K-pop stars bag 2024 MTV Video Music Awards nominations


K-pop artists garnered nominations in the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) that will be held on Sept. 10 at UBS Arena in New York. 

Fans can vote at vote.mtv.com until Aug. 30. 

BLACKPINK member Lisa’s “Rockstar” bagged four nominations: Best K-pop, Best Editing, Best Choreography and Best Art Direction. 

BTS’ Jungkook, who is fulfilling the mandatory military service in South Korea, is nominated in two categories: Best K-pop for “Seven” and Best Collaboration with Latto. 

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Girl group Le Sserafim got nominated for MTV Push Performance of the Year. 

The nominees for Best K-pop are Jungkook ft. Latto,  "Seven"; Lisa, "Rockstar"; NCT Dream,  "Smoothie"; NewJeans, "Super Shy"; Stray Kids, "LALALALA" and Tomorrow X Together, "Deja vu."

Here are the nominees at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA):

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Ariana Grande - "we can't be friends (wait for your love)"

Billie Eilish - "LUNCH"

Doja Cat - "Paint The Town Red"

Eminem - "Houdini"

SZA - "Snooze"

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone - "Fortnight"

 

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Ariana Grande

Bad Bunny

Eminem

Sabrina Carpenter

SZA

Taylor Swift

 

SONG OF THE YEAR

Beyoncé - "TEXAS HOLD 'EM"

Jack Harlow - "Lovin On Me"

Kendrick Lamar - "Not Like Us"

Sabrina Carpenter - "Espresso"

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone - "Fortnight"

Teddy Swims - "Lose Control"

 

BEST NEW ARTIST

Benson Boone

Chappell Roan

Gracie Abrams

Shaboozey

Teddy Swims

Tyla

 

MTV PUSH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

August 2023: Kaliii - "Area Codes"

September 2023: GloRilla - "Lick or Sum"

October 2023: Benson Boone - "In The Stars"

November 2023: Coco Jones - "ICU"

December 2023: Victoria Monét - "On My Mama"

January 2024: Jessie Murph - "Wild Ones"

February 2024: Teddy Swims - "Lose Control"

March 2024: Chappell Roan - "Red Wine Supernova"

April 2024: Flyana Boss - "yeaaa"

May 2024: Laufey - "Goddess"

June 2024: Le Sserafim - "Easy"

July 2024: The Warning -- "Automatic Sun"

 

BEST COLLABORATION

Drake ft. Sexyy Red & SZA - "Rich Baby Daddy"

GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion - "Wanna Be"

Jessie Murph ft. Jelly Roll - "Wild Ones"

Jungkook ft. Latto - "Seven"

Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen - "I Had Some Help"

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone - "Fortnight"

 

BEST POP

Camila Cabello

Dua Lipa

Olivia Rodrigo

Sabrina Carpenter

Tate McRae

Taylor Swift

 

BEST HIP-HOP

Drake ft. Sexyy Red & SZA - "Rich Baby Daddy"

Eminem - "Houdini"

GloRilla - "Yeah Glo!"

Gunna - "fukumean"

Megan Thee Stallion - "BOA"

Travis Scott ft. Playboi Carti - "FE!N"

 

BEST R&B

Alicia Keys - "Lifeline"

Muni Long - "Made For Me"

SZA - "Snooze"

Tyla - "Water"

Usher, Summer Walker, 21 Savage - "Good Good"

Victoria Monét - "On My Mama"

 

BEST ALTERNATIVE

Benson Boone - "Beautiful Things"

Bleachers - "Tiny Moves"

Hozier - "Too Sweet"

Imagine Dragons - "Eyes Closed"

Linkin Park - "Friendly Fire"

Teddy Swims - "Lose Control (Live)"

 

BEST ROCK

Bon Jovi - "Legendary"

Coldplay - "feelslikeimfallinginlove"

Green Day - "Dilemma"

Kings of Leon - "Mustang"

Lenny Kravitz - "Human"

U2 - "Atomic City"

 

BEST AFROBEATS

Ayra Starr ft. Giveon - "Last Heartbreak Song"

Burna Boy - "City Boys"

Chris Brown ft. Davido & Lojay  "Sensational"

