2020 MTV Video Music Awards

The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards are to be held on August 30, 2020, in New York City.
== Ceremony information ==
The ceremony was originally scheduled to be held at Barclays Center for the first time since 2013. 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".[2] New one-off award categories for "quarantine performance" and home-filmed music videos were also added.[3]
On August 7, MTV announced that it had scrapped the indoor component of the ceremony at Barclays Center after "close consultation with state and local health officials", and that the show would be conducted in an outdoor format across the city. Barclays Center will host the ceremony in 2021.[4]
On August 21, it was announced that the ceremony will be simulcast by ViacomCBS sister network The CW, marking the first time the VMAs have ever been broadcast on terrestrial television in the United States.[5]
==Performances==
 List of musical performances
Artist(s) 	Song(s)
Pre-show 	Pre-show
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 	Main show
The Weeknd 	"Blinding Lights"
DaBaby 	Medley"Peep Hole""Blind""Rockstar"
Miley Cyrus 	"Midnight Sky"
Maluma 	"Hawái"
BTS 	"Dynamite"
Lady GagaAriana Grande 	Tricon Award Medley"Chromatica II""911""Rain on Me""Stupid Love"
JP SaxeJulia Michaels 	"If the World Was Ending"
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 pulled out of the event.
==Presenters==
Presenters were announced on August 27.
===Pre-show===
* Nessa and Jamila Mustafa (Co-hosts) – presented Best Group and Best K-Pop
* Travis Mills and Kevan Kenney (Celebrity correspondents)
* Travis Mills – presented Best Alternative
===Main show===
* Keke Palmer (Host)
* 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&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 Year
==Winners and nominees==
On July 23, 2020, seventeen Push Best New Artist pre-nominees were announced. Fan voting for most categories took place from July 30 to August 23. Nominees for most other categories were revealed on July 30. Nominations for remaining categories were announced August 24. The Push Best New Artist category was narrowed down to three finalists on August 24 and voting moved to Twitter, where it will continue until August 28. Voting for Best Group and Song of Summer ran from August 24 to August 26 and August 26 to August 28, respectively. The voting process for both categories happened through MTV's Instagram stories.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold
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
 	
Push Best New Artist 	Best Collaboration
 	
Best Pop 	Best Hip Hop
 	
Best R&B 	Best K-Pop
 	
Best Latin 	Best Rock
 	
Best Alternative 	Best Music Video from Home
 	
Best Quarantine Performance	Video for Good
 	
Best Direction 	Best Art Direction
 	
Best Choreography 	Best Cinematography
 	
Best Editing 	Best Visual Effects
 	
Song of Summer 	Everyday Heroes: Frontline Medical Workers
 	
* Jason "Tik Tok 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 	MTV Tricon Award
Lady Gaga 	Lady Gaga
==References==
==External links==
* Official website
Category:Awards