Full List of nominees for 2024 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs)

Here is a full list of the nominees in every category of the prestigious MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) 2024.

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The MTV Video Music Awards, a global award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honour the best in the music video medium, is set to take centre stage again on September 11, 2024, at 1:00 am WAT from the UBS Arena in New York, USA.

Pop icon Taylor Swift leads the nominations with 10 nods. Rapper Post Malone comes in second, with nine nods – eight courtesy of his collab with Swift plus one for his hit “I Had Some Help,” featuring Morgan Wallen. Ariana Grande, Eminem, and Sabrina Carpenter (six nods each) follow, with Megan Thee Stallion and SZA coming behind (five each), and LISA, Olivia Rodrigo, and Teddy Swims all bagging four nominations each. Beginning today, fans can vote online for their preferred nominees across 15 categories through Friday, Aug. 30.

Here’s the complete list of 2024 VMAs nominees:

Video of the year
Ariana Grande – “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” – Republic Records

Billie Eilish – “Lunch” – Darkroom / Interscope Records

Doja Cat – “Paint the Town Red” – Kemosabe Records / RCA Records

Eminem – “Houdini” – Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records

SZA – “Snooze” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records

Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight” – Republic Records

Artist of the year
Ariana Grande – Republic Records

Bad Bunny – Rimas Entertainment

Eminem – Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records

Sabrina Carpenter – Island

SZA – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records

Taylor Swift – Republic Records

Song of the year
Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ‘Em” – Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records

Jack Harlow – “Lovin on Me” – Generation Now / Atlantic Records

Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – pgLang, under exclusive license to Interscope Records

Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso” – Island

Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight” – Republic Records

Teddy Swims – “Lose Control” – Warner Records

Best new artist
Benson Boone – Night Street Records, Inc. / Warner Records

Chappell Roan – Island

Gracie Abrams – Interscope Records

Shaboozey – American Dogwood / EMPIRE

Teddy Swims – Warner Records

Tyla – Epic Records

Best collaboration
Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA – “Rich Baby Daddy “ – OVO / Republic Records

GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion – “Wanna Be” – CMG / Interscope Records

Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll – “Wild Ones” – Columbia Records

Jung Kook feat. Latto – “Seven” – BIGHIT MUSIC / Geffen Records

Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen – “I Had Some Help” – Mercury / Republic / Big Loud

Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight” – Republic Records

Best pop
Camila Cabello – Geffen / Interscope Records

Dua Lipa – Warner Records

Olivia Rodrigo – Geffen Records

Sabrina Carpenter – Island

Tate McCrae – RCA Records

Taylor Swift – Republic Records

Best hip-hop
Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA – “Rich Baby Daddy “ – OVO / Republic Records

Eminem – “Houdini” – Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records

GloRilla – “Yeah Glo!” – CMG / Interscope Records

Gunna – “fukumean” – Young Stoner Life Records / 300 Entertainment

Megan Thee Stallion – “BOA” – Hot Girl Productions

Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti – “FE!N” – Cactus Jack / Epic Records

Best R&B
Alicia Keys – “Lifeline” – AK Records, under exclusive license to gamma.

Muni Long – “Made for Me” – Def Jam

SZA – “Snooze” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records

Tyla – “Water” – FAX Records / Epic Records

Usher, Summer Walker, 21 Savage – “Good Good” – mega / gamma.

Victoria Monét – “On My Mama” – Lovett Music / RCA Records

Best alternative
Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things” – Night Street Records, Inc. / Warner Records

Bleachers – “Tiny Moves” – Dirty Hit

Hozier – “Too Sweet” – Columbia Records

Imagine Dragons – “Eyes Closed” – KIDinaKorner / Interscope Records

Linkin Park – “Friendly Fire” – This Compilation / Warner Records

Teddy Swims – “Lose Control (Live)” – Warner Records

Best rock
Bon Jovi – “Legendary” – Island

Coldplay – “feelslikeimfallinginlove” – Atlantic Records

Green Day – “Dilemma” – Reprise Records / Warner Records

Kings of Leon – “Mustang” – Capitol Records

Lenny Kravitz – “Human” – Roxie Records Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH

U2 – “Atomic City” – Interscope Records

Best Latin
Anitta – “Mil Veces” – Floresta Records / Republic Records / Universal Music Latin Entertainment

