2021 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)
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Announcement
BTS has been nominated in 7 categories for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)! The award show will take place on September 12, 2021.
NOMINATIONS
💜Group of the Year
💜Song of the Summer - Butter
💜Song of the Year - Dynamite
💜Best Pop - Butter
💜Best Kpop - ButterNon-votable Category
💜Best Choreography - Butter (Son Sung Deuk w/ BigHit Music Directing Team)
💜Best Editing - Butter (Yong Seok Choi from Lumpens)
Award Show INFORMATION
📍 [LOCATION] Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York City, NY
🗓 [DATE] Sunday, September 12, 2021
⏰ [TIME] 8pm ET
(9.12 @ 2pm HT / 5pm PT / 6pm MT / 7pm CT /9.13 @ 9am KST)
How to Watch
US ARMYS
➡️If you’d like to help with TV ratings, you can watch on your TV (📺MTV Channel) during your LOCAL Airtime! Please check your TV’s guide for your timezone’s LOCAL airtime!
💜If you don’t live in the East coast and would like to watch during the live airtime you can livestream it via the unofficial livestream links linked below for ARMYs outside of the US
➡️You can also watch the airing online @ http://www.mtv.com/live-tv*!
*You must know your TV provider and sign in to your TV provider account in order to watch it.
*Will air during your timezone’s local airtime.
➡️Other TV Channels
According to an article on Vogue, the 2020 VMAs will also be aired on ViacomCBS networks such as: MTV, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV2, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, Pop, TV Land, VH1, and The CW Network.
➡️Other TV Subscriptions*
- Paramount+
- FuboTV
- YouTube TV
- Sling TV
- AT&T TV Now*❗️Please keep in mind that your time zone will affect when the show airs!
ARMYS OUTSIDE OF THE US
The links below are 3rd party unofficial sites, please use at your own risk.
🔗https://ustvgo.tv/mtv/
🔗http://123tvnow.com/watch/mtv/
🔗http://123tvnow.com/watch/bet/
🔗https://ustvgo.tv/comedy-central-live-free/
🔗http://123tvnow.com/watch/comedy-central/
🔗http://123tvnow.com/watch/tvland/
🔗https://ustvgo.tv/nickelodeon-live-streaming-free/
🔗http://123tvnow.com/watch/nickelodeon/
🔗http://123tvnow.com/watch/mtv/
🔗http://123tvnow.com/watch/paramount-network-spike/
Voting Information
Voting Period
❗️REGULAR VOTING ENDS: September 3, 2021 @ 12pm HT / 3pm PT / 4pm MT / 5pm CT / 6pm ET
👉You can vote 10 times per category per day per account
❗️Group of the Year Voting Period: September 4, 2021 until September 7, 2021 (USA Time)
❗️Song of the Summer Voting Period: September 7, 2021 until September 11, 2021 (USA Time)
VMA “Power Hour” & “Double Days” (2x Votes)
VMA Power Hour
JCVMA Power Hour begins 1pm ET every day for an hour!
•When you vote during power hour, it’ll count for 2x the votes (so instead of 10 votes it’ll count for 20 votes).VMA Double Days
Although voting started on August 11, 2021, VMAs voting rules listed out the below dates for Double Day Voting (Should there be any changes, we will update this page):
1) Tuesday, August 10, 2021 between the hours of 12pm ET and 11:59pm ET
2) Wednesday, August 11, 2021 between the hours of 12am ET and 11:59pm ET
3) Friday, September 3, 2021 between the hours of 12am ET and 6pm ET⏰Double Day #3
VOTE VIA THE VMAS WEBSITE
👉Step 1 . Visit the VMA’s voting website.
👉Step 2. Go to any one of the categories BTS is nominated in (Song of the Year, Best Pop, and Best KPOP) and click on the drop down category, you will be prompted to log in to cast your vote.
👉Step 3. Once logged in, go to one of the categories and click on the + sign until the votes are maximized. When maximized, you will be prompted to submit your votes; click on submit.
👉Step 4. When your votes have been submitted, you will be taken to the next category on the webpage
👉Step 5. Scroll to the other categories you haven’t voted for yet and maximize your votes + submit.
Reminder: You can vote 10* times per category per day per account
VOTE VIA MTV’s Instagram Story
According to an article on MTV.com, tune into MTV’s Instagram Stories to vote BTS for Group of the Year and Song of the Summer.