{"id":49142,"date":"2025-09-07T12:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T12:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/49142\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T12:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T12:39:08","slug":"the-mtv-video-music-awards-are-back-taylor-swift-and-beyonce-go-head-to-head-who-will-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/49142\/","title":{"rendered":"The MTV Video Music Awards are back. Taylor Swift and Beyonc\u00e9 go head-to-head. Who will win?"},"content":{"rendered":"

History is on the line at the VMAs.<\/p>\n

The MTV Video Music Awards<\/a> return Sunday night with more than trophies at stake: Taylor Swift and Beyonc\u00e9 are locked in a high-stakes duel to become the most awarded artist in VMAs history.<\/p>\n

Lady Gaga tops the 2025 the MTV Video Music Award nominations with 12, ending Swift\u2019s two-year run<\/a> in the top spot. But it\u2019s the \u201cThe Tortured Poets Department\u201d singer and the \u201cCowboy Carter\u201d star who may make headlines. Currently, both powerhouses are tied for the title of most career total VMAs. Each have 30.<\/a> They\u2019re also only nominated in the artist of the year category at the VMAs, so if one of them wins, they will claim victory.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear whether either star will attend the show. If Swift does, winning would give her a prominent stage to break news around her forthcoming 12th studio album, \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl,\u201d<\/a> out Oct. 3. Or she could use the spotlight to shout out fiance Travis Kelce. The pair announced their engagement<\/a> late last month in a five-photo joint post on Instagram.<\/p>\n

The VMAs, which begin at 8 p.m. Eastern and are being held at the UBS Arena on New York\u2019s Long Island \u2014 will be hosted by VMA veteran LL Cool J<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The late Ozzy Osbourne will be celebrated in fitting fashion when some of rock\u2019s biggest names take the stage in his honor. Aerosmith\u2019s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, British firebrand YUNGBLUD and Nuno Bettencourt will unite to deliver a medley of Osbourne\u2019s greatest hits, a tribute that underscores his impact on generations of musicians.<\/p>\n

Mariah Carey will receive the 2025 Video Vanguard Award. Previous recipients include Katy Perry<\/a>, Shakira,<\/a> Beyonc\u00e9 and Madonna.<\/p>\n

Busta Rhymes<\/a> will receive the first ever MTV VMA Rock the Bells Visionary Award during the show, and Ricky Martin<\/a> will be honored with the inaugural Latin Icon Award. Both will perform.<\/p>\n

Other performers will include Conan Gray, Tate McRae, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll, Post Malone, Alex Warren, J Balvin, Sabrina Carpenter and sombr.<\/p>\n

The 2025 MTV VMAs will be broadcast by CBS for the first time<\/a>. It will also be simulcast on MTV and available for streaming on Paramount+ in the United States.<\/p>\n

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AP Music Writer Maria Sherman contributed reporting from New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"History is on the line at the VMAs. The MTV Video Music Awards return Sunday night with more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[7425,36341,8163,20547,18,117,3334,19,17,36342,26293,1244,7250,978,1246,337,8166,968,969,5204,7517,8167,36343,973,122,4077,36344],"class_list":{"0":"post-49142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-alex-warren","9":"tag-beyonce-knowles","10":"tag-busta-rhymes","11":"tag-conan-gray","12":"tag-eire","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-general-news","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-joe-perry","18":"tag-lady-gaga","19":"tag-ll-cool-j","20":"tag-madonna","21":"tag-mariah-carey","22":"tag-mtv-video-music-awards","23":"tag-music","24":"tag-music-videos","25":"tag-new-york","26":"tag-new-york-city","27":"tag-ozzy-osbourne","28":"tag-ricky-martin","29":"tag-shakira","30":"tag-steven-tyler","31":"tag-taylor-swift","32":"tag-travis-kelce","33":"tag-u-s-news","34":"tag-yungblud"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}