Your burning 2017 VMAs questions, answered!
- 1/22
The Video Vanguard Award, which goes to Pink this year, is named after Michael Jackson. How many times did Jackson win Video of the Year?
- 2/22
Isn’t the rather Michael Jackson-esque Bruno Mars due for a win in the Video of the Year category?
- 3/22
Is anybody going for a VMA record this year?
- 4/22
Couldn’t Rihanna’s occasional collaborator Calvin Harris set some kind of a record?
- 5/22
Harry Styles is up for Best Pop Video for “Sign of the Times.” He won in that category as a member of One Direction. Has anybody ever taken that award both solo and in a group?
- 6/22
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” broke the record as the most-viewed video in YouTube history. So why isn’t it up for anything?
- 7/22
The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” (featuring Halsey) is up for Best Collaboration. Wasn’t that was up for a VMA last year?
- 8/22
Ariana Grande is nominated for Artist of the Year, even though she hasn’t released a new album in 15 months. Isn’t that unusual?
- 9/22
Is Katy Perry the first music superstar to host the VMAs?
- 10/22
Who’s older — Katy Perry or the VMAs?
- 11/22
Noah Cyrus is nominated for Best New Artist. Her big sister Miley must have won that award, no?
- 12/22
Four female solo artists are nominated for Best New Artist. Who was the last female solo artist to win that award?
- 13/22
Do the VMA noms shed any light on the upcoming Grammy noms?
- 14/22
Wouldn’t most acts rather win a Grammy than a VMA?
- 15/22
All five nominees for Best Rock Video (Coldplay, Fall Out Boy, twenty one pilots, Green Day, Foo Fighters) have won before in that category. What does that say?
- 16/22
Most of the performers that have been announced so far are major nominees this year. But why is Thirty Seconds to Mars on the show?
- 17/22
Who has amassed the most VMA nominations for Video of the Year?
- 18/22
What group or duo has amassed the most VMA noms for Video of the Year?
- 19/22
Has anything ever won both the VMA for Video of the Year and the Grammy for Record of the Year?
- 20/22
Have any country artists ever been nominated for Video of the Year?
- 21/22
What artist has won the most VMAs?
- 22/22
What video won the most VMAs?
Paul Grein
·Writer
You’re all set for the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. You know that Katy Perry is hosting and that Kendrick Lamar leads the pack with eight nominations. You even heard that they’re changing the name of the Moonman to the Moonperson. Even so, a few questions still nag at you. Let’s put those questions to rest.