Taylor Swift announces new album at MTV VMAs 2022

Alicia Keys was left shocked after a female fan grabbed her face and forcibly kissed her on the cheek during a concert. The incident occurred when the 41-year-old singer was performing at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada on Monday night during a stop on her Alicia + Keys Word Tour. In a clip shared by a fan account for Keys, the 15-time Grammy Award winner was seen singing her hit song "Empire State Of Mind" as she strolled through the crowd and high-fived fans.

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“…Ready For It?”: a surprise. VMAs producers Bruce Gillmer and Jesse Ignjatovic said “all the stars aligned” at this year’s award show and — in turn — boosted ratings, Billboard reported on Tuesday. Part of the credit, he said, goes to Swift, who “wanted to come.

Leonardo DiCaprio was spotted hanging out with friends as reports emerged his relationship with Camila Morrone has come to an end. Titanic actor Leo, 47, and Camila had been together for five years, and reportedly went their separate ways recently, shortly after her 25th birthday. The pair’s romance had raised eyebrows initially thanks to their 22-year age difference, however the relationship appeared strong, with the couple adopting several dogs together in 2020.

Sofia Vergara is opening up about her love and appreciation for bestie Heidi Klum.Vergara walked the carpet following Tuesday's fourth qualifier round, and she spoke with ET's Denny Directo about her bond with her fellow judge, and their hilarious and adorable parody of Taylor Swift's recently revealed album cover.Vergara took to Twitter on Tuesday to share a pic of herself and Klum chomping down on either end of a tasty treat, and the post was mocked up to look like Swift's new album — only instead of their (faux) album is titled «Midnightsnacks.»

Solved them. Kim Kardashian and Taylor Swift put all their problems behind them. A source close to the Skims founder revealed how she felt about Taylor’s 10th album dropping on her birthday.

“Ratings, what’s good?”The preliminary Nielsen figures for the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, its pre-show and two on-air replays are in — and both TV and cross-platform consumption ratings are up. According to the numbers, 3.9 million viewers tuned in to watch Sunday’s festivities across 12 Paramount Global cable channels and the broadcast network The CW — which is a 3% increase from 2021’s programming, which attracted 3.7 million viewers.Paramount says viewers watched 1.59 billion minutes of VMAs content across TV, streaming and social platforms.

Maybe it was Lizzo’s speech, or the lure of Nicki Minaj. Either way, the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards saw decent gains from last year’s telecast.

Nicki Minaj was honored for her successful career during the 2022 MTV Vmas, giving an incredible performance of her greatest hits and making the audience go crazy, including Taylor Swift who was spotted dancing and singing along to her songs.And while accepting her Video Vanguard Award, Nicki took a moment to pay tribute to some iconic musicians and her personal idols throughout her career in the music industry.“I wish that Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson were here,” Nicki said, referring to the mental health and struggles of the two music legends. “I wish people understood what they were going through.

Michele Amabile Angermiller There was plenty of action on, around and above the MTV VMA stages at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Sunday night: Taylor Swift made a surprise appearance and not only took home the prize for Video of the Year (for “All Too Well”), she also announced her forthcoming new album, “Midnights”; Nicki Minaj took home the Video Vanguard award and delivered a performance that ranged from pink pop to torture-porn; and Latin had a bigger look than ever before, with eye-popping performances from Bad Bunny, J Balvin and Anitta, the latter of whom became the first Brazilian artist to win Best Latin Artist for her song “Envolver.” Yet there was plenty of action off-camera as well. On the red carpet in the hours before the show, Jack Harlow arrived early, clad in a leather-ish dark grey suit (which would have been suffocatingly hot if the Tri-State area was in one of its crushing bouts of summer humidity; lucky for him it was a cool evening). Big cheers also erupted for BlackPink, who stopped for a few quick photos.

2022 MTV Video Music Awards was a tough one, but Taylor Swiftwalked away with the win for «All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version).»Swift then dropped a bombshell announcement on the crowd... she is releasing a brand new album on Oct. 21, which happens to be Kim Kardashian's 42nd birthday. Taking to Instagram following her momentous VMAs win, Swift teased her forthcoming album,.

Taylor Swift has a new album due in October. Midnights, out October 21, is based on “the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life,” according to a statement posted on Swift's Instagram. The album will be her 10th studio effort and the follow-up to 2020 lockdown albums Folklore and Evermore.

Hottest ticket in town! Taylor Swift, Lizzo and more fan-favorite artists hit the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards stage — and kept the party going in the audience.

Johnny Depp made a surprise cameo at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards – telling the audience he "needed the work" as he was projected on stage as the channel's famous Moon Man astronaut mascot. The actor and musician opened the ceremony on a night that saw British star Harry Styles, Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj among the big winners. Depp's appearance at the show marks the latest step in a comeback into the public sphere since winning his multimillion-dollar lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard.

