The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 30, 2020. Keke Palmer hosted the 37th annual ceremony, which was presented primarily from New York City, but with a virtual ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the first VMA ceremony to be broadcast on The CW.
Lady Gaga was the most awarded act of the night with five awards, as well as the most nominated alongside Ariana Grande, with both artists receiving nine nominations each. Gaga was presented with the inaugural MTV Tricon Award for achievements in three or more fields of entertainment. The longlist of nominees for Push Best New Artist were revealed on July 23, 2020; nominees for other categories were announced on July 30. Fan voting began on July and ended on August 23. Nominees for Song of Summer, Best Group and Everyday Heroes: Frontline Medical Workers were released on August 24. The show was dedicated to Chadwick Boseman, who died of colon cancer two days before the ceremony.[2] The show received 6.4 million viewers in its first-run viewing (excluding livestreams through network apps), a 5% decrease from the 6.8 million viewers at the previous ceremony.[3]
The awards were originally scheduled to return to the Barclays Center for the first time since 2013.[4] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was expected to be held with "limited or no audience", as one of the first major indoor events to be held in the city since the onset of the pandemic in the state, with MTV also announcing plans for the show to "[span] all five boroughs" to "pay homage to the strength, spirit and incredible resilience of NYC and its beloved residents".[4]
MTV eventually scrapped the indoor component of the ceremony at Barclays after "close consultation with state and local health officials" and announced that it would be conducted in an outdoor format across the city; the arena in Brooklyn would subsequently host the 2021 event instead.[5] The majority of performances were pre-recorded either in New York City (with locations such as Hudson Yards and a drive-in theatre in Brooklyn), or on a chroma key set at the MTV studios headquarters with New York scenery for acts unable to travel to New York City (primarily in Los Angeles, and Seoul in the case of BTS).[6]
New one-off award categories for "Quarantine Performance" and "Best Music Video from Home" were added on July 30 in light of the ongoing pandemic.[7] Three additional categories were announced on August 24: Song of Summer, Best Group and "Everyday Heroes: Frontline Medical Workers", with the latter created "to celebrate performances by COVID-19 first responders".[8][9]
In addition to the ViacomCBS family of networks, the VMAs were also simulcast on terrestrial television by The CW (a joint venture of ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia).[10] The CW also aired a post-show recap special, composed mostly of pre-show performance footage.[11]
On July 23, 2020, seventeen Push Best New Artist pre-nominees were announced.[17] Fan voting for most categories took place from July 30 to August 23.[citation needed] Nominees for most other categories were revealed on July 30.[18][19] Nominations for remaining categories were announced August 24.[9] The Push Best New Artist category was narrowed down to three finalists on August 24 and voting moved to Twitter, where it continued until August 28.[9] Voting for Best Group and Song of Summer ran from August 24–26 and August 26–28 respectively, and took place via MTV's Instagram stories.[9]Lady Gaga was the most-awarded nominee with five wins, followed by Ariana Grande and BTS with four each.[20]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.[21]
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^Strauss, Matthew (August 11, 2020). "The Weeknd, Roddy Ricch, and Maluma to Perform at 2020 MTV VMAs". Pitchfork. from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
^Aswad, Jem (August 21, 2020). "Roddy Ricch, J Balvin Pull Out of MTV VMAs Artist Lineup". Variety. from the original on August 22, 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
