And the nominees for the 2020 MTV Awards are:
Video of the Year
Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted
Eminem (featuring Juice WRLD) - Godzilla
Future (featuring Drake) - Life Is Good
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - Rain on Me
Taylor Swift - The Man
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
Song of the Year
Doja Cat - Say So
Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - Rain on Me
Megan Thee Stallion - Savage
Post Malone - Circles
Roddy Ricch - The Box
Artist of the Year
Justin Bieber
DaBaby
Lady Gaga
Megan Thee Stallion
Post Malone
The Weeknd
Best Group
5 Seconds of Summer
Blackpink
BTS
Chloe x Halle
CNCO
Little Mix
Monsta X
Now United
The 1975
Twenty One Pilots
The awards are happening in New York on Sunday, 30 August and will air in South Africa in the early hours of Monday morning (31st).
They air live at 01h00 (starting with a pre-show) and from 02h00 to 04h00 CAT (main show) on MTV and MTV Base.
The show will air in primetime later on in the evening at 18h00 (pre-show) and 19h00 to 21h00 (main show) on MTV only.
Push Best New Artist
Lewis Capaldi
Doja Cat
Yungblud
Best Collaboration
Black Eyed Peas (featuring J Balvin) - Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life)
Future (featuring Drake) - Life Is Good
Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber - Stuck with U
Karol G (featuring Nicki Minaj) - Tusa
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - Rain on Me
Ed Sheeran (featuring Khalid) - Beautiful People
Best Pop
Justin Bieber (featuring Quavo) - Intentions
BTS - On
Halsey - You Should Be Sad
Jonas Brothers - What a Man Gotta Do
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - Rain on Me
Taylor Swift - Lover
Best Hip Hop
DaBaby - Bop
Eminem (featuring Juice Wrld) - Godzilla
Future (featuring Drake) - Life Is Good
Megan Thee Stallion - Savage
Roddy Ricch - The Box
Travis Scott - Highest in the Room
Best R&B
Chloe x Halle - Do It
H.E.R. (featuring YG) - Slide
Alicia Keys - Underdog
Khalid (featuring Summer Walker) - Eleven
Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
The ceremony host: actress and singer Keke Palmer.
Best K-Pop
BTS - On
Exo - Obsession
(G)I-dle - Oh My God
Monsta X - Someone's Someone
Red Velvet - Psycho
TXT - 9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)
Best Latin
Anuel AA (featuring Daddy Yankee, Ozuna, Karol G and J Balvin) - China
Bad Bunny - Yo Perreo Sola
J Balvin - Amarillo
Black Eyed Peas (featuring Ozuna and J. Rey Soul) - Mamacita
Karol G (featuring Nicki Minaj) - Tusa
Maluma (featuring J Balvin) - Qué Pena
Best Rock
blink-182 - Happy Days
Coldplay - Orphans
Evanescence - Wasted on You
Fall Out Boy (featuring Wyclef Jean) - Dear Future Self (Hands Up)
Green Day - Oh Yeah!
The Killers - Caution
Best Alternative
The 1975 - If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)
All Time Low - Some Kind of Disaster
Lana Del Rey - Doin' Time
FINNEAS - Let's Fall in Love for the Night
Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine
twenty one pilots - Level of Concern
Best Music Video from Home
5 Seconds of Summer - Wildflower
blink-182 - Happy Days
Drake - Toosie Slide
Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber - Stuck with U
John Legend - Bigger Love
twenty one pilots - Level of Concern
The ceremony will broadcast from five outside venues in New York, without an audience, so as to reduce the number of people in one place because of COVID-19.
