MTV VMAs: Here are some of the artists who will be performing this year
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Molly Driscoll Staff writer
We now know some of the performers who will be taking the stage in between the distribution of awards at this year鈥檚 MTV Video Music Awards.
Singer Nicki Minaj will reportedly be opening the show and other include 鈥淐ool for the Summer鈥� singer Demi Lovato, 鈥淗appy鈥� singer Pharrell Williams, and 鈥淐an鈥檛 Feel My Face鈥� singer The Weeknd.聽
Other people reportedly performing at the ceremony include singer Tori Kelly, Justin Bieber, A$AP Rocky, Twenty-One Pilots, and the duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
Singer Miley Cyrus is set to host the show following her headline-making, controversial performance at the VMAs in 2013.聽
Viewers no doubt want to see their favorite artists win, but the performances at the VMAs are often the most-discussed and most-analyzed portions of the VMAs (unless Kanye West takes the stage after Taylor Swift wins a prize). Of the 2014 ceremony, one wrote, 鈥淒id you know that聽Arcade Fire聽won an award at the MTV Video Music Awards, or that聽Beyonc茅聽won three Moonmen in addition to her聽Video Vanguard Award? Probably not鈥� The 鈥楢wards鈥� portion of the Video Music Awards were an afterthought.鈥� When writing about the awards ceremony, another noted only the winners of the Video of the Year, Best Pop Video, and Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award but mostly discussed performances such as Minaj, Jessie J, and Ariana Grande鈥檚 performance of the song 鈥淏ang Bang鈥� and the routine by Beyonc茅 that went along with her acceptance of the video vanguard award.
The performances that accompany the video vanguard award have become some of the most well-reviewed parts of the VMAs broadcast. Critics called Beyonc茅's performance last year聽鈥溾�� and that 鈥渉er performance easily outdid her competition throughout the night.鈥澛�
Meanwhile, the performance by artist Justin Timberlake when he accepted his own Video Vanguard Award in 2013 is often called one of the best performances of any kind to have taken place on the awards show.聽
Artist Kanye West, this year鈥檚 Video Vanguard Award recipient, is known for his highly original performances. Whatever he does will no doubt have viewers talking when the ceremony arrives on Aug. 30.