^Mamo, Heran (August 27, 2020). "Here Are All the Presenters & Performers For the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards: Exclusive". Billboard. from the original on August 29, 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
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The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 30 2020 Keke Palmer hosted the 37th annual ceremony which was presented primarily from New York City but with a virtual ceremony due to the COVID 19 pandemic This was the first VMA ceremony to be broadcast on The CW 2020 MTV Video Music AwardsDateSunday August 30 2020VenueMTV Headquarters New York City New York CountryUnited StatesHosted byKeke Palmer 1 Most awardsLady Gaga 5 Most nominationsLady Gaga Ariana Grande 9 each Websitemtv wbr com wbr vmaTelevision radio coverageNetworkMTV The CW MTV2 VH1 BET Nick at Nite CMT Comedy Central Paramount Network TV Land BET Her Pop TV Logo TV 10 Peach AU Produced byBruce Gillmer Jesse IgnjatovicDirected byDave Diomedi Sam Wrench 2019 MTV Video Music Awards 2021 Lady Gaga was the most awarded act of the night with five awards as well as the most nominated alongside Ariana Grande with both artists receiving nine nominations each Gaga was presented with the inaugural MTV Tricon Award for achievements in three or more fields of entertainment The longlist of nominees for Push Best New Artist were revealed on July 23 2020 nominees for other categories were announced on July 30 Fan voting began on July and ended on August 23 Nominees for Song of Summer Best Group and Everyday Heroes Frontline Medical Workers were released on August 24 The show was dedicated to Chadwick Boseman who died of colon cancer two days before the ceremony 2 The show received 6 4 million viewers in its first run viewing excluding livestreams through network apps a 5 decrease from the 6 8 million viewers at the previous ceremony 3 Contents 1 Ceremony information 2 Performances 3 Presenters 3 1 Pre show 3 2 Main show 4 Winners and nominees 5 References 6 External linksCeremony information editThe awards were originally scheduled to return to the Barclays Center for the first time since 2013 4 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the event was expected to be held with limited or no audience as one of the first major indoor events to be held in the city since the onset of the pandemic in the state with MTV also announcing plans for the show to span all five boroughs to pay homage to the strength spirit and incredible resilience of NYC and its beloved residents 4 MTV eventually scrapped the indoor component of the ceremony at Barclays after close consultation with state and local health officials and announced that it would be conducted in an outdoor format across the city the arena in Brooklyn would subsequently host the 2021 event instead 5 The majority of performances were pre recorded either in New York City with locations such as Hudson Yards and a drive in theatre in Brooklyn or on a chroma key set at the MTV studios headquarters with New York scenery for acts unable to travel to New York City primarily in Los Angeles and Seoul in the case of BTS 6 New one off award categories for Quarantine Performance and Best Music Video from Home were added on July 30 in light of the ongoing pandemic 7 Three additional categories were announced on August 24 Song of Summer Best Group and Everyday Heroes Frontline Medical Workers with the latter created to celebrate performances by COVID 19 first responders 8 9 In addition to the ViacomCBS family of networks the VMAs were also simulcast on terrestrial television by The CW a joint venture of ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia 10 The CW also aired a post show recap special composed mostly of pre show performance footage 11 Performances editList of musical performances Artist s Song s Pre show 12 Jack Harlow Whats Poppin Tate McRae You Broke Me First Chloe x Halle Ungodly Hour Lewis Capaldi Before You Go Machine Gun KellyBlackbearTravis Barker Medley My Ex s Best Friend Bloody Valentine Main show 12 The Weeknd Blinding Lights DaBaby Medley Peep Hole Blind Rockstar Miley Cyrus Midnight Sky Maluma Hawai BTS Dynamite Lady GagaAriana Grande Tricon Award Chromatica Medley Chromatica II 911 Rain on Me Stupid Love Doja Cat