MTV VMAs: All Of the Artist Of Year Nominees Are Women
The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards nominations were revealed this week. One category in particular stood out — the Artist of the Year. All of the nominees were females. This…
Taylor Swift attends the 2022 MTV VMAs at Prudential Center on August 28, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey. Doja Cat attends the 2023 TIME100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 26, 2023 in New York City. Beyonce attends the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City.
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images/Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for TIME/Jamie McCarthy/Getty ImagesThe 2023 MTV Video Music Awards nominations were revealed this week. One category in particular stood out -- the Artist of the Year. All of the nominees were females. This is the first time this has happened since the VMAs introduced the category in 2017. Beyoncé, Doja Cat, Karol G, Nicki Minaj, Shakira, and Taylor Swift snagged a nomination for Artist of the Year for the September show. This is also the first time that two of the nominees are Latin music artists. The first Latin artist to be nominated in this category was Bad Bunny, who won last year.
Women account for six of the seven nominees for Video of the Year. Nominations go to Doja Cat’s “Attention,” Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers,” Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl,” Olivia Rodrigo’s “vampire,” SZA’s “Kill Bill,” and Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero.” The seventh nod is for Sam Smith & Kim Petras’ “Unholy,” which made the duo the first openly non-binary and transgender artists, respectively.
Taylor Swift has the most nominations for the awards show, with eight nods. She is followed by SZA with six; Doja Cat, Kim Petras, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo, and Sam Smith have five each; and BLACKPINK, Diddy, and Shakira have four each. The 2023 VMAs will be live on Tuesday, September 12 at 8 p.m. ET from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. The host has not yet been announced. Fan voting is open now through September 1 and can be done here.
Take a look below at the six female nominees for Artist of the Year:
Beyoncé
Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording AcademyLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 05: Beyoncé accepts the Best Dance/Electronic Music Album award for “Renaissance” onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Doja Cat
John Lamparski/Getty ImagesNEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 27: Doja Cat attends 2023 The Prince's Trust Gala at Cipriani South Street on April 27, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)
Karol G
Dia Dipasupil/Getty ImagesNEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 30: Karol G performs on NBC's "Today" at Rockefeller Plaza on June 30, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
Nicki Minaj
Mike Coppola/Getty ImagesNEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 02: Nicki Minaj attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Shakira
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesMIAMI, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 02: Shakira performs onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show at Hard Rock Stadium on February 02, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Taylor Swift
Kevin Winter/Getty Images for TAS Rights ManagementGLENDALE, ARIZONA - MARCH 17: Editorial use only and no commercial use at any time. No use on publication covers is permitted after August 9, 2023. Taylor Swift performs onstage for the opening night of "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at State Farm Stadium on March 17, 2023 in Swift City, ERAzona (Glendale, Arizona). The city of Glendale, Arizona was ceremonially renamed to Swift City for March 17-18 in honor of The Eras Tour. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)
