LISA, RAYE, Sienna Spiro & More Added as Performers on 2026 MTV VMAs

LISA , RAYE , Sienna Spiro , Shaboozey (with and without Gunna ) and GENER8ION and Yung Lean will join show opener Madonna for performances at the 2026 VMAs.

These will be the first VMAs performances for most of these artists, but LISA performed “New Woman” and “Rockstar” on the 2024 telecast.

Hosted by Snoop Dogg, the VMAs will air Sunday, Sept.

27 (7:30-9:30 PM, ET/4:30-6:30 PM, PT) on CBS, simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+ (Premium) in the U.S.

The show will also be available globally the next day on Paramount+ and MTV.

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With 10 career VMAs nods, including four this year, LISA is the most-nominated K-pop solo artist in show history.

In 2022, she became the first K-pop soloist to win a VMA: best K-pop for “Lalisa.” She won again in that category in 2024 with “Rockstar” and in 2025 with “Born Again,” a collab with Doja Cat and RAYE .

Speaking of RAYE, the British singer/songwriter and producer will make her VMAs performance debut.

The two-time VMAs winner is nominated twice this year, including in the song of the year category for “Where Is My Husband!” That ebullient hit reached No.

11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Following her own North American tour and the release of her sophomore album This Music May Contain Hope (which reached No.

11 on the Billboard 200), RAYE is currently on a stadium tour with Bruno Mars .