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2017 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2017 MTV Video Music Awards (34th annual VMAs) were held August 27, 2017 at the Forum in Inglewood, California, hosted by Katy Perry. Kendrick Lamar won six awards including Video of the Year for "HUMBLE."; Pink received the Video Vanguard Award; it was the first gender-neutral VMAs and the least watched to date.
2018 in heavy metal music
2018 in heavy metal music: a release year led by Yob's Our Raw Heart, with major albums from Ghost (Prequelle), Judas Priest (Firepower), At the Gates, and Immortal, plus a traditional-metal and stoner revival.
2018 in South Korean music
2018 in South Korean music: K-pop's international breakthrough year led by BTS's Love Yourself cycle and Blackpink's Ddu-du Ddu-du, plus the first KPMA, Red Velvet in Pyongyang, and $430 million in music exports.
2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards (2018 엠넷 아시안 뮤직 어워드)
2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards (2018 엠넷 아시안 뮤직 어워드), the tenth MAMA, held December 10–14, 2018 across Seoul, Saitama, and Hong Kong; BTS won Artist, Album, and Worldwide Icon of the Year, TWICE Song of the Year.
2018 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, held August 20 at Radio City Music Hall, New York, marked the 35th VMAs. Camila Cabello won Video and Artist of the Year for Havana; Jennifer Lopez received the Video Vanguard Award; ratings hit a record low at 4.87 million viewers.
2019 Billboard Music Awards
The 2019 Billboard Music Awards, held May 1, 2019 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and hosted by Kelly Clarkson on NBC, saw Drake win 12 awards including Top Artist, reaching a record 27 career BBMA wins; Cardi B led nominations with 21.
2019 in heavy metal music
2019 in heavy metal music: a release year marked by Tool, Rammstein, and Slipknot comebacks, Blood Incantation's critically acclaimed Hidden History of the Human Race, Sunn O)))'s Life Metal, Slayer's farewell shows, and Metallica's S&M2.
2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards
2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards (2019 MAMA), held December 4, 2019 at Nagoya Dome, Japan, hosted by Park Bo Gum; BTS won nine awards including all four Daesangs, a MAMA first, amid the Korea-Japan diplomatic row and after Hong Kong was skipped over protests.
2019 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2019 MTV Video Music Awards (36th VMAs) were held August 26, 2019 at Prudential Center, Newark, hosted by Sebastian Maniscalco; Taylor Swift won Video of the Year, Lil Nas X Song of the Year, Missy Elliott the Video Vanguard.
2020 Billboard Music Awards
The 2020 Billboard Music Awards, postponed from April 29 to October 14, 2020, aired from the Dolby Theatre on NBC, hosted by Kelly Clarkson; Post Malone won nine awards including Top Artist, and ratings hit a record low.
2020 in heavy metal music
2020 in heavy metal music: the pandemic year that cancelled Wacken, Hellfest and Download yet produced Deftones' Ohms, Code Orange's Underneath and thriving lo-fi black metal.
2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards
2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards (2020 MAMA): CJ ENM's K-pop awards, held virtually in Paju, South Korea on December 6, 2020, hosted by Song Joong-ki, theme "New-topia." BTS swept all four daesang grand prizes for the second straight year, taking eight awards.
2020 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, held August 30, 2020 and hosted by Keke Palmer, were a pandemic-era hybrid of outdoor New York performances and pre-taped xR segments after Barclays Center plans were dropped; The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" won Video of the Year and Lady Gaga took five awards including the inaugural Tricon Award.
2021 Billboard Music Awards
The 2021 Billboard Music Awards, held May 23, 2021 at the Microsoft Theater on NBC with host Nick Jonas, honored chart performance from March 2020 to April 2021; The Weeknd won ten awards, Drake received Artist of the Decade, and P!NK the Icon Award.
2021 in heavy metal music
2021 in heavy metal music: pandemic-era metal year marked by returning full-capacity shows, first-time Download headliners Bullet For My Valentine, delayed 2020 albums arriving, Gojira's Fortitude topping US album sales, and Bloodmoon: I leading critical lists.
