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BuzzJack Music Forum _ Ariana Grande _ Ariana Grande at the VMAs
Posted by: Jade 25th August 2019, 02:53 PM
The latest VMAs ceremony airs tomorrow and Ariana is up for lots of gongs - she's tied with Taylor Swift for the most nominations! So here's the place to discuss this year's nominations AND I'll be recapping her previous years at the VMAs in a series of posts. Time to cheer her on and relive memories from the past.
Before diving into previous years, here's what she's nominated for in 2019:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
21 Savage feat. J. Cole – “a lot”
Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy”
Ariana Grande – “thank u, next”
Jonas Brothers – “Sucker”
Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)”
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Cardi B
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
Halsey
Jonas Brothers
Shawn Mendes
SONG OF THE YEAR
Drake – “In My Feelings”
Ariana Grande – “thank u, next”
Jonas Brothers – “Sucker”
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow”
Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)”
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”
BEST POP
5 Seconds of Summer – “Easier”
Cardi B & Bruno Mars – “Please Me”
Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy”
Ariana Grande – “thank u, next”
Jonas Brothers – “Sucker”
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”
BEST HIP HOP
2 Chainz feat. Ariana Grande – “Rule the World”
21 Savage ft. J. Cole – “a lot”
Cardi B – “Money”
DJ Khaled feat. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend – “Higher”
Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)”
Travis Scott feat. Drake – “SICKO MODE”
BEST DIRECTION
Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” – Directed by Dave Meyers
FKA twigs – “Cellophane” – Directed by Andrew Thomas Huang
Ariana Grande – “thank u, next” Directed by Hannah Lux Davis
Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Directed by Calmatic
LSD ftea. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo – “No New Friends” – Directed by Dano Cerny
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Directed by Drew Kirsch & Taylor Swift
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Billie Eilish – “when the party’s over” – Visual Effects by Ryan Ross, Andres Jaramillo
FKA twigs – “Cellophane” – Visual Effects by Matt Chandler, Fabio Zaveti for Analog
Ariana Grande – “God is a Woman” – Visual Effects by Fabrice Lagayette, Kristina Prilukova & Rebecca Rice for Mathematic
DJ Khaled feat. SZA – “Just Us” – Visual Effects by Sergii Mashevskyi
LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo – “No New Friends” – Visual Effects by Ethan Chancer
Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco – “ME!” – Visual Effects by Loris Paillier & Lucas Salton for BUF VFX
BEST EDITING
Anderson .Paak feat. Kendrick Lamar – “Tints” – Editing by Elias Talbot
Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Editing by Calmatic
Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” – Editing by Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande – “7 Rings” – Editing by Hannah Lux Davis & Taylor Walsh
Solange – “Almeda” – Editing by Solange Knowles, Vinnie Hobbs, Jonathon Proctor
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Editing by Jarrett Fijal
BEST ART DIRECTION
BTS feat. Halsey – “Boy With Luv” – Art Direction by JinSil Park, BoNa Kim (MU:E)
Ariana Grande – “7 Rings” – Art Direction by John Richoux
Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Art Direction by Itaru Dela Vegas
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita” – Art Direction by Tatiana Van Sauter
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Art Direction by Brittany Porter
Kanye West and Lil’ Pump feat. Adele Givens – “I Love It” – Art Direction by Tino Schaedler
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anderson .Paak feat. Kendrick Lamar – “Tints” – Cinematography by Elias Talbot
Billie Eilish – “hostage” – Cinematography by Pau Castejon
Ariana Grande – “thank u, next” – Cinematography by Christopher Probst
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita” – Cinematography by Scott Cunningham
Solange – “Almeda” – Cinematography by Chayse Irvin, Ryan Marie Helfant, Justin Hamilton
Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco – “ME!” – Cinematography by Starr Whitesides
Posted by: Jade 25th August 2019, 03:00 PM
2013
Ariana was not nominated for anything in 2013 but she performed parts of both 'The Way' and 'Baby I' from her debut album on the red carpet! She changed from the above floral dress to a sparkly purple number for the performance. The highlight of this for me is her acapella vocals during the introduction of the performance, stunning!