Medley Say So Like That Keke Palmer Snack CNCO Beso Black Eyed PeasNicky JamTyga Medley Vida Loca I Gotta Feeling J Balvin and Roddy Ricch were initially announced as performers on August 4 and 11 respectively but later pulled out of the event 13 14 15 Presenters editPresenters were announced on August 27 16 Pre show edit Nessa and Jamila Mustafa presented Best Group and Best K Pop Travis Mills presented Best Alternative Main show edit Jaden Smith presented Best Collaboration Drew Barrymore presented Best Direction Anthony Ramos presented Best Latin Joey King presented Song of the Year Madison Beer presented Best Music Video from Home Nicole Richie presented Best Pop and Best R amp B Kelly Clarkson presented Artist of the Year Sofia Carson presented Video for Good Bella Hadid presented the Tricon Award Travis Barker presented Best Hip Hop and introduced the In Memoriam segment Machine Gun Kelly presented Push Best New Artist Bebe Rexha presented Video of the YearWinners and nominees editOn July 23 2020 seventeen Push Best New Artist pre nominees were announced 17 Fan voting for most categories took place from July 30 to August 23 citation needed Nominees for most other categories were revealed on July 30 18 19 Nominations for remaining categories were announced August 24 9 The Push Best New Artist category was narrowed down to three finalists on August 24 and voting moved to Twitter where it continued until August 28 9 Voting for Best Group and Song of Summer ran from August 24 26 and August 26 28 respectively and took place via MTV s Instagram stories 9 Lady Gaga was the most awarded nominee with five wins followed by Ariana Grande and BTS with four each 20 Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold 21 Video of the Year Song of the Year The Weeknd Blinding Lights Billie Eilish Everything I Wanted Eminem featuring Juice Wrld Godzilla Future featuring Drake Life Is Good Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande Rain on Me Taylor Swift The Man Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande Rain on Me Doja Cat Say So Billie Eilish Everything I Wanted Megan Thee Stallion Savage Post Malone Circles Roddy Ricch The Box Artist of the Year Best Group Lady Gaga Justin Bieber DaBaby Megan Thee Stallion Post Malone The Weeknd BTS Now United 5 Seconds of Summer Blackpink Chloe x Halle CNCO Little Mix Monsta X The 1975 Twenty One Pilots Push Best New Artist Best Collaboration Doja Cat Lewis Capaldi Jack Harlow Tate McRae Roddy Ricch Yungblud Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande Rain on Me Black Eyed Peas featuring J Balvin Ritmo Bad Boys for Life Future featuring Drake Life Is Good Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber Stuck with U Karol G and Nicki Minaj Tusa Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid Beautiful People Best Pop Best Hip Hop BTS On Justin Bieber featuring Quavo Intentions Halsey You Should Be Sad Jonas Brothers What a Man Gotta Do Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande Rain on Me Taylor Swift Lover Megan Thee Stallion Savage DaBaby Bop Eminem featuring Juice Wrld Godzilla Future featuring Drake Life Is Good Roddy Ricch The Box Travis Scott Highest in the Room Best R amp B Best K Pop The Weeknd Blinding Lights Chloe x Halle Do It H E R featuring YG Slide Alicia Keys Underdog Khalid featuring Summer Walker Eleven Lizzo Cuz I Love You BTS On Exo Obsession G I dle Oh My God Monsta X Someone s Someone Red Velvet Psycho TXT 9 and Three Quarters Run Away Best Latin Best Rock Maluma featuring J Balvin Que Pena Anuel AA featuring Daddy Yankee Ozuna Karol G and J Balvin China Bad Bunny Yo Perreo Sola J Balvin Amarillo Black Eyed Peas featuring Ozuna and J Rey Soul Mamacita Karol G and Nicki Minaj Tusa Coldplay Orphans blink 182 Happy Days Evanescence Wasted on You Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean Dear Future Self Hands Up Green Day Oh Yeah The Killers Caution Best Alternative Best Music Video from Home Machine Gun Kelly Bloody Valentine The 1975 If You re Too Shy Let Me Know All Time Low Some Kind of Disaster Lana Del Rey Doin Time FINNEAS Let s Fall in Love for the Night twenty one pilots Level of