2022 Billboard Music Awards
The 2022 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs), the 29th edition, were held May 15, 2022 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, hosted by Sean "Diddy" Combs on NBC. Olivia Rodrigo led with seven wins; Mary J. Blige received the Icon Award.
2022 in heavy metal music
2022 in heavy metal music: the genre's first full post-pandemic year, marked by the Download and Hellfest festival returns, the Pantera reunion tour, Metallica's Stranger Things moment, Slipknot's UK number one, and Meat Loaf's January death.
2023 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, held September 12 at Newark's Prudential Center and hosted by Nicki Minaj, saw Taylor Swift win nine awards including a fourth Video of the Year for "Anti-Hero", Shakira receive the Video Vanguard Award, and a 50-years-of-hip-hop finale.
2024 Billboard Music Awards
The 2024 Billboard Music Awards, hosted by Michelle Buteau, aired December 12, 2024 on FOX, Fire TV Channels, and Paramount+. Taylor Swift won 10 awards including Top Artist, reaching 49 career wins as the show's most decorated winner.
2024 MAMA Awards
2024 MAMA Awards: 25th edition of CJ ENM's K-pop awards, first held in the US (Nov 21, Dolby Theatre LA) and Osaka (Nov 22-23, Kyocera Dome); presented by Visa; SEVENTEEN, aespa, and Jimin won the grand prizes.
2024 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, the 40th VMAs, held September 11, 2024 at UBS Arena, Elmont, New York, hosted by Megan Thee Stallion; Taylor Swift won seven awards including Video of the Year for "Fortnight."
2025 in heavy metal music
2025 in heavy metal music: Ghost's Skeletá and Sleep Token's Even In Arcadia hit number one, Deftones' private music led critics' lists, Ozzy Osbourne died 17 days after Black Sabbath's final Birmingham show, and blackgaze rose.
2025 in hip-hop
2025 in hip-hop: Kendrick Lamar's Grammy sweep, Super Bowl halftime show, and record-setting "Luther"; Doechii's Best Rap Album win; Tyler, The Creator as Apple Music Artist of the Year; Playboi Carti's MUSIC; R&B/hip-hop holding 1 in 4 U.S. streams.
2025 in music
2025 in music: global recorded music revenue grew 6.4% to US$31.7 billion, Taylor Swift was IFPI's Global Artist of the Year for a sixth time, "APT." led the global singles chart, Bad Bunny topped Spotify with 19.8 billion streams, and Beyoncé and Bad Bunny won consecutive Grammy Albums of the Year.
2025 in South Korean music
2025 in South Korean music: WOODZ's "Drowning" and HUNTR/X's "Golden" topped Melon and Circle year-end charts; Stray Kids' KARMA led albums; domestic streaming fell 5% as global platforms rose.
2025 MAMA Awards
The 2025 MAMA Awards, 26th edition of CJ ENM's K-pop ceremony, held November 28-29 at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Stadium, first there since 2018; G-Dragon, Stray Kids, Rosé, and Enhypen won grand prizes after the Tai Po fire reshaped the show.
2025 Melon Music Awards
2025 Melon Music Awards (MMA2025, 17th edition), held Dec 20, 2025 at Gocheok Sky Dome, Seoul, hosted by Kakao Entertainment's Melon. G-Dragon won seven awards including three Daesangs; Jennie took Record of the Year.
2025 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, held September 7, 2025 at UBS Arena and first broadcast on CBS, hosted by LL Cool J; Lady Gaga won four awards, Ariana Grande took Video of the Year, Mariah Carey received the Video Vanguard Award.
2025 Radiohead tour
Radiohead's 2025 European comeback tour: 20 in-the-round shows across Madrid, Bologna, London, Copenhagen, and Berlin, November–December 2025, the band's first concerts since 2018, with record O2 attendance and 2027 Australia/Japan dates following.
2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards
The 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards, the 13th edition held March 26, 2026 at the Dolby Theatre on FOX, honored 2025's most-played iHeartRadio artists; Taylor Swift won seven awards, Alex Warren four.