Posted by: Jade 25th August 2019, 03:09 PM
2014
This year Ariana was up for 4 awards! 'Problem' was nominated for 'Best Female Video', 'Best Pop Video', 'Best Collaboration' and 'Best Lyric Video'. The song ended up winning 'Best Pop Video' so that became Ariana's first ever VMA win! As for performances, Ariana took to the stage to sing 'Break Free', followed by Nicki Minaj performing 'Anaconda', then the two of them grouped together with Jessie J to sing 'Bang Bang'. Another vocal serve for Ari during 'Bang Bang'!
Posted by: Jade 25th August 2019, 03:12 PM
2015
Ariana was rocking the above black and white ensemble this year! Living for the massive top knot. Sadly no performance or even win this year but she was nominated in the 'Best Collaboration' category TWICE for 'Bang Bang' and 'Love Me Harder'. The latter robbed tbh.
Posted by: Jade 25th August 2019, 03:19 PM
2016
Sadly another year of 0 wins for Ariana despite more nominations. These noms in question were 'Best Female Video', 'Best Pop Video', 'Best Editing' and 'Best Cinematography' for 'Into You' and 'Best Collaboration' for 'Let Me Love You'. 2016 swiftly saw a return for Ariana and Nicki on stage together as they performed smash hit 'Side to Side'! This wasn't a vintage year for Ari vocally, as she seemed pretty out of breath due to the exercise bikes gimmick from the video! But I did love how the performance was presented.
Posted by: Jade 25th August 2019, 03:29 PM
Let's lump the last two years together as there was no 2017 red carpet appearance!
2017
No red carpet appearance for the first time as mentioned above, plus no performance, then unfortunately no wins again. The most notable aspect of this year is that she was nominated for 'Artist of the Year' for the first time, plus 'Best Choreography' for 'Side to Side'. Maybe better luck for AOTY this year?
2018
Last year she took to the red carpet with then-fiancé Pete Davidson. She was back to winning this year thankfully! She scooped 'Best Pop' for 'no tears left to cry'. The song was also nominated for 'Video of the Year', 'Best Cinematography' and 'Best Visual Effects'. She also lost 'Artist of the Year'. This year was ALL about the performance though - she sang empowering anthem 'God is a woman, complete with a diverse female dance team and even her mum and Nonna making an appearance. What a triumph!
Posted by: Jade 25th August 2019, 03:33 PM
Hope you guys enjoyed that trip down memory lane *.* best of luck to Ari for tomorrow! Third time lucky for AOTY please.
My rankings of her performances and looks:
Looks
01. 2014
02. 2015
03. 2016
04. 2018
05. 2013
Not a fan of the 2013 red carpet look but everything else was fine I think! She looked so fierce in 2014.
Performances
01. 2018 (God is a woman)
02. 2013 (Baby I/The Way)
03. 2016 (Side to Side)
04. 2014 (Break Free/Bang Bang)
The 'God is a woman' performance is my #1 by miles! She's always been a fantastic vocalist but she's really come along so much as a performer.
Posted by: Jordan Lee 26th August 2019, 12:23 AM
Is she attending this tomorrow?
I take it she’s flying straight out of Manchester now.
Edit: just seen she’s in Paris on Tuesday.
Posted by: Jade 26th August 2019, 12:25 AM
Yeah I remember seeing on Twitter that she wouldn't be attending due to touring commitments or something 
a shame when she's been such a regular attendee over the years - only missing 2017 as you can see above! I would've so been here for a '7 rings' performance. Hope it doesn't hinder her AOTY chances too much.
Posted by: Jade 26th August 2019, 08:39 PM
Ugh the way these things work is so unfair!
I won't be watching it (back to work, need to be sensible) but if any of you guys are watching then do feel free to let us know if she won anything!
plus that 'song of the summer' award for ‘boyfriend’ as you said LewisGT (late addition of an award I guess, didn’t know that was a thing 
) and art direction for ‘7 rings’, yay! She was the joint most awarded person as Taylor and Billie Eilish won 3 too. Glad she was able to do so well without being there.
off the top of my head I know Camila/Shawn won best cinematography for instance. Not sure why Ari was misinformed but yeah it's definitely 3! I totally agree with you that Artist of the Year feels so deserved - videos like 'God is a woman', 'breathin', 'thank u, next' and '7 rings' since the last cut-off point are a great little collection.
