2024 MTV VMA Nominations: See the Complete List of API nominees

Find out which API musicians are being considered for the award ceremony. (Photos courtesy of Justin Higuchi, Foundations Management and Mikey Asanin.)

We are “obsessed” with the nominees for MTV’s 2024 Video Music Awards. The award ceremony just released its full nominations list, today, Tuesday, Aug. 6. The public and fans can now vote for their favorite musician throughout the month ahead of the show, which will premiere on MTV on Tuesday, Sept. 10. 

The full list includes over 15 gender-neutral categories with Olivia Rodrigo leading the pack for API musicians with four nominations under her belt. Newcomer Tyla was nominated for three awards, including Best New Artist, and another first-time nominee Laufey also made it to the list.  Make sure to vote for your favorite artist before the show premieres, on vote.mtv.com until Aug. 30. 

Check the full list below of all the nominated API musicians!

BEST NEW ARTIST

  • Tyla 

MTV PUSH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

  • May 2024: Laufey – “Goddess” 
  • June 2024: LE SSERAFIM – “EASY” 

BEST COLLABORATION

BEST POP

  • Olivia Rodrigo

BEST R&B

  • Tyla – “Water” 

BEST AFROBEATS

  • Tyla – “Water” 

BEST K-POP

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Charli xcx – “Von dutch”
  • Olivia Rodrigo – “obsessed” 

BEST EDITING

  • LISA – “Rockstar”

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

  • LISA – “Rockstar” 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

  • Olivia Rodrigo – “get him back!”

BEST ART DIRECTION

  • Charli xcx – “360” 
  • LISA – “Rockstar” 
  • Olivia Rodrigo – “bad idea right?”