MTV Video Music Awards 2021 Nominations List: Justin Bieber, Megan Thee Stallion, Billie Eilish Score Top Nods
Pop singer Justin Bieber and rapper Megan Thee Stallion are leading the nominations for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards with seven and six nods, respectively.
Pop
singer
Justin
Bieber
and
rapper
Megan
Thee
Stallion
are
leading
the
nominations
for
the
2021
MTV
Video
Music
Awards
with
seven
and
six
nods,
respectively.
Both
are
up
for
the
artist
of
the
year
awards.
The
nominations
were
announced
on
Wednesday
(August
11)
ahead
of
next
month's
ceremony
on
September
12,
is
all
set
to
welcome
back
fans
as
part
of
a
live
audience.
Meanwhile,
other
artists
scoring
five
nominations
include
Billie
Eilish,
BTS,
Doja
Cat,
Drake,
Giveon,
Lil
Nas
X
and
first-time
contender
Olivia
Rodrigo.
Cardi
B,
Dua
Lipa
and
Taylor
Swift
received
four
nods
each,
followed
by
Ariana
Grande,
Beyonce,
Bruno
Mars,
Ed
Sheeran
and
Foo
Fighters
each
scoring
three
nominations.
According
to
reports,
this
year,
The
Video
Music
Awards
are
set
to
air
live
from
Brooklyn's
Barclays
Center,
which
served
as
the
site
of
the
award
event
in
2013.
Due
to
the
pandemic,
the
VMA's
took
place
without
a
live
audience
with
pre-recorded
performances.
Here's
the
full
list:
Video
Of
The
Year
Cardi
B
ft.
Megan
Thee
Stallion
-
"WAP"
DJ
Khaled
ft.
Drake
-
"Popstar"
(starring
Justin
Bieber)
Doja
Cat
ft.
SZA
-
"Kiss
Me
More"
Ed
Sheeran
-
"Bad
Habits"
Lil
Nas
X
-
"Montero
(Call
Me
By
Your
Name)"
The
Weeknd
-
"Save
Your
Tears"
Artiste
Of
The
Year
Ariana
Grande
Doja
Cat
Justin
Bieber
Megan
Thee
Stallion
Olivia
Rodrigo
Taylor
Swift
Song
Of
The
Year
24kGoldn
ft.
Iann
Dior
-
"Mood"
Bruno
Mars,
Anderson
.Paak,
Silk
Sonic
-
"Leave
the
Door
Open"
BTS
-
"Dynamite"
Cardi
B
ft.
Megan
Thee
Stallion
-
"WAP"
Dua
Lipa
-
"Levitating"
Olivia
Rodrigo
-
"Drivers
License"
Best
New
Artist
24kGoldn
Giveon
The
Kid
LAROI
Olivia
Rodrigo
Polo
G
Saweetie
Push
Performance
Of
The
Year
September
2020:
Wallows
-
"Are
You
Bored
Yet?"
October
2020:
Ashnikko
-
"Daisy"
November
2020:
SAINt
JHN
-
"Gorgeous"
December
2020:
24kGoldn
-
"Coco"
January
2021:
JC
Stewart
-
"Break
My
Heart"
February
2021:
Latto
-
"Sex
Lies"
March
2021:
Madison
Beer
-
"Selfish"
April
2021:
The
Kid
LAROI
-
"Without
You"
May
2021:
Olivia
Rodrigo
-
"drivers
license"
June
2021:
girl
in
red
"Serotonin"
July
2021:
Foushe
-
"my
slime"
August
2021:
jxdn
a"
"Think
About
Me"
Best
Collaboration
24kGoldn
ft.
Iann
Dior
-
"Mood"
Cardi
B
ft.
Megan
Thee
Stallion
-
"WAP"
Doja
Cat
ft.
SZA
-
"Kiss
Me
More"
Drake
ft.
Lil
Durk
-
"Laugh
Now
Cry
Later"
Justin
Bieber
ft.
Daniel
Caesar,
Giveon
-
"Peaches"
Miley
Cyrus
ft.
Dua
Lipa
-
"Prisoner"
Best
Pop
Ariana
Grande
-
"Positions"
Billie
Eilish
-
"Therefore
I
Am"
BTS
-
"Butter"
Harry
Styles
-
"Treat
People
With
Kindness"
Justin
Bieber
ft.
