The MTV Video Music Awards commonly written as the VMAs is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honour the best in the music video medium. It is conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards in the video category.The annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has often been called the “Super Bowl for youth”, an acknowledgment of the VMA ceremony’s ability to draw millions of youth from teens to 20 somethings each year.
By 2001, the VMA had become a desired award. The statue given to winners is an astronaut on the moon, one of the earliest representations of MTV, and was colloquially called a “moonman”. However, in 2017, Chris McCarthy, the president of MTV, stated that the statue would be called a “Moon Person” from then on.The statue was conceived by Manhattan Design also designers of the original MTV logo based on the 1981 “Top of the Hour” animation created by Fred Seibert, produced by Alan Goodman and produced by Buzz Potamkin at Buzzco Associates. The statue is now made by New York firm Society Awards. Since the 2006 ceremony, viewers are able to vote for their favourite videos in all general categories by visiting MTV’s website.
In 2019 MTV Video Music Awards took place on August 26, 2019, in Newark for the first time.In 2022 MTV Video Music Awards were held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on August 28, 2022.It took place in Los Angeles,USA on monday where popular american pop star Taylor Swift announce her next album. Lisa won best soloist who is from kpop group blackpink for her solo Lalisa. Rapper Nicki Minaj got Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and During her speech,she gave tribute to many icons.K-pop boy band BTS won the best group of the year title and singer lizzo also performed her superhit about that time.Rapper Jack Harlow performed his solo. Actor Johnny Depp made a surprise virtual appearance,He was wearing an astronaut outfit ith his face inside the helmet.Hip-Hop legends Eminem and Snoop Dogg brought metaverse to vmas, as they performed.