Best Quarantine Performance
Chloe x Halle - Do It (from MTV Prom-Athon)
CNCO - MTV Unplugged at Home
DJ D-Nice - Club MTV Presents: #DanceTogether
Lady Gaga - Smile (from One World: Together At Home)
John Legend - #TogetherAtHome Concert Series
Post Malone - Nirvana Tribute
Video for Good
Billie Eilish - All the Good Girls Go to Hell
H.E.R. - I Can't Breathe
Lil Baby - The Bigger Picture
Demi Lovato - I Love Me
Anderson Paak - Lockdown
Taylor Swift - The Man
Best Direction
Doja Cat - Say So (Director: Hannah Lux Davis)
Billie Eilish - Xanny (Director: Billie Eilish)
Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now (Director: Nabil)
Harry Styles - Adore You (Director: Dave Meyers)
Taylor Swift - The Man (Director: Taylor Swift)
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (Director: Anton Tammi)
Best Art Direction
A$AP Rocky - Babushka Boi (Art Directors: A$AP Rocky, Nadia Lee Cohen and Brittany Porter)
Miley Cyrus - Mother's Daughter (Art Director: Christian Stone)
Selena Gomez - Boyfriend (Art Director: Tatiana Van Sauter)
Dua Lipa - Physical (Art Director: Anna Colomé Nogu)
Harry Styles - Adore You (Art Director: Laura Ellis Cricks)
Taylor Swift - Lover (Art Director: Kurt Gefke)
Presenters include Drew Barrymore, Nicole Ritchie, Kelly Clarkson, Bella Hadid and Jaden Smith.
Best Choreography
BTS - On (Choreographers: The Lab and Son Sung Deuk)
CNCO and Natti Natasha - Honey Boo (Choreographer: Kyle Hanagami)
DaBaby - Bop (Choreographers: DaniLeigh and Cherry)
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - Rain on Me (Choreographer: Richy Jackson)
Dua Lipa - Physical (Choreographer: Charm La'Donna)
Normani - Motivation (Choreographer: Sean Bankhead)
Best Cinematography
5 Seconds of Summer - Old Me (Director of Photography: Kieran Fowler)
Camila Cabello (featuring DaBaby) - My Oh My (Director of Photography: Scott Cunningham)
Billie Eilish - All the Good Girls Go to Hell (Director of Photography: Christopher Probst)
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - Rain on Me (Director of Photography: Michael Merriman)
Katy Perry - Harleys in Hawaii (Director of Photography: Arnau Valls)
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (Director of Photography: Oliver Millar)
Best Editing
James Blake - Can't Believe the Way We Flow (Editor: Frank Lebon)
Miley Cyrus - Mother's Daughter (Editors: Alexandre Moors and Nuno Xico)
Halsey - Graveyard (Editors: Emille Aubry, Janne Vartia and Tim Montana)
Lizzo - Good as Hell (Editors: Russell Santos and Sofia Kerpan)
Rosalía - A Palé (Editor: Andre Jones)
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (Editors: Janne Vartia and Tim Montana
Best Visual Effects
Billie Eilish - all the good girls go to hell (Visual Effects: Drive Studio)
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - Rain on Me (Visual Effects: Ingenuity Studios)
Dua Lipa - Physical (Visual Effects: EIGHTY4 and Mathematic)
Demi Lovato - I Love Me (Visual Effects: Hoody FX)
Travis Scott - Highest in the Room (Visual Effects: Ingenuity Studios)
Harry Styles - Adore You (Visual Effects: Mathematic)
Song of Summer
Blackpink - How You Like That
Cardi B (featuring Megan Thee Stallion) - WAP
Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky
DaBaby (featuring Roddy Rich) - Rockstar
DJ Khaled (featuring Drake) - Popstar
Doja Cat - Say So
Jack Harlow - Whats Poppin
Lil Baby (featuring 42 Dugg) - We Paid
Dua Lipa - Break My Heart
Megan Thee Stallion (featuring Beyoncé) - Savage (Remix)
Pop Smoke (featuring 50 Cent & Roddy Rich) - The Woo
Saint Jhn - Roses
Saweetie - Tap In
Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar
Taylor Swift - Cardigan
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
Everyday Heroes: Frontline Medical Workers
Jason Tik Tok Doc Campbell
Dr. Elvis Francois and Dr. William Robinson - Imagine
Jefferson University Hospital's Swab Squad - Level Up
Lori Marie Key - Amazing Grace
Dr. Nate Wood - Lean on Me