Daniel
Caesar,
Giveon
-
"Peaches"
Olivia
Rodrigo
-
"Good
4
U"
Shawn
Mendes
-
"Wonder"
Taylor
Swift
-
"Willow"
Best
Hip-Hop
Cardi
B
ft.
Megan
Thee
Stallion
-
"WAP"
Drake
ft.
Lil
Durk
-
"Laugh
Now
Cry
Later"
Lil
Baby
ft.
Megan
Thee
Stallion
-
"On
Me
(remix)"
Moneybagg
Yo
-
"Said
Sum"
Polo
G
-
"RAPSTAR"
Travis
Scott
ft.
Young
Thug
&
M.I.A.
-
"Franchise"
Best
Rock
Evanescence
-
"Use
My
Voice"
Foo
Fighters
-
"Shame
Shame"
John
Mayer
-
"Last
Train
Home"
The
Killers
-
"My
Own
Soul's
Warning"
Kings
Of
Leon
-
"The
Bandit"
Lenny
Kravitz
-
"Raise
Vibration"
Best
Alternative
Bleachers
-
"Stop
Making
This
Hurt"
Glass
Animals
-
"Heat
Waves"
Imagine
Dragons
-
"Follow
You"
Machine
Gun
Kelly
ft.
Blackbear
-
"My
Ex's
Best
Friend"
Twenty
One
Pilots
-
"Shy
Away"
Willow
ft.
Travis
Barker
-
"Transparent
Soul"
Best
Latin
Bad
Bunny
x
Jhay
Cortez
-
"DAikiti"
Billie
Eilish
&
ROSALAA
-
"Lo
Vas
A
Olvidar"
Black
Eyed
Peas
and
Shakira
-
"Girl
Like
Me"
J.
Balvin,
Dua
Lipa,
Bad
Bunny,
Tainy
-
"Un
Dia
(One
Day)"
Karol
G
-
"Bichota"
Maluma
-
"HawAii"
Best
R&B
Beyonce,
Blue
Ivy,
SAINt
JHN,
WizKid
-
"Brown
Skin
Girl"
Bruno
Mars,
Anderson
.Paak,
Silk
Sonic
-
"Leave
the
Door
Open"
Chris
Brown
and
Young
Thug
-
"Go
Crazy"
Giveon
-
"Heartbreak
Anniversary"
H.E.R.
ft.
Chris
Brown
-
"Come
Through"
SZA
-
"Good
Days"
(G)I-DLE
-
"DUMDi
DUMDi"
BLACKPINK
and
Selena
Gomez
-
"Ice
Cream"
BTS
-
"Butter"
Monsta
X
-
"Gambler"
SEVENTEEN
-
"Ready
to
love"
TWICE
-
"Alcohol-Free"
Video
for
good
Billie
Eilish
-
"Your
Power"
Demi
Lovato
-
"Dancing
With
the
Devil"
H.E.R.
-
"Fight
For
You"
Kane
Brown
-
"Worldwide
Beautiful"
Lil
Nas
X
-
"Montero
(Call
Me
By
Your
Name)"
Pharrell
Williams
ft.
Jay-Z
-
"Entrepreneur"
Best
Direction
Billie
Eilish
-
"Your
Power"
-
Directed
by:
Billie
Eilish
DJ
Khaled
ft.
Drake
-
"Popstar"
(starring
Justin
Bieber)
-
Directed
by:
Julien
Christian
Lutz
aka
Director
X
Lil
Nas
X
-
"Montero
(Call
Me
By
Your
Name)"
a"
Directed
by:
Lil
Nas
X
and
Tanu
Muino
Taylor
Swift
-
"Willow"
-
Directed
by:
Taylor
Swift
Travis
Scott
ft.
Young
Thug
&
M.I.A
-
"Franchise"
-
Directed
by:
Travis
Scott
Tyler,
The
Creator
-
"Lumberjack"
-
Directed
by:
Wolf
Haley
Best
Cinematography
Beyonce,
Blue
Ivy,
SAINt
JHN,
WizKid
by
"Brown
Skin
Girl"
a"
by:
Benoit
Soler,
Malik
H.
