From that Britney Spears and Madonna onstage smooch to Beyoncé's pregnancy reveal to Lady Gaga covering herself in blood, the MTV Video Music Awards have hosted some truly memorable pop culture moments. And now, fans can vote on some of their favorites.
The 2024 VMAs have announced their four Social Categories, including: Song of Summer, presented by Hilton; Best Group; and two all-new categories, VMAs Most Iconic Performance and Best Trending Video.
The Most Iconic Performance category celebrates some of the most memorable VMAs performances in the history of the show. In addition to the aforementioned moments, performances of Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me," Eminem's “Real Slim Shady” and “The Way I Am,” Katy Perry's “Roar," and Madonna's “Like a Virgin” are also nominated.
The other new category — Best Trending Video — celebrates the artist’s videos and/or songs that inspired fandoms to generate tremendous content related to the video and/or song. As they have in the past, Best Group and Song of the Summer celebrate voters' favorite group across all genres and all-round favorite summer 2024 hit, respectively.
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Fans can vote on each of the categories on MTV's Instagram Story at the date and times listed below.
MTV has also announced a "Bonus Week" of voting across general categories, with voting now closing on Sept. 6 at 6 p.m. ET. Fans can vote for their favorites across 15 gender-neutral categories, including the highly coveted Video of the Year, by visiting vote.mtv.com. Voting for Best New Artist will remain active into the show.
See the full list of new nominees in the social categories below.
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Best Trending Video
Fans will vote starting Sept. 2 at 11 a.m. ET on @MTV Instagram Story (1 round, tap to vote); closes Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. ET.
Beyoncé – “Texas Hold 'Em” – Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records
Camila Cabello ft. Playboi Carti – “I Luv It” – Geffen / Interscope Records
Chappell Roan – “Hot to Go!” – Amusem*nt Records / Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charli XCX – “Apple” – Atlantic Records
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Yuki Chiba – “Mamushi” – Hot Girl Productions
Tinashe – “Nasty” – Nice Life Recording Company
Best Group
Fan voting will begin Tuesday, Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. ET on @MTV Instagram Story (2 Rounds bracket-style face-off, final round tap to vote); closes Sept. 6 at 11 a.m. ET.
*NSYNC – RCA Records
Coldplay – Atlantic Records
Imagine Dragons – KIDinaKorner / Interscope Records
NCT Dream – SM Entertainment / Virgin Music Group
NewJeans – ADOR / Geffen Records
Seventeen – Pledis Entertainment / Geffen Records
Tomorrow X Together – Big Hit Music / Imperial / Republic Records
Twenty One Pilots – Fueled By Ramen
Song of Summer, presented by Hilton
Fan voting will launch Friday Sept. 6 at 11 a.m. ET on @MTV Instagram Story (3 Rounds bracket-style face-off, final round tap to vote); closes Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. ET.
Ariana Grande – “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” – Republic Records
Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things” – Night Street Records, Inc. / Warner Records
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather” – Darkroom / Interscope Records
Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!” – Amusem*nt Records / Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish” – Atlantic Records
Eminem – “Houdini” – Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records
Future, Metro Boomin &Kendrick Lamar – “Like That” – Wilburn Holding Co. / Boominati / Epic / Republic
GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion – “Wanna Be” – CMG / Interscope Records
Hozier – “Too Sweet” – Columbia Records
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – pgLang, under exclusive license to Interscope Records
Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen – “I Had Some Help” – Mercury / Republic / Big Loud
Sabrina Carpenter – “Please Please Please” – Island
Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – American Dogwood / EMPIRE
SZA – “Saturn” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records
Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – “Fortnight” – Republic Records
Tommy Richman – “Million Dollar Baby” – ISO Supremacy / PULSE Records / Concord
VMAs Most Iconic Performance
24 hours of fan voting begins Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. ET on @MTV Instagram Story (1 Round, tap to vote); concludes Sept. 11 at 11 a.m. ET.
Beyoncé – “Love on Top”
Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Missy Elliott – “Like a Virgin” and “Hollywood”
Eminem – “Real Slim Shady” and “The Way I Am”
Katy Perry – “Roar”
Lady Gaga – “Paparazzi”
Madonna – “Like a Virgin”
Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me”
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The VMAs will air live on Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT from the UBS Arena on New York's Long Island.