Tems - "Love Me JeJe"

Tyla - "Water"

USHER, Pheelz - "Ruin"

 

BEST LATIN

Anitta - "Mil Veces"

Bad Bunny - "MONACO"

Karol G - "MI EX TENÍA RAZÓN"

Myke Towers - "LALA"

Peso Pluma & Anitta - "BELLAKEO"

Rauw Alejandro - "Touching The Sky"

Shakira & Cardi B - "Puntería"

 

BEST K-POP

Jungkook ft. Latto - "Seven"

Lisa - "Rockstar"

NCT Dream - "Smoothie"

NewJeans - "Super Shy"

Stray Kids - "LALALALA"

Tomorrow X Together - "Deja vu"

 

VIDEO FOR GOOD

Alexander Stewart - "if you only knew"

Billie Eilish - "What Was I Made For (From The Motion Picture "Barbie")"

Coldplay - "feelslikeimfallinginlove"

Joyner Lucas & Jelly Roll - "Best For Me"

Raye - "Genesis"

Tyler Childers -- "In Your Love"

 

BEST DIRECTION

Ariana Grande - "we can't be friends (wait for your love)" -- Directed by Christian Breslauer

Bleachers - "Tiny Moves" -- Directed by Alex Lockett and Margaret Qualley

Eminem - "Houdini"-- Directed by Rich Lee

Megan Thee Stallion - "BOA" -- Directed by Daniel Iglesias Jr.

Sabrina Carpenter - "Please Please Please" -- Directed by Bardia Zeinali

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone - "Fortnight" -- Directed by Taylor Swif

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Ariana Grande - "we can't be friends (wait for your love)" -- Cinematography by Anatol Trofimov

Charli xcx - "Von dutch" -- Cinematography by Jeff Bierman

Dua Lipa - "Illusion" -- Cinematography by Nikita Kuzmenko

Olivia Rodrigo - "obsessed" -- Cinematography by Marz Miller

Rauw Alejandro - "Touching The Sky" -- Cinematography by Camilo Monsalve

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone - "Fortnight" -- Cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto

 

BEST EDITING

Anitta - "Mil Veces" -- Editing by Nick Yumul

Ariana Grande - "we can't be friends (wait for your love)" -- Editing by Luis Caraza Peimbert

Eminem - "Houdini" -- Editing by David Checel

Lisa - "Rockstar" -- Editing by Nik Kohler

Sabrina Carpenter - "Espresso" -- Editing by Jai Shukla

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone - "Fortnight" -- Editing by Chancler Haynes

 

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Bleachers -- "Tiny Moves" - Choreography by Margaret Qualley

Dua Lipa -- "Houdini" - Choreography by Charm La'Donna

LISA -- "Rockstar" - Choreography by Sean Bankhead

Rauw Alejandro - "Touching The Sky" -- Choreography by Felix “Fefe” Burgos

Tate McRae - "Greedy" -- Choreography by Sean Bankhead

Troye Sivan - "Rush" -- Choreography by Sergio Reis, Mauro Van De Kerkhof

 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Ariana Grande - "the boy is mine" -- Visual effects by Digital Axis

Eminem - "Houdini" -- Visual effects by Synapse Virtual Production, Louise Lee, Rich Lee, Metaphysic, Flawless Post

Justin Timberlake - "Selfish" -- Visual effects by Candice Dragonas

Megan Thee Stallion - "BOA" -- Visual effects by Mathematic

Olivia Rodrigo - "get him back!" -- Visual effects by Cooper Vacheron, Preston Mohr, Karen Arakelian, Justin Johnson

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone - "Fortnight" -- Visual effects by Parliament

 

BEST ART DIRECTION

Charli xcx - "360" -- Art direction by Grace Surnow

Lisa - "Rockstar" -- Art direction by Pongsan Thawatwichian

Megan Thee Stallion - "BOA" -- Art direction by Brittany Porter

Olivia Rodrigo - "bad idea right?" -- Art direction by Nicholas des Jardins

Sabrina Carpenter - "Please Please Please" -- Art direction by Nicholas des Jardins

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone - "Fortnight" -- Art direction by Ethan Tobman