack Harlow – "Lovin on Me" Kendrick Lamar – "Not Like Us" Sabrina Carpenter – "Espresso" Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" Teddy Swims – "Lose Control"
Artist of the Year	Best New Artist
Ariana Grande Bad Bunny Eminem Sabrina Carpenter SZA Taylor Swift	Benson Boone Chappell Roan Gracie Abrams Shaboozey Teddy Swims Tyla
Push Performance of the Year	Best Collaboration
August 2023: Kaliii – "Area Codes" September 2023: GloRilla – "Lick or Sum" October 2023: Benson Boone – "In The Stars" November 2023: Coco Jones – "ICU" December 2023: Victoria Monét – "On My Mama" January 2024: Jessie Murph – "Wild Ones" February 2024: Teddy Swims – "Lose Control" March 2024: Chappell Roan – "Red Wine Supernova" April 2024: Flyana Boss – "Yeaaa" May 2024: Laufey – "Goddess" June 2024: Le Sserafim – "Easy" July 2024: The Warning – "Automatic Sun"	Drake featuring Sexyy Red and SZA – "Rich Baby Daddy" GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion – "Wanna Be" Jessie Murph featuring Jelly Roll – "Wild Ones" Jungkook featuring Latto – "Seven" Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen – "I Had Some Help" Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight"
Best Pop	Best Hip Hop
Camila Cabello Dua Lipa Olivia Rodrigo Sabrina Carpenter Tate McRae Taylor Swift	Drake featuring Sexyy Red and SZA – "Rich Baby Daddy" Eminem – "Houdini" GloRilla – "Yeah Glo!" Gunna – "FukUMean" Megan Thee Stallion – "Boa" Travis Scott featuring Playboi Carti – "Fe!n"
Best R&B	Best K-Pop
Alicia Keys – "Lifeline" Muni Long – "Made for Me" SZA – "Snooze" Tyla – "Water" Usher, Summer Walker and 21 Savage – "Good Good" Victoria Monét – "On My Mama"	Jungkook featuring Latto – "Seven" Lisa – "Rockstar" NCT Dream – "Smoothie" NewJeans – "Super Shy" Stray Kids – "Lalalala" Tomorrow X Together – "Deja Vu"
Best Latin	Best Rock
Anitta – "Mil Veces" Bad Bunny – "Monaco" Karol G – "Mi Ex Tenía Razón" Myke Towers – "Lala" Peso Pluma and Anitta – "Bellakeo" Rauw Alejandro – "Touching The Sky" Shakira and Cardi B – "Puntería"	Bon Jovi – "Legendary" Coldplay – "Feelslikeimfallinginlove" Green Day – "Dilemma" Kings of Leon – "Mustang" Lenny Kravitz – "Human" U2 – "Atomic City"
Best Alternative	Best Afrobeats
Benson Boone – "Beautiful Things" Bleachers – "Tiny Moves" Hozier – "Too Sweet" Imagine Dragons – "Eyes Closed" Linkin Park – "Friendly Fire" Teddy Swims – "Lose Control (Live)"	Ayra Starr featuring Giveon – "Last Heartbreak Song" Burna Boy – "City Boys" Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay – "Sensational" Tems – "Love Me JeJe" Tyla – "Water" Usher and Pheelz – "Ruin”
Video for Good
Alexander Stewart – "if only you knew" Billie Eilish – "What Was I Made For?" Coldplay – "Feelslikeimfallinginlove" Joyner Lucas and Jelly Roll – "Best for Me" RAYE – "Genesis" Tyler Childers – "In Your Love”

Professional categories

The winners of the following categories will be chosen by industry professionals.

Best Visual Effects	Best Editing
Ariana Grande – "The Boy Is Mine" (Visual Effects by Digital Axis) Eminem – "Houdini" (Visual Effects by Synapse Virtual Production, Louise Lee, Rich Lee, Metaphysic and Flawless Post) Justin Timberlake – "Selfish" (Visual Effects by Candice Dragonas) Megan Thee Stallion – "Boa" (Visual Effects by Mathematic) 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) Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" (Visual Effects by Parliament)	Anitta – "Mil Veces" (Editing by Nick Yumul) Ariana Grande – "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" – (Editing by Luis Caraza Peimbert) Eminem – "Houdini" (Editing by David Checel) Lisa – "Rockstar" (Editing by Nik Kohler) Sabrina Carpenter – "Espresso" (Editing by Jai Shukla) Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" (Editing by Chancler Haynes)
Best Direction	Best Art Direction
Ariana Grande – "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" –(Directed by Christian Breslauer) Bleachers – "Tiny Moves" (Directed by Alex Lockett and Margaret Qualley) Eminem – "Houdini" (Directed by Rich Lee) Megan Thee Stallion – "Boa" (Directed by Daniel Iglesias Jr.) Sabrina Carpenter – "Please Please Please" (Directed by Bardia Zeinali) Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" (Directed by Taylor Swift)	Charli XCX – "360" (Art Direction by Grace Surnow) Lisa – "Rockstar" (Art Direction by Pongsan Thawatwichian) Megan Thee Stallion – "Boa" (Art Direction by Brittany Porter) Olivia Rodrigo – "Bad Idea Right?" (Art Direction by Nicholas des Jardins) Sabrina Carpenter – "Please Please Please" (Art Direction by Nicholas des Jardins) Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" (Art Direction by Ethan Tobman)
Best Choreography	Best Cinematography
Bleachers – "Tiny Moves" (Choreography by Margaret Qualley) Dua Lipa – "Houdini" (Choreography by Charm La'Donna) Lisa – "Rockstar" (Choreography by Sean Bankhead) Rauw Alejandro – "Touching the Sky" (Choreography by Felix 'Fefe' Burgos) Tate McRae – "Greedy" (Choreography by Sean Bankhead) Troye Sivan – "Rush" (Choreography by Sergio Reis)	Ariana Grande – "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" – (Cinematography by Anatol Trofimov) Charli XCX – "Von Dutch" (Cinematography by Jeff Bierman) Dua Lipa – "Illusion" (Cinematography by Nikita Kuzmenko) Olivia Rodrigo – "Obsessed" (Cinematography by Marz Miller) Rauw Alejandro – "Touching the Sky" (Cinematography by Camilo Monsalve) Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" (Cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto)