This year's VMAs will air live from New Jersey's Prudential Center on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
Get excited, music lovers -- one of the biggest nights for music and music videos is shaping up to be an unforgettable one! On Thursday, it was announced Lil Wayne, a nominee this year for Best Hip-Hop, will make a long-awaited return to the MTV Video Music Awards stage with his first performance in more than a decade -- but that's not all.
The rapper will perform his new single,"Kat Food" -- set to drop on Friday -- live for the first time come Sept. 12. performances does not stop with Lil Wayne. MTV revealed Anitta, Doja Cat, Kelsea Ballerini, and TOMORROW X TOGETHER will also take the stage for their own performances inside New Jersey's Prudential Center. It was previously announced Demi Lovato, Karol G, Måneskin, and Stray Kids are set to entertain viewers across the country during the awards show. Lovato returns for her first VMAs performance in six years, which comes mere days before she drops her highly anticipated new album, The new album features rock versions of her hit songs, including the recently released rock versions of"Confident,""Heart Attack,""Cool for the Summer" and"Sorry Not Sorry," featuring Slash. The award-winning singer has previously been nominated 14 times and is up for two categories this year: Best Pop and Video for Good. Taking a break from her first-ever stadium tour, Karol G will make her debut on the MTV VMAs stage and compete for her first win in three categories, including Artist of the Year. Måneskin makes their return after their history-making win for Best Alternative last year. This time around, the globally dominating rockers set their much-anticipated return to the storied MTV stage for the world premiere performance of their forthcoming new single,"HONEY ," dropping Sept. 1. The group is also up for Best Rock, again setting records as the first Italian act to be nominated for two consecutive years in a main show category. Global K-Pop mavens Stray Kids will also be making their debut, marking their first time performing at the VMAs with the U.S. broadcast premiere of"S-CLASS," off their latest record-breaking #1 album, . The group is in the running to claim their first MTV Moon Person for Best K-Pop, the same category which earned them their first VMAs nomination last year. leading the pack with an impressive eight nominations and SZA following up with six total nominations. Doja Cat, Kim Petras, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo and Sam Smith trail close behind with five noms each. Additionally, this year's VMAs will also see a record-setting 35 first-time nominees, including GloRilla, Ice Spice, Metro Boomin, Peso Pluma, PinkPantheress, Reneé Rapp, and many others.
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