Sayeed,
Mohammed
Atta
Ahmed,
Santiago
Gonzalez,
Ryan
Helfant
Billie
Eilish
"Therefore
I
Am"
by:
Rob
Witt
Foo
Fighters
"Shame
Shame"
by:
Santiago
Gonzalez
Justin
Bieber
ft.
Chance
The
Rapper
"Holy"
by:
Elias
Talbot
Lady
Gaga
"911"
by:
Jeff
Cronenweth
Lorde
"Solar
Power"
by:
Andrew
Stroud
Beyonce,
Shatta
Wale,
Major
Lazer
-
"Already"
-
Art
Direction
by:
Susan
Linns,
Gerard
Santos
Ed
Sheeran
-
"Bad
Habits"
-
Art
Direction
by:
Alison
Dominitz
Lady
Gaga
-
"911"
-
Art
Direction
by:
Tom
Foden,
Peter
Andrus
Lil
Nas
X
-
"Montero
(Call
Me
By
Your
Name)"
-
Art
Direction
by:
John
Richoux
Saweetie
ft.
Doja
Cat
-
"Best
Friend"
-
Art
Direction
by:
Art
Haynes
Taylor
Swift
-
"willow"
-
Art
Direction
by:
Ethan
Tobman,
Regina
Fernandez
Best
Visual
Effect
Bella
Poarch
-
"Build
a
Bitch"
-
Visual
Effects
by:
Andrew
Donoho,
Denhov
Visuals,
Denis
Strahhov,
Rein
Jakobson,
Vahur
Kuusk,
Tatjana
Pavlik,
Yekaterina
Vetrova
Coldplay
-
"Higher
Power"
-
Visual
Effects
by:
Mathematic
Doja
Cat
&
The
Weeknd
-
"You
Right"
-
Visual
Effects
by:
La
Pac,
Anthony
Lestremau,
Julien
Missaire,
Petr
Shkolniy,
Alexi
Bailla,
Micha
Sher,
Antoine
Hache,
Mikros
MPC,
Nicolas
Huget,
Guillaume
Ho
Tsong
Fang,
Benjamin
Lenfant,
Stephane
Pivron,
MPC
Bangalore,
Chanakya
Chander,
Raju
Ganesh,
David
Rouxel
Glass
Animals
-
"Tangerine"
-
Visual
Effects
by:
Ronan
Fourreau
Lil
Nas
X
-
"Montero
(Call
Me
By
Your
Name)"
-
Visual
Effects
by:
Mathematic
P!NK
-
"All
I
Know
So
Far"
-
Visual
Effects
by:
Dave
Meyers,
Freenjoy
Inc
Best
Choreography
Ariana
Grande
-
"34+35"
-
Choreography
by:
Brian
Nicholson
&
Scott
Nicholson
BTS
-
"Butter"
-
Choreography
by:
Son
Sung
Deuk
with
BHM
Performance
Directing
Team
Ed
Sheeran
-
"Bad
Habits"
-
Choreography
by:
Natricia
Bernard
Foo
Fighters
-
"Shame
Shame"
-
Choreography
by:
Nina
McNeely
Harry
Styles
-
"Treat
People
With
Kindness"
-
Choreography
by:
Paul
Roberts
Marshmello
and
Halsey
-
"Be
Kind"
-
Choreography
by:
Dani
Vitale
Best
Editing
Bruno
Mars,
Anderson
.Paak,
Silk
Sonic
-
"Leave
the
Door
Open"
-
Editing
by:
Troy
Charbonnet
BTS
-
"Butter"
-
Editing
by:
Yong
Seok
Choi
from
Lumpens
Drake
-
"What's
Next"
-
Editing
by:
Noah
Kendal
Harry
Styles
-
aceTreat
People
With
Kindness"
-
Editing
by:
Claudia
Wass
Justin
Bieber
ft.
Daniel
Caesar,
Giveon
-
"Peaches"
-
Editing
by:
Mark
Mayr,
Vinnie
Hobbs
Miley
Cyrus
ft.
Dua
Lipa
-
"Prisoner"
The
Music
Video
Awards
ceremony
will
reportedly
be
telecasted
across
CMT,
Comedy
Central,
Logo,
MTV2,
Nickelodeon,
Paramount
Network,
Pop,
TV
Land,
VH1
and
The
CW
Network.