There were two spectacular hours of gala to cover the most popular genres in the world of music. So are the MTV Video Music Awardsalready popularly known as the VMAswhich were held last night at the Prudential Center pavilion in the city of Newark -in New Jersey, United States- to recognize the best musical works of the last year in the audiovisual field.
In CHAIN 100 We have already told you who the winners have been, so now it’s time to review what have been the most outstanding performances on stage at this 39th edition of the awards, which have managed to attract the attention of all viewers for having a wide variety of artists among their winners, but also during all performances of the night. These have been the seven most special:
Nicki Minaj: “Super freaky girl,” “Anaconda” and more
The rapper became one of the great attractions of the night after collecting the honorary award michael jackson video vanguardin addition to proclaiming himself the winner in the category of best hip hop video for his song “Do we have a problem?”. But the stellar moment of nicki minaj came when he took the stage to perform a medley with themes like “Monster”, “Super Bass” either “Super freaky girl”among others.
Bad Bunny: “Titi asked me”
The award for best artist of the year went to the Puerto Rican Bad Bunny, who became the first Latin American to achieve it for the first time in the history of these mythical awards. During his speech, he made a plea claiming Spanish in the songs, highlighting the need to not have to adapt to the market without having to renounce culture or language. His moment on stage was just as brilliant as he performed “Titi asked me”.
Anitta: “Wrap up”
The night continued to be very Latin thanks also to Anittawho bagged the award for best latin music video for his “To wrap”, a theme that he took care of defending on stage. The Brazilian artist was immense along with her dancers offering us one of the great performances of the night.
Maneskin: “Supermodel”
The winners of Eurovision 2021, the Italians MåneskinThey continue to take firm steps in the world of music. They are no longer satisfied with succeeding in their country or throughout Europe, now they are also on their way to being a phenomenon in the United States, a market that has understood them and that rewards them with their participation in one of the most important musical events of the year. “Supermodel” is the song that was given to us live during the celebration of the VMAs.
J Balvin and Ryan Castro: “Perreo level”
He was nominated along with Skrillex and his song “In da getto” in the category of best latin music videoHowever, he ultimately left empty-handed. That little disappointment for his fans was offset by his immense performance on stage, where he was accompanied by the Colombian singer ryan castrowith whom he played “perreo level” That’s good.
Blackpink: “Pink Venom”
The most international touch was given by the girls from blackpinkwhich won the award for best metaverse video -no more, no less-, who invaded the venue with their pink poison. Good poison, because you just have to see how they put all the attendees in their pockets. What a global phenomenon!
Red hot chili peppers: “Black summer” and “Can’t stop”
The winners of the award for best rock video, Red hot chili peppersalso wanted to delight us with their music in this edition of the MTV Video Music Awards. The Americans dared with two of his songs, “Blacksummer” Y “Can’t stop”giving that touch of rock to the gala at the most necessary moment.
And we end with a special mention to the actor Johnny Depp, who also climbed the stage, but in his case, instead of going up the stairs, he decided to do it by descending from the heavens to get into the role that he had to play during the night, which is none other than that of the astronaut, absolute protagonist of the awards, since it is the figure that we can see represented in each of the statuettes. This is the moment that he himself has shared through his Instagram profile:
These are the seven performances that have caught our attention the most, but the truth is that there are many other artists who took to the Prudential Center stage: latto, Panic! at the disco, Lauren Spencer, kane brown, Lauren Spencer, JID, Eminem Y Snoop Dogg, Flo Milili, lizzo, Conan Gray, Jack Harlow Y FergieY Dove Cameron they also put the musical note to this spectacular night.
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The best performances of the MTV VMAs awards: From Nicki Minaj to J Balvin, through Blackpink