MTV announced the four social categories and their nominees for its 2024 Video Music Awards. The categories that fans can vote on include song of summer, presented by Hilton, best group and two all-new categories with VMAs most iconic performance and best trending video. Voting for the categories will be hosted on MTV’s Instagram Story. The best trending video category “celebrates the artist’s videos and/or songs inspired fandoms to generate tremendous content related to the video and/or song.” Nominees include Beyoncé, Camila Cabello ft. Playboi Carti, Chappell Roan, Charli xcx, Megan Thee Stallion ft. Yuki Chiba and Tinashe. Fans can start voting on Sept. 2 at 11 a.m. ET with voting ending on Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. ET. The best group category honors a “favorite group across all genres.” Nominees include NSYNC, Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, NCT Dream, NewJeans, SEVENTEEN, TOMORROW X TOGETHER and Twenty One Pilots. Voting begins on Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. ET and closes Sept. 6 at 11 a.m. ET. The favorite Summer 2024 hit will be honored with the song of the summer category, presented by Hilton. Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Kendrick Lamar, Swift and SZA are among the nominees. Fans can vote for this category starting Sept. 6 at 11 a.m. ET until Sept. 10 at 11 am ET. Lastly, the final category fans can vote on is the show’s most iconic performance in years past. Performances include the memorable kiss that took place onstage during Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Madonna and Missy Elliot’s mash-up performance of “Like a Virgin” and “Hollywood”; Beyoncé’s pregnancy reveal after performing “Love on Top”; and Swift’s first VMAs performance with “You Belong With Me.” Voting begins Sept. 10 at 11 a.m. ET and concludes Sept. 11 at 11 a.m. ET. On Friday, MTV also announced a “Bonus Week” of voting across general categories, which is now closing Sept. 6 at 6 p.m. ET. Voting for the coveted video of the year, presented by Burger King, and best new artist, presented by DraftKings, will remain active going into the show. The VMAs will return to New York and will take place at Long Island’s UBS Arena on Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Swift, for the second consecutive year, leads the nominations with 12. The singer-songwriter’s song “Fortnight” has secured nine nominations, including video of the year, song of the year, best collaboration, best direction, best cinematography, best editing, best visual effects, best direction and now best trending video. Swift is also nominated for artist of the year and best pop. Other top nominees include Post Malone (11), Eminem (8), Ariana Grande, Megan Thee Stallion, Sabrina Carpenter & SZA (7 each); Benson Boone, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Charli xcx, GloRilla, LISA, Olivia Rodrigo & Teddy Swims (4 each). Full list of nominees in the social categories are listed below. Best Trending Video Beyoncé – “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” – Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records Camila Cabello ft. Playboi Carti – “I LUV IT” – Geffen / Interscope Records Chappell Roan – “HOT TO GO!” – Amusement Records / Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Charli xcx – “Apple” – Atlantic Records Megan Thee Stallion ft. Yuki Chiba – “Mamushi” – Hot Girl Productions Tinashe – “Nasty” – Nice Life Recording Company Best Group NSYNC – RCA Records Coldplay – Atlantic Records Imagine Dragons – KIDinaKorner / Interscope Records NCT Dream – SM Entertainment / Virgin Music Group NewJeans – ADOR / Geffen Records SEVENTEEN – PLEDIS Entertainment / Geffen Records TOMORROW X TOGETHER – BIGHIT MUSIC / IMPERIAL / Republic Records Twenty One Pilots – Fueled By Ramen Song of the Summer Ariana Grande – “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” – Republic Records Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things” – Night Street Records, Inc. / Warner Records Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” – Darkroom / Interscope Records Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!” – Amusement Records / Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Charli xcx & Billie Eilish – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish” – Atlantic Records Eminem – “Houdini” – Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – “Like That” – Wilburn Holding Co. / Boominati / Epic / Republic GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion – “Wanna Be” – CMG / Interscope Records Hozier – “Too Sweet” – Columbia Records Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – pgLang, under exclusive license to Interscope Records Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen – “I Had Some Help” – Mercury / Republic / Big Loud Sabrina Carpenter – “Please Please Please” – Island Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – American Dogwood / EMPIRE SZA – “Saturn” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – “Fortnight” – Republic Records Tommy Richman – “MILLION DOLLAR BABY” – ISO Supremacy / PULSE Records / Concord VMAs Most Iconic Performance Beyoncé – “Love on Top” Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Missy Elliot – “Like a Virgin” & “Hollywood” Eminem – “Real Slim Shady” & “The Way I Am” Katy Perry – “Roar” Lady Gaga – “Paparazzi” Madonna – “Like a Virgin” Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me”
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