The MTV Music Video Awards are set to happen tonight with a few of the largest names in music heading right down to the UBS Enviornment in Elmont, New York, within the hopes of taking house a coveted trophy.
Recent from her starring position in Wednesday, Woman Gaga shall be acting at this yr’s VMAs, alongside Sabrina Carpenter and Mariah Carey, whereas Netflix record-breakers Huntr/X are among the many presenters.
The breakout stars from Kpop Demon Hunters are additionally tipped to win track of the summer season, however they’ve stiff competitors from names together with Sabrina, Justin Bieber, Chappell Roan, Demi Lovato, Doja Cat, Morgan Wallen and Tate McRae for the trophy.
In the meantime, BLACKPINK, Backstreet Boys, Evanescence, Coldplay, the Jonas Brothers and KATSEYE are a few of the stars battling it out for the perfect group award.
It may very well be an enormous evening for Gaga, who’s main the pack with 12 nominations, with Bruno Mars, Kendrick Lamar, Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish additionally within the combine.
It was not too long ago introduced that Aerosmith rockers Steven Tyler and Joe Perry are becoming a member of compelled with Yungblud and Nuno Bettencourt for a tribute medley of Ozzy Osbourne’s largest hits, following the music legend’s demise in July.
With all of the indicators suggesting that it is going to be one other must-watch ceremony, we’ve taken a stroll down reminiscence lane to unpack a few of the wildest, and most legendary, occasions in VMAs historical past.
Britney Spears and Madonna (and Christina Aguilera) kiss – 2003
Whereas a LOT has occurred since, there isn’t a denying that the kiss between Madonna and Britney – and likewise Christina Aguilera – has gone on to change into probably the most well-known MTV second ever.
All of it started with Brit and Christina uniting on stage for a efficiency of Like A Virgin once they have been joined by the Queen of Pop herself, who lent in for a kiss with the Poisonous musician, earlier than doing the identical with the Lovely icon.
The viewers members went into meltdown over the scenes, as did these watching on from house, and Madge beforehand recommended that they might reenact the notorious smooch.
‘Hell yeah. I’ve received to. Stadiums child,’ she informed followers throughout an Instagram dwell session in 2022 when requested about future tour plans. ‘Me and Britney, what about that? It might be actually cool.
‘We might reenact the unique kiss.’
Over to you, Brit…
Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift on stage – 2009
In probably the most well-known dwell TV shocks of all time, everybody was just about shocked into silence in 2009 when Taylor Swift gained the coveted greatest video award for You Belong With Me, resulting in Kanye West interrupting her on stage throughout her acceptance speech.
He stormed up in entrance of the star-studded crowd, grabbed the microphone and declared that Beyonce ought to have gained over her.
‘I’m actually glad for you, I’m gonna allow you to end, however Beyonce had probably the greatest movies of all time,’ he uttered as she stood awkwardly beside him, clutching her moon man.
They briefly buried the hatchet and located a friendship when Taylor introduced Kanye with the Video Vanguard Award in 2015, however issues between the pair turned bitter once more quickly after – the Shake It Off singer appeared to make digs on the rapper and their historical past throughout her current Eras tour.
Fifth Concord get shady – 2017
Fifth Concord had everybody speaking when then they carried out on the annual ceremony in 2017 shortly after Camila Cabello left the group.
Remaining members Ally Brooke, Dinah Jane, Lauren Jauregui and Normani Kordei had beforehand launched an announcement on her exit, sharing their harm over how issues had transpired and unhappiness over ‘the best way she and her workforce dealt with’ it, however vowed that they wished her ‘all the perfect’.
Nonetheless, their efficiency of Down a couple of months later was dripping in shade once they appeared on stage with 5 members – earlier than one of many group was ‘thrown off the stage’.
Followers on social media shortly got here to the conclusion over the identification of that fallen member…
Quick ahead to just some days in the past, Camila proved that she has no ailing will to her former bandmates after supporting their current reunion at a Jonas Brothers live performance – confirming there’s formally no feud.
Miley Cyrus twerking on Robin Thicke – 2013
Miley Cyrus has change into a staple of the ceremony over time and has racked up numerous nominations, however she raised eyebrows around the globe along with her raunchy efficiency in 2013.
Throughout her rendition of We Can’t Cease, she sang with Robin Thicke earlier than stripping right down to a nude PVC two-piece and twerking on her fellow singer, resulting in intense public scrutiny.
