MTV released the nominees for four categories for the 2023 Video Music Awards (VMAs) that will be held on Sept. 12 at Prudential Center in New Jersey.
For Song of Summer (voting starts Sept. 7), BTS member Jungkook’s “Seven (feat. Latto)” is nominated along with Tomorrow X Together (TXT) and Jonas Brothers’ "Do It Like That" and rookie girl group Fifty Fifty’s “Cupid.”
(Clockwise from top left) Tomorrow X Together, BLACKPINK, Seventeen, NewJeans, Fifty Fifty and BTS' Jungkook (Photos from VMAs)
For Group of the Year (voting starts Sept. 4), BLACKPINK, Seventeen, Tomorrow X Together, Fifty Fifty and NewJeans are nominated. BLACKPINK also bagged a nomination for Show of Summer.
BLACKPINK scored a total of six nominations. Earlier, BLACKPINK bagged four nominations at the VMAs for Best K-Pop, Best Choreography, Best Art Direction and Best Editing, all for “Pink Venom.”
TXT got a total of four nominations. They were earlier nominated for Push Performance of the Year and Best K-pop for “Sugar Rush Ride.”
The other nominees for Best K-pop are Aespa, “Girls”; BLACKPINK, “Pink Venom”; Fifty Fifty, “Cupid”; Seventeen, “Super”; and Stray Kids, “S-Class.”
Here are the new nominees at the MTV VMAs:
Song of Summer
BTS’ Jungkook - “Seven (feat. Latto)”
Tomorrow X Together and Jonas Brothers - "Do It Like That"
Fifty Fifty - “Cupid"
Beyoncé - "Cuff It"
Billie Eilish - "What Was I Made For? (From The Motion Picture Barbie)"
Doja Cat - "Paint the Town Red"
Doechii ft. Kodak Black - "What It Is (Block Boy)"
Dua Lipa - "Dance the Night (From the Barbie Album)"
Gunna - "fukumean"
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice - "Barbie World (with Aqua) [From Barbie The Album]"
Olivia Rodrigo - "vampire"
SZA - "Kill Bill"
Taylor Swift ft. Ice Spice - "Karma"
Luke Combs - "Fast Car"
Troye Sivan - "Rush"
Yng Lvcas & Peso Pluma - "La Bebe (Remix)"
Group of the Year
BLACKPINK
Seventeen
Tomorrow X Together
NewJeans
Fifty Fifty
FLO
Jonas Brothers
Måneskin
Show of the Summer
BLACKPINK
Beyoncé
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Karol G
Taylor Swift
Album of the Year
Beyoncé - Renaissance
Drake & 21 Savage - Her Loss
Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains
Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation
SZA - SOS
Taylor Swift - Midnights