| 2020 MTV Video Music Awards | |
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| Date | Sunday, August 30, 2020 |
| Venue | MTV Headquarters (New York City, New York) |
| Country | United States |
| Hosted by | Keke Palmer[1] |
| Most awards | Lady Gaga (5)
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| Most nominations |
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| Website | mtv |
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| Produced by | Bruce Gillmer Jesse Ignjatovic |
| Directed by | Dave Diomedi Sam Wrench |
The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 30, 2020. Keke Palmer hosted the 37th annual ceremony, which was presented primarily from New York City, but with a virtual ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lady Gaga was the most awarded act of the night with five awards, as well as the most nominated alongside Ariana Grande, with both artists receiving nine nominations each. Gaga was presented with the inaugural MTV Tricon Award for achievements in three or more fields of entertainment. The longlist of nominees for Push Best New Artist were revealed on July 23, 2020; nominees for other categories were announced on July 30. Fan voting began on July and ended on August 23. Nominees for Song of Summer, Best Group and Everyday Heroes: Frontline Medical Workers were released on August 24. The show was dedicated to Chadwick Boseman, who died of colon cancer two days before the ceremony.[2]
The ceremony was aired by MTV and simulcast across other ViacomCBS cable networks. For the first time, the ceremony was also carried on broadcast television in the U.S. via co-owned The CW. The show received 6.4 million viewers in its first-run viewing (excluding livestreams through network apps), a 5% decrease from the 6.8 million viewers at the previous ceremony.[3]
- ^ Countryman, Eli (August 6, 2020). "Keke Palmer to Host 2020 MTV Video Music Awards". Variety. Archived from the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ Daly, Rhian (August 31, 2020). "MTV VMAs 2020 dedicated to Chadwick Boseman: "His impact lives forever"". NME. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
- ^ Porter, Rick (August 3, 2020). "TV Ratings: VMAs Slip on Air, Draw Big Social Media Crowd". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.