‘Not solely was tradition modified, however my life and profession have been modified perpetually,’ she informed Wonderland whereas reflecting on the scenes.
‘It impressed me to make use of my platform for one thing a lot larger. If the world goes to concentrate on me and what I’m doing, then what I’m doing needs to be impactful and it needs to be nice.’
Nicki Minaj eager to know ‘what’s good’ with Miley – 2015
Two years later, Miley discovered herself embroiled in but extra controversy when she had described Nicki Minaj as ‘not too variety’ in an interview, simply earlier than internet hosting the ceremony – which led to Nicki questioning her on stage in entrance of your complete world whereas amassing the perfect hip hop video award.
‘Now, again to this b***h that had loads to say about me the opposite day within the press,’ she stated. ‘Miley, what’s good?!’
With out skipping a beat, the Hannah Montana icon replied: ‘Nicki, congratu-f**king-lations.’
Beyonce proclaims her being pregnant – 2011
It hasn’t all the time been a drama-fest as Beyonce famously used her look on the VMAs in 2011 to unfold some cheer by asserting her first being pregnant.
Following her sensational efficiency of Love On High, the Cuff It musician not-so-subtly took a second to rub her rising child bump, confirming that she was set to welcome a toddler with husband Jay-Z.
After all, she topped this a couple of years later by breaking the web with a photoshoot to share the information that she was pregnant with twins, nevertheless it was a sensational second nonetheless.
Woman Gaga’s blood-splattered track – 2009
Woman Gaga isn’t any stranger to unbelievable performances however her rendition of Paparazzi in 2009 is certainly one in all her most out-there moments – and that’s saying loads…
Partway by the observe, faux blood started gushing out of her physique earlier than she dramatically collapsed, and was hoisted up on a rope by her dancers.
Unpacking the surreal efficiency in her 2017 documentary, she declared: ‘If I’m going to be horny on the VMAs and sing concerning the paparazzi, I’m going to do it whereas bleeding to demise and reminding you of what fame did to Marilyn Monroe, the unique Norma Jean.
‘And what it did to Anna Nicole Smith.’
The next yr, Gaga hit the pink carpet in a jaw-dropping outfit made fully of uncooked meat and needed to ask for Cher to ‘maintain my meat purse’ when she collected the perfect video award on stage.
No, that isn’t a euphemism however an precise purse made from meat that solely she might ever dream of getting away with…
Britney dancing with a snake – 2001
Two years earlier than her kiss with Madonna, Britney made positive the world knew how effortlessly she might placed on a sensational present as she hit the stage with a 7ft albino Burmese python in 2001, whereas belting out I’m A Slave 4 U.
Many others would have run for the exit door on the mere sight of the snake, nicknamed Banana, however Brit proved she was a complete professional with the stunt, which has gone down in awards present historical past and is taken into account one in all her most iconic performances.
In 2021, she paid homage to the second on the 20-year anniversary in true type, by dressing up in a inexperienced reptile print swimsuit and posing on Instagram.
‘I held a snake on the @VMAs one time however determined to go forward 20 years later and change into the mom**king snake myself,’ she stated on the time.
By no means change, Britney…
Madonna’s Like A Virgin efficiency – 1984
Madonna has had some intense stage moments over time, together with her notorious journey on the Brit Awards in 2015, however none shall be as chaotic as her Like A Virgin efficiency on the very first VMAs in 1984.
She really set the tempo for all of the chaos in years to come back when she walked down steps in a marriage gown, however ended up shedding her footwear mid-performance, inflicting her gown to flip up and expose her bum as she tried to rescue her pumps.
‘It turned out that the controversial factor wasn’t the track itself however my efficiency on the MTV Awards, the primary MTV Awards,’ she informed Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Present.
‘I walked down these very steep stairs of a marriage cake. I received to the underside, and began dancing round, and my white stiletto pumps fell off.
‘I used to be attempting to do that easy transfer, dive for the shoe and make it appear like it was choreography. My gown flipped up and my butt was displaying.
‘Are you able to think about? These have been the times once you shouldn’t present your butt to have a profession. Now it’s the other… It occurred accidentally, I didn’t even know my butt was displaying.’
With the 2025 ceremony kicking off in just some hours, we will’t wait to see what makes the checklist this yr…
This text was first printed in September 2024.
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