Beyonce, Britney Spears, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West hit the carpet at the MTV VMA

Record ID: 88663

  • Title: Beyonce, Britney Spears, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West hit the carpet at the MTV VMA
  • Date: 29th August 2016
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 28, 2016) (UNRESTRICTED POOL) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** SINGER BRITNEY SPEARS ON RED CARPET
  • Embargoed: 13th September 2016 05:09
  • Keywords: MTV Video Music Awards VMA Britney Spears Kanye West Beyonce Adele Madison Square Garden red carpet
  • Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Music
  • Reuters ID: LVA0024X6G5ZH
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The divas of pop and R&B look set to steal the show at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Sunday (August 28), with Beyonce leading all nominations for her testament to female empowerment "Lemonade," and excitement building over performances by Rihanna and Britney Spears.
    But don't count out Kanye West, the rapper with a talent for the unpredictable, who is a contender for the coveted video of the year award and who will be seated in the front row just a short leap from the VMA stage.
    Beyonce dominates the VMA nominations, with a career-best 11 nods for videos from her visual album "Lemonade" and its bold songs about betrayal, revenge and race.
    The R&B singer's politically-charged "Formation" will compete for video of the year prize with Adele's 2015 comeback single "Hello," Canadian rapper Drake's "Hotline Bling," Justin Bieber's "Sorry" and West's sleeping nude celebrity look-alikes in "Famous."
    Confirmed performers include Nicki Minaj, who will join Ariana Grande for Grande's new song, "Side to Side," Nick Jonas who will sing "Bacon" with Ty Dolla $ign, and the Chainsmokers with Halsey on their summer hit "Closer."
    Spears, 34, will return to the VMA stage for the first time since her humiliating 2007 showing with "Gimme More" when her personal and professional life was falling apart.
    This time, with a newly-released album already a hit, Spears is one of the most-talked about celebrities ahead of Sunday's show.
    Rihanna will open the show and is expected to perform a career retrospective marking her lifetime achievement award in the form of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard prize.
    One of pop music's biggest names isn't expected to attend. Taylor Swift, who has dominated music award shows for the past decade, didn't get a single VMA nomination this time.
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