WASHINGTON: Singer-songwriter Justin Bieber will grace the MTV Music Video Awards (VMAs) stage with an epic performance for the first time in six years. The singer is leading this year’s award nominations with seven nods.
As per Variety, the last time Bieber took the VMAs stage was in 2015 when he performed his song ‘What Do You Mean?’ from his hit album ‘Purpose’. Also set to perform at this year’s show are Camila Cabello, Chloe, Doja Cat, Kacey Musgraves, Lil Nas X, Machine Gun Kelly, Shawn Mendes, Olivia Rodrigo and Twenty One Pilots, with more to be announced.
The Foo Fighters will receive the first-ever VMAs Global Icon award this year and will perform at the show for the first time since 2007.
Bieber is nominated this year for video of the year and artist of the year, the night’s two biggest prizes. He starred in the music video for DJ Khaled and Drake’s song ‘Popstar’, which is also up for best direction. His song ‘Peaches’ (featuring Daniel Caesar) is up for best collaboration, best pop, and best editing, and ‘Holy’ (featuring Chance the Rapper) is nominated for best cinematography.