How to watch the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV Video Music Awards are back at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. After a no in-person show in 2020 due to COVID-19, the 2021 VMAs will be hosted by Doja Cat on Sunday, September 12 at 8 p.m.

Performers include Alicia Keys and Swae Lee, Camila Cabello, Chlöe, Ed Sheeran, Foo Fighters, Justin Bieber and The Kid LAROI, Kacey Musgraves, Ozuna, Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow, Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker, Normani, Olivia Rodrigo, Shawn Mendes and Tainy, Twenty One Pilots and Doja Cat. There will also be a special performance by Anitta. In addition to MTV, the show will be simulcast across BET, BET Her, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV2, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, Pop, TV Land, VH1 and The CW.