Madonna Leads 2026 MTV VMA Nominations: Full List
Categoria: Musica
Seven of the eight most-nominated artists this year are women.
Por Billboard | 18/08/2026
Madonna , who stole the show at the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984 with a jaw-dropping performance of “Like a Virgin,” is the leading nominee for the 2026 VMAs with 11 nods. It’s the first time Madonna has been the leading nominee since 1998, the year she won video of the year for the first time with “Ray of Light.” She was also the leading nominee in 1990, the year she was nominated for the top award with “Vogue.” In both of those years, she had nine nominations. This year’s tally of 11 nods represents a personal best for the legendary star. Madonna’s 14-minute “Confessions II – The Film” is nominated for video of the year. Two recent winners in that category were likewise longer-form pieces: Taylor Swift ’s 15-minute “All Too Well: The Short Film,” which won in 2022, and Ariana Grande ’s 26-minute “Brighter Days Ahead,” which won last year. Swift, who has won a record 30 Moon Persons, is second on the leaderboard with nine nominations. Other top contenders include Grande and Sabrina Carpenter (seven nods each); Bruno Mars , PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson (five each); and LISA (four). You’ll notice that seven of the eight artists with the most nominations this year are women. Related Madonna Reacts to Going No. 1 On Billboard 200: ‘I’m Still Pinching Myself’ Three past winners for video of the year are nominated in that marquee category again this year: Grande (“hate that i made you love me”), Madonna (“Confessions II – The Film”) and Swift (The Fate of Ophelia).” The three other nominees, vying for their first win in the category, are Mars (“I Just Might”), Carpenter (“Tears”) and GENER8ION (“Storm”), starring Yung Lean. The latter video may be the least known of this year’s video of the year nominees and thus stands to gain the most by the nomination. Gener8ion is an audiovisual collaboration between French DJ Surkin and director Romain Gavras. “Storm” stars Swedish rapper Yung Lean, who plays a disruptive and aggressive student at an all-boys British boarding school. Grande is nominated for artist of the year for a record-extending sixth time. Swift is a beat behind, landing her fifth nomination in the category. Morgan Wallen is nominated for the second year in a row, giving country representation in a high-profile category. The other nominees in the category are Mars (his third), Carpenter (her second) and Madonna (her first). For the first time since the category was introduced in 2017, no hip-hop artists were nominated in the category. For the first time in five years, no Latin artists were nominated in the category. The nominees for best new artist are Bella Kay, CORTIS, Magnus Ferrell, Malcolm Todd, Myles Smith, Sienna Spiro and Stella Lefty. Spiro is considered a leading candidate for the Grammy for best new artist, along with Ella Langley, who wasn’t named in this category. First-time nominees receiving multiple nods are GENER8ION and Yung Lean (three each) and CORTIS and Lefty (two each). Don Toliver, Kal