Event takes place September 12th in New Jersey

Demi Lovato, Karol G, Måneskin and Stray Kids are the first round of global music stars slated to perform at the 2023 Video Music Awards (VMAs) live from New Jersey’s Prudential Center on Tuesday, September 12th at 8 pm ET/PT.

Lovato, a 14x nominee and multi-hyphenated icon, returns for her first VMAs performance in six years, days before the release of her highly anticipated new album Revamped which features rock versions of her hit songs. Lovato’s many unforgettable VMAs moments include her 2015 stage debut with “Cool for the Summer” and 2017 performance of “Sorry Not Sorry.” The award-winning musician, who took home Best Video with a Message in 2012, is up for Best Pop and Video for Good this year.

Colombian global recording artist Karol G will bring “Bichota Season” to life on the VMAs stage for her first-ever appearance on MTV’s iconic stage. The history-making songstress, who holds the title as the first woman to ever debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with a Spanish-language album, will break from her first-ever stadium tour to compete for her first VMAs win after earning three nominations this year including Artist of the Year.

After Måneskin’s electric double VMAs and US award show debut last year – and history-making win for Best Alternative – the globally dominating rockers set their much-anticipated return to the storied MTV stage for the world premiere performance of their forthcoming new single “Honey (Are You Coming?),” releasing September 1st. As their latest album Rush is about to surpass the one billion streams mark, the four-time nominated group are also up for Best Rock, again setting records as the first Italian act to be nominated for two consecutive years in a main show category.

Global K-pop mavens Stray Kids will mark their first-ever VMAs performance with the US broadcast premiere of “S-Class,” off their latest record-breaking No. 1 album 5-Star. The group also competes to take home their first MTV Moon Person for Best K-Pop, the same category which earned them their first VMAs nomination in 2022.

Taylor Swift leads the VMAs nominations with eight, closely followed by Sza with six, Doja Cat, Kim Petras, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo and Sam Smith with five each, and Blackpink, Diddy and Shakira with four apiece.

Fans can vote for their favorites across 15 gender-neutral categories, including the highly-coveted Video of the Year, presented by Burger King, by visiting vote.mtv.com through Friday, September 1st. Voting for Best New Artist will remain active into the show on Tuesday, September 12th. Nominations for social categories including Group of the Year and Song of Summer presented by M&M’s, will be announced at a later date.