Anitta, J Balvin with Ryan Castro, Marshmello x Khalid and Panic! Disco is scheduled to perform at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. The show will air live from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Sunday, August 28 at 8 pm ET/PT.
Anita will make her VMA debut with a performance of her single “Envolver,” which topped the Billboard Global Excl US chart in April. A song from her fifth studio album. Versions IAlready reached number 3 advertising panelon the Hot Latin Songs chart and at number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100. Anita’s video for the song is nominated in the Best Latin category. In addition to being his first nomination, he is the first Brazilian artist to be nominated for a VMA.
Anica! at the Disco returns to the VMAs stage for the first time since 2018 to perform their new single ‘Middle of a Breakup’. The song is part of the seventh studio album. long live revenge, which is scheduled for August 19th. Panic! Nominated for the alternative video “Viva Las Vengeance”. This is his first nomination in this category. The group won Video of the Year in 2006 for “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”, which was their first video.
Marshmello and Khalid are ready to present their collaboration “Numb”, which peaked at number 3. advertising panelon the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart and at number 60 on the Hot 100. This will be Marshmello’s VMA debut. Khalid will return to the VMAs stage for the first time since his 2017 debut with Logic and Alessia Cara for the socially conscious “1-800-273-8255”. Khalid also performed two songs, “Location” and “Young, Dumb & Broke”, on the show earlier that year. He also won the Best New Artist award that year.
Colombian star J Balvin will return to the VMA stage to perform “Nivel de Perreo” with Castro. This will be Balvin’s first VMA performance since his 2019 collaboration with Bad Bunny on “Qué Pretendes.” Balvin, a five-time VMA winner, is nominated for Best Latin Song for “In Da Getto” with Skrillex. If she wins, she will become the most decorated Latin artist in VMA history; She is currently in a relationship with Ricky Martin.
Jack Harlow, Kendrick Lamar and Lil Nas X are this year’s VMA nominees with seven hits each. These three hip-hop stars are followed by Doja Cat (nominee for Woman of the Year) and Harry Styles, who each received 6 nominations. Billie Eilish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd each received five nominations. BTS is the most nominated group or duo with four hits. The full list of nominations can be found here.
Nominations for Group of the Year and Song of the Summer, both social categories, will be announced shortly.
Fans can vote for their favorites in 22 gender-neutral categories by visiting vote.mtv.com through Friday, August 19th. Voting for Best New Artist is still active on the show.
Bruce Gilmer and Den of Thieves co-founder Jesse Ignatovich serve as executive producers; Barb Bialkowski is the executive producer. Alicia Portugal and Jackie Barba are executive producers. Wendy Plaut is the executive responsible for celebrity talent. Lisa Lauricella is a music talent executive.
This story appeared first billboard.com.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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