Concern Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber Stuck with U 5 Seconds of Summer Wildflower blink 182 Happy Days Drake Toosie Slide John Legend Bigger Love twenty one pilots Level of Concern Best Quarantine Performance Video for Good CNCO MTV Unplugged at Home Chloe x Halle Do It from MTV Prom Athon DJ D Nice Club MTV Presents DanceTogether Lady Gaga Smile from One World Together At Home John Legend TogetherAtHome Concert Series Post Malone Nirvana Tribute H E R I Can t Breathe Billie Eilish All the Good Girls Go to Hell Lil Baby The Bigger Picture Demi Lovato I Love Me Anderson Paak Lockdown Taylor Swift The Man Best Direction Best Art Direction Taylor Swift The Man Director Taylor Swift Doja Cat Say So Director Hannah Lux Davis Billie Eilish Xanny Director Billie Eilish Dua Lipa Don t Start Now Director Nabil Harry Styles Adore You Director Dave Meyers The Weeknd Blinding Lights Director Anton Tammi Miley Cyrus Mother s Daughter Art Director Christian Stone A AP Rocky Babushka Boi Art Directors A AP Rocky Nadia Lee Cohen and Brittany Porter Selena Gomez Boyfriend Art Director Tatiana Van Sauter Dua Lipa Physical Art Director Anna Colome Nogu Harry Styles Adore You Art Director Laura Ellis Cricks Taylor Swift Lover Art Director Kurt Gefke Best Choreography Best Cinematography BTS On Choreographers The Lab and Son Sung Deuk CNCO and Natti Natasha Honey Boo Choreographer Kyle Hanagami DaBaby Bop Choreographers DaniLeigh and Cherry Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande Rain on Me Choreographer Richy Jackson Dua Lipa Physical Choreographer Charm La Donna Normani Motivation Choreographer Sean Bankhead Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande Rain on Me Director of Photography Michael Merriman 5 Seconds of Summer Old Me Director of Photography Kieran Fowler Camila Cabello featuring DaBaby My Oh My Director of Photography Scott Cunningham Billie Eilish All the Good Girls Go to Hell Director of Photography Christopher Probst Katy Perry Harleys in Hawaii Director of Photography Arnau Valls The Weeknd Blinding Lights Director of Photography Oliver Millar Best Editing Best Visual Effects Miley Cyrus Mother s Daughter Editors Alexandre Moors and Nuno Xico James Blake Can t Believe the Way We Flow Editor Frank Lebon Halsey Graveyard Editors Emille Aubry Janne Vartia and Tim Montana Lizzo Good as Hell Editors Russell Santos and Sofia Kerpan Rosalia A Pale Editor Andre Jones The Weeknd Blinding Lights Editors Janne Vartia and Tim Montana Dua Lipa Physical Visual Effects EIGHTY4 and Mathematic Billie Eilish All the Good Girls Go to Hell Visual Effects Drive Studio Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande Rain on Me Visual Effects Ingenuity Studios Demi Lovato I Love Me Visual Effects Hoody FX Travis Scott Highest in the Room Visual Effects Ingenuity Studios Harry Styles Adore You Visual Effects Mathematic Song of Summer Everyday Heroes Frontline Medical Workers Blackpink How You Like That Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion WAP Miley Cyrus Midnight Sky DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch Rockstar DJ Khaled featuring Drake Popstar Doja Cat Say So Jack Harlow Whats Poppin Lil Baby featuring 42 Dugg We Paid Dua Lipa Break My Heart Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyonce Savage Remix Pop Smoke featuring 50 Cent and Roddy Ricch The Woo Saint Jhn Roses Saweetie Tap In Harry Styles Watermelon Sugar Taylor Swift Cardigan The Weeknd Blinding Lights Jason TikTok Doc Campbell Dr Elvis Francois and Dr William Robinson Imagine Jefferson University Hospital s Swab Squad Level Up Lori Marie Key Amazing Grace Dr Nate Wood Lean on Me MTV Tricon Award Lady GagaReferences edit Countryman Eli August 6 2020 Keke Palmer to Host 2020 MTV Video Music Awards Variety Archived from the original on 8 August 2020 Retrieved 24 August 2020 Daly Rhian August 31 2020 MTV VMAs 2020 dedicated to Chadwick Boseman His impact lives forever NME Archived from the original on 1 September 2020 Retrieved 3 October 2020 Porter Rick 31 August 2020 TV Ratings VMAs Slip on Air Draw Big Social Media Crowd The Hollywood Reporter Archived from the 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