Daftar Lengkap Nominasi MTV VMA 2026, Madonna Merajai

Bring Your Love – Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter

Stateside – PinkPantheress & Zara Larsson

Dai Dai – Shakira & Burna Boy

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Best Pop

hate that i made you love me – Ariana Grande

SS26 – Charli xcx

D

Best Hip-Hop

Safe – Cardi B & Kehlani

E85 – Don Toliver

Janice ST

Lover Girl – Megan Thee Stallion

Dumbo – Travis Scott

Sugar On My Tongue – Tyler, the Creator

I Just Might – Bruno Mars

It Depends/Obvious – Chris Brown

Raindance – Dave & Tems

Y

Folded – Kehlani

Is It a Crime – Mariah The Scientist

Best Alternative

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Fix Ur Face – mgk & Fred Durst

The Great Divide – Noah Kahan

The Cure – Olivia Rodrigo

Hom

Dracula – Tame Impala

Drag Path – Twenty One Pilots

Best Latin

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Nuevayol – Bad Bunny

Tu Sancho – Fuerza Regida

Papasito – Karol GLa Perla – Rosalía ft. Yahritza Y Su Esencia

La Vil

Dai Dai – Shakira & Burna Boy

Kategori Best K-pop ini menjadi salah satu sorotan menarik tahun ini, karena BTS tercatat masuk nominasi dua kali sekaligus: lewat lagu Swim sebagai grup utuh, dan lewat kolaborasi j-hope bersama LE SSERAFIM dalam lagu Spaghetti.

Best K-pop

Jump – BLACKPINK

Swim – BTSREDRED – CORTIS

Pinky Up – KATSEYE

Spaghetti – LE SSERAFIM feat. j-hope of BTS

Dream – LISA ft. Kentaro Sakaguchi

Best Dance

Nobody's Girl – Tate McRae

New Religion – Bebe Rexha & Faithless

Aperture – Harry Styles

RUNWAY – Lady Gaga and Doechii

Confessions II – The Film – Madonna

Stateside – PinkPantheress & Zara Larsson

DANCE… – Slayyyter

Best Country

Choosin' Texas – Ella Langley

Dry Spell – Kacey Musgraves

Somewhere Over Laredo – Lainey Wilson

Back in the Studio – Luke Combs

Cowgirl – Shaboozey

Boston – Stella Lefty

Brunette – Tucker Wetmore

Best Direction

hate that i made you love me – Ariana Grande

I Just Might – Bruno Mars

Storm – GENER8ION

Confessions II – The Film – Madonna

House Tour – Sabrina Carpenter

Opalite – Taylor Swift

Best Art Direction

SS26 – Charli xcx

Runway – Lady Gaga & Doechii

Stateside – PinkPantheress & Zara Larsson

Confessions II – The Film – Madonna

My Body Isn't Ready – Sombr

The Fate of Ophelia – Taylor Swift

Best Cinematography

Punk Rocky – A$AP Rocky

hate that i made you love me – Ariana Grande

Dream – LISA

Confessions II – The Film – Madonna

Cowgirl – Shaboozey

The Fate of Ophelia – Taylor Swift

Best Editing

hate that i made you love me – Ariana Grande

I Just Might – Bruno MarsD

ream – LISA

Confessions II – The Film – Madonna

House Tour – Sabrina Carpenter

The Fate of Ophelia – Taylor Swift

Best Choreography

Storm starring Yung Lean – GENER8ION

Dance No More – Harry Styles

Pinky Up – KATSEYE

Confessions II – The Film – Madonna

Nobody's Girl – Tate McRae

The Fate of Ophelia – Taylor Swift

Best Visual Effects

hate that i made you love me – Ariana Grande

Eyes Closed – JISOO & Zayn

Stateside – PinkPantheress & Zara Larsson

Confessions II – The Film – Madonna

Click Clack Symphony – RAYE

The Fate of Ophelia – Taylor Swift

Publik dapat memberikan suara untuk 13 kategori yang dipertandingkan lewat vote.mtv.com hingga 25 September 2026 pukul 18.00 waktu setempat, sementara kategori Best New Artist yang dipersembahkan oleh The General Insurance tetap terbuka untuk voting hingga siaran langsung berlangsung. MTV VMA 2026 sendiri akan disiarkan langsung dari Peacock Theater, Los Angeles, pada 27 September 2026, dan menjadi tahun kedua berturut-turut ajang ini tayang di jaringan CBS setelah sebelumnya identik dengan MTV.