Il 20 agosto 2018 presso la Radio City Music Hall di New York si svolgerà la nuova edizione degli MTV Video Music Awards. Cardi B è l’artista con più nomination (10 candidature), seguita da Beyoncé e Jay-Z (8) e Childish Gambino e Drake (7) mentre Jennifer Lopez verrà premiata con il Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award alla carriera. Tra i primi nomi ad esibirsi nell’evento di MTV sono stati confermati Ariana Grande (interpreterà “God Is A Woman”), Shawn Mendes (con “In My Blood”) e Logic (con “One Day” feat. Ryan Tedder. La popstar di Boca Raton ha ottenuto cinque nomination per “No Tears Left To Cry” mentre Mendes – che arriverà in Italia nel 2019 – ne ha collezionati tre, Logic invece solamente due per “1-800-273-8255”.
I VMAs saranno visibili in diretta in Italia alle ore 02.00 di mercoledì 21 agosto 2018.
Di seguito l’elenco completo delle nomination.
Video dell’anno (Video of the Year)
- Ariana Grande — “No Tears Left to Cry”
- Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B — “Finesse”
- Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug — “Havana”
- Beyoncé e Jay-Z — “Apeshit”
- Childish Gambino — “This Is America”
- Drake — “God’s Plan”
Artista dell’anno (Artist of the Year)
- Ariana Grande
- Bruno Mars
- Camila Cabello
- Cardi B
- Drake
- Post Malone
Canzone dell’anno (Song of the Year)
- Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B — “Finesse”
- Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug — “Havana”
- Drake — “God’s Plan”
- Dua Lipa — “New Rules”
- Ed Sheeran — “Perfect”
- Post Malone featuring 21 Savage — “Rockstar”
Miglior artista esordiente (Best New Artist)
- Bazzi
- Cardi B
- Chloe x Halle
- Hayley Kiyoko
- Lil Pump
- Lil Uzi Vert
Miglior video collaborativo (Best Collaboration Video)
- Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line — “Meant to Be”
- Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B — “Finesse”
- Beyoncé e Jay-Z — “Apeshit”
- Jennifer Lopez featuring DJ Khaled e Cardi B — “Dinero”
- Logic featuring Alessia Cara e Khalid — “1-800-273-8255”
- N.E.R.D e Rihanna — “Lemon”
Miglior video pop (Best Pop Video)
- Ariana Grande — “No Tears Left to Cry”
- Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug — “Havana”
- Demi Lovato — “Sorry Not Sorry”
- Ed Sheeran — “Perfect”
- P!nk — “What About Us”
- Shawn Mendes — “In My Blood”
Miglior video hip-hop (Best Hip-Hop Video)
- Cardi B featuring 21 Savage — “Bartier Cardi”
- Beyoncé e Jay-Z — “Apeshit”
- J. Cole — “ATM”
- Drake — “God’s Plan”
- Migos featuring Drake — “Walk It Talk It”
- Nicki Minaj — “Chun-Li”
Miglior video rock (Best Rock Video)
- Fall Out Boy — “Champion”
- Foo Fighters — “The Sky Is a Neighborhood”
- Imagine Dragons — “Whatever It Takes”
- Linkin Park — “One More Light”
- Panic! at the Disco — “Say Amen (Saturday Night)”
- Thirty Seconds to Mars — “Walk on Water”
Miglior video dance (Best Dance Video)
- Avicii featuring Rita Ora — “Lonely Together”
- The Chainsmokers — “Everybody Hates Me”
- David Guetta e Sia — “Flames”
- Calvin Harris e Dua Lipa — “One Kiss”
- Marshmello featuring Khalid — “Silence”
- Zedd e Liam Payne — “Get Low”
Miglior video latino (Best Latin Video)
- J Balvin e Willy William — “Mi Gente”
- Daddy Yankee — “Dura”
- Luis Fonsi e Demi Lovato — “Échame la culpa”
- Jennifer Lopez featuring DJ Khaled e Cardi B — “Dinero”
- Maluma — “Felices los 4”
- Shakira featuring Maluma — “Chantaje”
Video with a Message
- Childish Gambino — “This Is America”
- Drake — “God’s Plan”
- Dej Loaf featuring Leon Bridges — “Liberated”
- Logic featuring Alessia Cara e Khalid — “1-800-273-8255”
- Janelle Monáe — “Pynk”
- Jessie Reyez — “Gatekeeper”
Miglior regia (Best Direction)
- Beyoncé e Jay-Z — “Apeshit (Ricky Saix)”
- Childish Gambino — “This Is America (Hiro Murai)”
- Drake — “God’s Plan (Karena Evans)”
- Shawn Mendes — “In My Blood (Jay Martin)”
- Ed Sheeran — “Perfect (Jason Koenig)”
- Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton — “Say Something (Arturo Perez Jr.)”
