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GloRilla may have been new to the VMAs, but the Memphis-bred MC made a splashy debut at MTV awards show Wednesday (Sept. 11) with a tough-as-nails medley that proved she’d earned her four nominations and primo performance spot near the end of the three-hour telecast. Dressed in a floor-length pinstriped black overcoat and matching baseball hat, the rapper opened with her crunk-inspired smash “Yeah Glo!,” which hit No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 earlier this year, while running up to No. 7 on the hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart and cracking the No. 1 spot on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay…
Taylor Swift has won the grand prize of the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, taking home video of the year for her self-directed “Fortnight” music video on Wednesday (Sept. 11). And while she was giving her acceptance speech, she made sure to thank Travis Kelce as well as remind fans to vote in the upcoming presidential election. After taking her newest Moon Person from host and presenter Megan Thee Stallion and directing duet partner Post Malone to join her on the stage, the 34-year-old pop star told the crowd that “directing this video and putting it together and writing it…
Taylor Swift won seven awards at the 2024 VMAs, which were held at UBS Arena in New York on Wednesday (Sept. 11). This brings Swift’s career total of Moonpersons to an even 30, which enables her to sprint past Beyoncé as the top winner in the show’s history. Bey has won 27 awards. Swift won five of her awards in tandem with Post Malone, her collaborator on the smash “Fortnight.” That put him second in the night’s award count. “Fortnight” won video of the year. It’s the third year in a row – and the fifth year overall – that…
Taylor Swift and Eminem both made history at the 2024 VMAs, which were held at UBS Arena in New York on Wednesday (Sept. 11). Swift won seven awards, which brings her career total of Moonpersons to an even 30. This enables her to sprint past Beyoncé as the top winner in the show’s history. Eminem won two awards, which allows him to pull ahead of Peter Gabriel as the top male winner in the show’s history. A lot of the awards went as expected. Coming off a historic run of success in the past two years, it was likely that…
Camila Cabello made her highly anticipated return to the MTV Video Music Awards stage on Wednesday (Sept. 11). On the heels of delivering her C,XOXO (Magic City Edition) deluxe earlier in September, Cabello has stepped into a new era as she traded out the blonde hair for her natural brunette locks. Along with jumping to the dark side, the Fifth Harmony alum snuck in a shortened version of “June Gloom” to serve as the pensive introduction leading into her stirring “Godspeed” performance. Wearing a ripped white dress and strappy heels, the singer stepped into a glass case along with the…
From Katy Perry making out with her husband to Sabrina Carpenter making out with an alien, there were countless must-see moments from Wednesday night’s (Sept. 11) 2024 MTV Video Music Awards — and we have all the best photos here so you can relive the highlights. Perry was the night’s Video Vanguard Award winner, and in addition to performing a career-spanning medley of hits — and debuting her brand-new song “I’m His, He’s Mine” with guest rapper Doechii and an interpolation of Crystal Waters’ early ’90s dance hit “Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless)” — she was also introduced by her husband,…
Rap icon LL Cool J took the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards for the first time in nearly 30 years on Wednesday night (Sept. 11) to lead a tribute to the legendary Def Jam record label, which (like the VMAs themselves) celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. LL was introduced by fellow hip-hop great Busta Rhymes, who called him a “true trailblazer… also my hero. He’s not only a hip-hop innovator, he’s not only a godfather, big homie and a mentor — he was the first artist to release an album on Def Jam, and a force to…
Taylor Swift isn’t the only famous cat lady throwing her support behind Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and VP candidate Tim Walz. In a missive posted to Instagram on Wednesday night (Sept. 11), Linda Ronstadt gave the two her endorsement, but not before writing a scathing screed directed at former president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who is holding a rally Thursday (Sept. 12) in a Tucson, Arizona hall named after the legendary singer. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “It saddens me to see the former President bring his hate show…
Benson Boone has lit up the charts — and the fashion blogs — all year with his breakthrough hit, “Beautiful Things,” and his unique sartorial taste. Which is why it was no surprise that the mustachioed crooner from Washington whose penchant for sleeveless denim vests and gauzy shirts have inspired robust “What to Wear to Benson Boone” TikTok and Pinterest pages brought the looks to the 2024 MTV VMAs on Wednesday (Sept. 11). Seated at a black grand piano for a moving performance of his breakthrough No. 2 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Beautiful Things,” Boone crooned the ballad from his…
Rock and roll icon Lenny Kravitz performed a ripping three-song medley at the MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday (Sept. 11). Introduced by British singer-songwriter Suki Waterhouse — who called him a “rock God with a sound completely his own” — Kravitz started his set with his signature 1993 classic “Are You Gonna Go My Way,” wearing a white boa and a barely-there silver-fringe vest. He then segued seamlessly into his disco-tinged 2024 single “Human,” flanked by backing dancers and going back-to-back with his open-vested co-guitarist. Kravitz ended the medley with a performance of “Fly,” the Quavo-featuring reinvention of his…