The 2026 VMAs keep loading up: SIENNA SPIRO, LISA and RAYE are the latest booked for the Sept. 27 show, joining previously announced opener Madonna. Toss in the tandems of Shaboozey and Gunna, plus GENER8ION and Yung Lean, and it's a night thick with first-timers and repeat offenders.
For Capitol's SPIRO, it's a performance debut to match her first nod, Best New Artist. BLACKPINK's LISA returns to the stage for the TV premiere of "SaWaDiKa," first single from Press Play (Oct. 23, Lloud/RCA)—and at 10 nominations, she's the most-nominated K-pop solo artist in VMA history.
RAYE makes her VMA bow off a sold-out North American run and nominations that include Song of the Year for "WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!"—with a film debut in Yann Demange's Lineage on the horizon. GENER8ION and Yung Lean, first-time nominees up for three including Video of the Year, will world-premiere "STORM II."
Shaboozey makes his performance debut with "Cowgirl"—past 100m streams—and brings Gunna for the first broadcast airing of "High Noon."
Madonna, meanwhile, opens with her first live VMA turn in 23 years, riding a career-high 11 nods for #1 album CONFESSIONS II.
Snoop Dogg hosts, live from L.A.'s Peacock Theater on CBS, simulcast on MTV and Paramount+ Premium.