VMA Nominations

The list for the show, airing Sunday, August 30 at 9 p.m. ET/PT — and hosted by Miley Cyrus — is lead by Taylor Swift, who is up for nine Moonmen. Following Taylor, pal Ed Sheeran has six noms and is competing against her for the coveted Video of the Year category. We doubt there will be any bad blood, though.
The nominations were announced on Apple’s Beats 1 radio show today. Check out the full list below and start voting now.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé – “7/11″
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”

BEST MALE VIDEO
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
The Weeknd – “Earned It”
Nick Jonas – “Chains”

BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Beyoncé – “7/11″
Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda”
Sia – “Elastic Heart”
Ellie Goulding – “Love Me Like You Do”

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – “See You Again”
Big Sean ft. E-40 – “I Don’t F–k With You”

BEST POP VIDEO
Beyoncé – “7/11″
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud”
Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Maroon 5 – “Sugar”

BEST ROCK VIDEO
Hozier – “Take Me To Church”
Fall Out Boy – “Uma Thurman”
Florence + the Machine – “Ship To Wreck”
Walk the Moon – “Shut Up and Dance”
Arctic Monkeys – “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?”

ARTIST TO WATCH
Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
Vance Joy – “Riptide”
George Ezra – “Budapest”
James Bay – “Hold Back The River”
FKA Twigs – “Pendulum”

BEST COLLABORATION
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood”
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk”
Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – “See You Again”
Ariana Grande & The Weeknd – “Love Me Harder”
Jessie J + Ariana Grande + Nicki Minaj – “Bang Bang”

VIDEO WITH A SOCIAL MESSAGE
Jennifer Hudson – “I Still Love You”
Colbie Caillat – “Try”
Big Sean ft. Kanye West and John Legend – “One Man Can Change the World”
Rihanna – “American Oxygen”
Wale – “The White Shoes”

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES

BEST ART DIRECTION
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood” (Charles Infante)
Snoop Dogg – “So Many Pros” (François Rousselet, Jason Fijal)
Jack White – “Would You Fight For My Love” (Jack White, Jeff Peterson)
The Chemical Brothers – “Go” (Michel Gondry)
Skrillex & Diplo – “Where Are U Now” with Justin Bieber (Brewer)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – “7/11″ (Beyoncé, Chris Grant, Additional choreography: Gabriel Valenciano)
OK Go – “I Won’t Let You Down” (OK Go, air:man and Mori Harano)
Chet Faker – “Gold” (Ryan Heffington)
Ed Sheeran – “Don’t” (Nappy Tabs)
Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Never Catch Me” (Keone and Mari Madrid)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Never Catch Me” (Larkin Sieple)
Ed Sheeran – “Thinking Out Loud” (Daniel Pearl)
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood” (Christopher Probst)
FKA Twigs – “Two Weeks” (Justin Brown)
Alt-J – “Left Hand Free” (Mike Simpson)

BEST DIRECTION
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood” (Joseph Kahn)
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk” (Bruno Mars and Cameron Duddy)
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright” (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies)
Hozier – “Take Me To Church” (Brendan Canty and Conal Thomson of Feel Good Lost)
Childish Gambino – “Sober” (Hiro Murai)

BEST EDITING
Beyoncé – “7/11″ (Beyoncé, Ed Burke, Jonathan Wing)
Ed Sheeran – “Don’t” (Jacquelyn London)
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood” (Chancler Haynes at Cosmo Street)
A$AP Rocky – “L$D” (Dexter Navy)
Skrillex & Diplo “Where Are U Now” with Justin Bieber (Brewer)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Bad Blood” (Ingenuity Studios)
FKA Twigs – “Two Weeks” (Gloria FX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi, and Max Chyzhevskyy)
Childish Gambino – “Telegraph Ave.” (Gloria FX)
Skrillex & Diplo “Where Are U Now” with Justin Bieber (Brewer, Gloria FX, and Max Chyzhevskyy)
Tyler, The Creator – “F****** Young/Death Camp” (Gloria FX)

What Time are the VMA 2018?

What Time are the VMAs 2018? Set a few calendar alerts on your phone. MTV viewers are likely to enjoy some unforgettable stage antics.

MTV has scheduled a number of their 2018 awards programming. The MTV Woodies will premiere on Wednesday, March 16, during SXSW. The MTV Movie Awards will broadcast Sunday, April 10, and the MTV Video Music Awards are off in the distance with a date set for Sunday, Aug. 28.

Taylor Swift Leads MTV EMAs With 9 Nominations. No date yet for 2018’s MTV EMAs or Fandom Awards. This year’s MTV EMAs are Oct. 25, hosted by Ed Sheeran and actress/model Ruby Rose.

Watch VMA Online

The MTV VMAs full show is now online, so you can watch it for free. The streaming link has been added to this post.

The 2018 MTV VMAs live stream was messy on Sunday, but you can still watch the online version of the show that everyone was talking about this week.

The basic cable channel has been repeating its Video Music Awards through its MTV channel, as always, just in case you ran into the streaming problems we experienced on Sunday.

At first, it only repeated the full online video on demand through its iOS andAndroid apps, which required downloading the official MTV app and logging in with your a cable provider account.

VMA Red Carpet

The 2018 MTV Video Music Awards are quite possibly the most highly-anticipated show of the year. Our favorite celebrities are nominated for various awards, and Miley Cyrus, 22, is the host of the show. One of the best parts of the epic night is the red carpet, and Taylor Swift, 25,Britney Spears, 33, Kylie Jenner, 18, and more stars are shutting it down. Be sure you see all the amazing photos now!
So many stars, so little time! From sensational outfits from the ladies to the guys making us swoon, there are so many eye-catching red carpet moments. Let’s start from the beginning.Austin & Ally’s Laura Marano, Brandi Cyrus and Kelly Osbourne were among the first to arrive. All three ladies looked incredible!

VMA Streaming

The 33rd MTV Video Music Awards 2018 will be held on Sunday  at 9pm ET and fans can expect the unexpected as the event will be hosted by pop singer Miley Cyrus. The network is offering the All Access Live Stream option for fans to watch the show online from their computers and mobile phones.

The streaming will allow fans to see un-aired audience shots and backstage footage for the 2018 edition of the show. Click here to watch the show live stream online.