Migliore direzione artistica (Best Art Direction)
- Beyoncé e Jay-Z — “Apeshit (Jan Houlevigue)”
- Childish Gambino — “This Is America (Jason Kisvarday)”
- J. Cole — “ATM (Miles Mullin)”
- Janelle Monáe — “Make Me Feel (Pepper Nguyen)”
- Taylor Swift — “Look What You Made Me Do (Brett Hess)”
- SZA — “The Weekend (SZA e Solange Knowles)”
Migliore coreografia (Best Coreography)
- Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug — “Havana” (Calvit Hodge e Sara Bivens)
- Beyoncé e Jay-Z — “Apeshit” (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui e Jacquel Knight)
- Childish Gambino — “This Is America” (Sherrie Silver)
- Dua Lipa — “IDGAF” (Marion Motin)
- Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B — “Finesse” (Phil Tayag e Bruno Mars)
- Justin Timberlake — “Filthy” (Marty Kudelka, AJ Harpold, Tracey Phillips e Ivan Koumaev)
Miglior fotografia (Best Cinematography)
- Alessia Cara — “Growing Pains” (Pau Castejón)
- Beyoncé e Jay-Z — “Apeshit” (Benoit Debie)
- Childish Gambino — “This Is America” (Larkin Seiple)
- Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran — “River” (Frank Mobilio e Patrick Meller)
- Ariana Grande — “No Tears Left to Cry” (Scott Cunningham)
- Shawn Mendes — “In My Blood” (Jonathan Sela)
Miglior montaggio (Best Editing)
- Beyoncé e Jay-Z — “Apeshit” (Taylor Ward e Sam Ostrove)
- Childish Gambino — “This Is America” (Ernie Gilbert)
- Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B — “Finesse” (Jacquelyn London)
- Janelle Monáe — “Make Me Feel” (Deji Laray)
- N.E.R.D e Rihanna — “Lemon” (Taylor Ward)
- Taylor Swift — “Look What You Made Me Do” (Chancler Haynes per Cosmo)
Migliori effetti speciali (Best Visual Effects)
- Avicii featuring Rita Ora — “Lonely Together” (KPP)
- Eminem featuring Beyoncé — “Walk on Water” (Rich Lee per Drive Studios)
- Ariana Grande — “No Tears Left to Cry” (Vidal e Loris Paillier di BUF Paris)
- Kendrick Lamar e SZA — “All the Stars” (Loris Paillier di BUF Paris)
- Maroon 5 — “Wait” (Timber)
- Taylor Swift — “Look What You Made Me Do” (Ingenuity Studios)
Push Artist of the Year
- Bishop Briggs
- Chloe x Halle
- Noah Cyrus
- Tee Grizzley
- Kacy Hill
- Khalid
- Hayley Kiyoko
- Kyle
- Lil Xan
- PrettyMuch
- Jessie Reyez
- Sigrid
- SZA
- Grace VanderWaal
- Why Don’t We
Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
Jennifer Lopez