Bad Bunny – “Monaco” – Rimas Entertainment

Karol G – “Mi Ex Tenía Razón” – Bichota / Interscope Records

Myke Towers – “LaLa” – Warner Music Latina

Peso Pluma & Anitta – “Bellakeo” – Double P Records

Rauw Alejandro – “Touching the Sky” – Sony Music Latin / Duars Entertainment

Shakira & Cardi B – “Puntería” – Sony Music US Latin

Best Afrobeats
Ayra Starr ft. Giveon – “Last Heartbreak Song” – Mavin / Republic

Burna Boy – “City Boys” – Spaceship / Bad Habit / Atlantic Records

Chris Brown ft. Davido & Lojay – “Sensational” – Chris Brown Entertainment / RCA Records

Tems – “Love Me JeJe” – Since ’93 / RCA Records

Tyla – “Water” – FAX Records / Epic Records

Usher, Pheelz – “Ruin” – mega / gamma.

Best K-pop
Jung Kook ft. Latto – “Seven” – BIGHIT MUSIC / Geffen Records

LISA – “Rockstar” – Lloud Co. / RCA Records

NCT Dream – “Smoothie” – SM Entertainment / Virgin Music Group

NewJeans – “Super Shy” – ADOR / Geffen Records

Stray Kids – “LALALALA” – JYP Entertainment / Imperial / Republic Records

TOMORROW X TOGETHER – “Deja vu” – BIGHIT MUSIC / IMPERIAL / Republic Records

Video for good
Alexander Stewart – “if only you knew” – FAE grp

Billie Eilish – “What Was I Made For (From Barbie)” – Darkroom / Interscope Records

Coldplay – “feelslikeimfallinginlove” – Atlantic Records

Joyner Lucas & Jelly Roll – “Best for Me” – Twenty Nine Music Group

RAYE – “Genesis.” – Human Re Sources

Tyler Childers – “In Your Love” – Hickman Holler Records / RCA Records

MTV push performance of the year
August 2023: Kaliii – “Area Codes” – Atlantic Records

September 2023: GloRilla – “Lick or Sum” – CMG / Interscope Records

October 2023: Benson Boone – “In The Stars” – Night Street Records, Inc. / Warner Records

November 2023: Coco Jones – “ICU” – Def Jam

December 2023: Victoria Monét – “On My Mama” – Lovett Music / RCA Records

January 2024: Jessie Murph – “Wild Ones” – Columbia Records

February 2024: Teddy Swims – “Lose Control” – Warner Records

March 2024: Chappell Roan – “Red Wine Supernova” – Island

April 2024: Flyana Boss – “yeaaa” – vnclm_/ Atlantic Records

May 2024: Laufey – “Goddess” – Laufey / AWAL

June 2024: LE SSERAFIM – “EASY” – SOURCE MUSIC / Geffen Records

July 2024: The Warning – “Automatic Sun” – Lava / Republic Records

Technical awards
Best direction
Ariana Grande – “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” – Republic Records; directed by Christian Breslauer

Bleachers – “Tiny Moves” – Dirty Hit; directed by Alex Lockett & Margaret Qualley

Eminem – “Houdini” – Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records; directed by Rich Lee

Megan Thee Stallion – “BOA” – Hot Girl Productions; directed by Daniel Iglesias Jr.

Sabrina Carpenter – “Please Please Please” – Island; directed by Barbia Zeinali

Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight” – Republic Records; directed by Taylor Swift

Best cinematography
Ariana Grande – “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)”

Charli XCX – “Von dutch”

Dua Lipa – “Illusion”

Olivia Rodrigo – “obsessed”

Rauw Alejandro – “Touching the Sky”

Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight”

Best editing

Anitta – “Mil Veces”

Ariana Grande – “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)”

Eminem – “Houdini”

LISA – “Rockstar”

Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”

Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight”

Best choreography
Bleachers – Tiny Moves

Dua Lipa – “Houdini”

LISA – “Rockstar”

Rauw Alejandro – “Touching the Sky”

Tate McCrae – “Greedy”

Troye Sivan – “Rush”

Best visual effects
Ariana Grande – “the boy is mine”

Eminem – “Houdini”

Justin Timberlake – “Selfish”

Megan Thee Stallion – “BOA”

Olivia Rodrigo – “get him back!”

Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight”

Best art direction
Charli XCX – “360” –

LISA – “Rockstar”

Megan Thee Stallion

Olivia Rodrigo – “bad idea right?”

Sabrina Carpenter – “Please Please Please”

Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight”