2018_MTV_Video_Music_Awards

2018 MTV Video Music Awards

2018 MTV Video Music Awards

Award ceremony

The 2018 MTV Video Music Awards were held on Monday night, August 20, 2018 at 9:00–11:43pm EDT at Radio City Music Hall in Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan, New York City.[1] The 35th annual award show aired live from the venue for the 12th time, the most of any previous venue in its history.[2] Cardi B led the list of nominees with twelve nominations. Cardi and Childish Gambino were the most awarded of the night with three each.[3][4] Camila Cabello won Video of the Year and Artist of the Year,[5] while Jennifer Lopez became the first Latino to receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. This edition of the MTV Video Music Awards saw yet another severe drop in ratings, only achieving a mere 2.2 million viewers on MTV, and only seeing 4.87 million viewers on all of its sister networks.[6]

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Performances

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Presenters

Pre-show

  • Terrence J – presented Song of Summer and Push Artist of the Year

Main show

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Winners and nominees

The nominees for most categories were revealed on July 16, 2018, via an IGTV video. Nominees for Song of Summer, however, were announced on August 13, 2018. Cardi B had the most nominations with 12,[2] with The Carters behind with 8, while Childish Gambino and Drake both received 7 nominations each.[9][10] Winners were announced on August 20, 2018, on the Video Music Awards broadcast.[11]

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Artists with multiple wins and nominations

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Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly's writer Darren Franich gave the show a B− and said, "MTV's tagline for the 2018 Video Music Awards was 'Everything might happen.' Hey, they said might. The 35th VMAs had some fiery performances, but the show never quite sparked [...] This was a reasonably satisfying awards show, not the boring trainwreck some VMAs have been, not the exciting trainwreck supernova some VMAs dare to be."[13] For Variety, Daniel D'addario said, "There was a time when the VMAs were a change-of-season status report on pop: As MTV’s target audience heads back to school and those slightly outside that audience get ready to turn their mind to graver things, the pop world had historically united to put on a show that could carry viewers into the fall." and unfavorably compared it to the 2013 show line up.[14] In Billboard, Leila Cobo wrote, "although this year's awards haven't escaped criticism, it hasn't been for lack of Latin power," noting that "Maluma, Cardi B, Jennifer Lopez and Camila Cabello (finally) put Latin music center stage at VMAs."[15]

Award ceremony gallery
  • Ariana Grande
  • Ariana Grande performing "God is a Woman"
  • Nicki Minaj
  • Nicki Minaj's performance
  • Jennifer Lopez
  • Jennifer Lopez's performance
  • Shawn Mendes
  • Shawn Mendes performing "In My Blood"
  • DJ Khaled
  • Cardi B
  • Iggy Azalea
  • Camila Cabello
  • Rita Ora
  • Sofia Carson
  • Madison Beer
  • Sabrina Carpenter
  • Blake Lively
  • Kylie Jenner
  • Bebe Rexha
  • Olivia Munn
  • Shay Mitchell

See also

References

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    Schulman, Alissa (August 15, 2018). "Everything You Need To Know About The 2018 MTV Video Music Awards". MTV News. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
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    Mesfin Fekadu (August 20, 2018). "MTV VMAs to feature Cardi B, J. Lo and Aretha tribute". The Washington Post. Associated Press. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
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    "MTV VMAs: Madonna tribute to Aretha Franklin proves divisive as Camila Cabello wins big". Guardian. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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    "MTV Video Music Awards: The Complete Winners List". 21 August 2018.
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    Porter, Rick (August 21, 2018). "TV Ratings: Video Music Awards Hit All-Time Low on MTV". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
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    Roth, Madeline (August 14, 2018). "Backstreet Boys, Bazzi, And Bryce Vine Will Make the VMA Pre-Show Larger Than Life". MTV News. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
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    "MTV VMAs 2018 presenters: Tiffany Haddish, Millie Bobby Brown, more | EW.com". Entertainment Weekly.
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    "Cardi B & The Carters Lead 2018 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations". Billboard. July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
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    "MTV announces 2018 "vmas" nominations". MTV Press. July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
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    "VMAs: Camila Cabello Wins Video of the Year for "Havana"; Complete List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
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    Lewis, Hilary (July 31, 2018). "VMAs: Jennifer Lopez to Receive Video Vanguard Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
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    Franich, Darren (August 21, 2018). "MTV's shiny VMAs was heavy on glitz, light on soul: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
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    D'addario, Daniel (August 21, 2018). "TV Review: MTV's Video Music Awards Were Low on Star Power". Variety. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  15. [15]
    Cobo, Leila (August 21, 2018). "Maluma, Cardi B, Jennifer Lopez & Camila Cabello (Finally) Put Latin Music Center Stage at VMAs". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
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