The MTV Video Music Awards are always a calendar highlight and this year’s ceremony certainly didn’t disappoint.This year’s was led by hosts Nicki Minaj, LL Cool J and Jack Harlow and kicked off with a trip down memory lane as Fergie made a surprise performance. It ended on a high note too when Taylor Swift announced her new album, with a sprinkling of surprises in between as Johnny Depp showed off a rather different side to himself as he tried a new gig.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ were awarded with the golden icon award at Sunday 28 August night's MTV VMA awards. On collecting their award, bassist Flea took the opportunity to dedicate it to the late drummer of the Foo Fighters, Taylor Hawkins.The 50 year old was tragically found dead in a hotel room in the north of Bogota, Colombia, where the band were set to play at a festival on Friday 25 March.

making a surprise appearance as the iconic Moonman — now Moonperson — trophy to kick off the show after winning his sordid, sensational defamation trial against ex Amber Heard.Then there was the performance by Global Icon Award winners Red Hot Chili Peppers, who picked up their first VMAs 30 years ago for “Give It Away.” Seeing the dynamic duo of frontman Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea rock the stage just like they were pushing 30 instead of 60 took you back to the golden era of MTV — when the network actually played videos and was a culture-changing force.Even having classic rapper LL Cool J — who has previously hosted the Grammys — as one of this year’s three co-hosts was a throwback.

Taylor Swift has announced details of her brand-new album, Midnights.

Taylor Swift dropped a bombshell at the 2022 MTV VMAs on Sunday - she would be releasing a  "brand new album" on 21 October 2022.MORE: Joe Alwyn opens up about relationship with Taylor Swift in very rare interviewThe news came out of the blue for fans as she shared the details at the end of her acceptance speech for the Video of the Year Award.WATCH: Taylor Swift reveals details of new album"I made up my mind that if you were this generous and give us this, I thought it might be a fun moment to tell you that my brand new album comes out October 21st," she said to screams in the stadium.Taylor then took to social media at midnight east coast time to reveal more information, including confirming that this would be an album of brand new material ,and not a rerecording of her previous work.MORE: Inside Taylor Swift's incredible $81m property portfolio: from New York to Nashville"Midnights, the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life, will be out October 21. Meet me at midnight," she shared on her website.The album will come almost a year after her last release, the rerecording of Grammy nominated album Red.

Kane Brown delivered a historic moment at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, becoming the first male country artist to perform on the show since its 1984 inception. Prior to this Sunday's event, Kacey Musgraves and Taylor Swift had previously been the only country acts to score a performance placement on the high-profile MTV ceremony. Following a branded mixed-reality promo set to his 2020 hit, «Be Like That,» Brown performed his pop-inspired single, «Grand» in front of a live audience in nearby Fort Lee, New Jersey.

2022 MTV Video Music Awards was a tough one, but Taylor Swiftwalked away with the win for «All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version).»Swift then dropped a bombshell announcement to the crowd, that she is releasing a brand new album on October 21 and is releasing more information about the forthcoming project at midnight. “I’m so honored to have been recognized alongside such amazing artists and directors in this category,” Swift said at the beginning of her speech. “I just want to say I’m so heartened by the fact that the first time in VMA history that four of the directors nominated in the Video Of The Year category are women.”She continued, saying, “You guys, I’m just so proud of what we made and I know with every second of this moment, we wouldn’t have been able to make this short film if it wasn’t for you, the fans.

Taylor Swift was the top winner at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards as she won Video of the Year. The singer and songwriter took the moon person trophy for her work in the 10-minute music video for “All Too Well” (Taylor’s Version).

The black carpet had no shortage of bold beauty! From Lizzo to Taylor Swift, the biggest names in music brought their A-game at the 38th annual awards show.

BLACKPINK took the stage for their first MTV Video Music Awards performance on Sunday, and they shut it down. Rosé, Lisa, Jennie and Jisoo — dressed in matching black and pink crop tops and shorts with chunky boots — belted out their first comeback single in nearly two years, “Pink Venom,” to a crowd of screaming fans.

BLACKPINK took the stage for their first MTV Video Music Awards performance on Sunday, and they shut it down. Rosé, Lisa, Jennie and Jisoo — dressed in matching black and pink crop tops and shorts with chunky boots — belted out their first comeback single in nearly two years, «Pink Venom,» to a crowd of screaming fans. Making their long-awaited return to the stage, the foursome — who won their first Moonman earlier in the evening for Best Metaverse Performance — made their VMAs debut count as they showcased their vocals, rap talent and dance on the MTV stage.Stars in the audience could not get enough of BLACKPINK's performance, with VMA winner Taylor Swift and Dylan O'Brien hyping up the K-pop stars by singing along and grooving to «Pink Venom.»One thing blackpink's gonna do is tear up a performance and make sure the crowd is hyped!pic.twitter.com/QvdBvXKu5xEarlier in the evening, the Korean girl group, who is also up for Group of the Year, hit the red carpet at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards -- making their U.S. awards show debut -- for the very first time, and they did not disappoint.BLACKPINK rocked head-turning black outfits as they strut their stuff on the VMAs carpet at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey ahead of Sunday's show.BLACKPINK wasn't the only act to make their VMAs debut Sunday night.

Fergie made a surprise appearance at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. The singer joined Jack Harlow at the Prudential Center stage during the big night of music.

Everybody loves a comeback! Fergie shocked fans by making a surprise performance at the MTV’s 2022 VMAs on Sunday, August 28 — alongside rapper and cohost Jack Harlow.

Taylor Swift is making a statement at the VMAs! On Sunday, the 32-year-old singer stepped out for the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards at New Jersey's Prudential Center, wearing a unforgettable look.Swift, an 11-time VMA winner --  sported a sparkling diamond Oscar de la Renta dress, made of strands of shimmering jewels, in her first VMAs appearance since 2019.The dazzling ensemble was paired with matching Lorraine Schwartz diamond earrings and bejeweled Christian Louboutin heels, and she even featured diamonds around her eyes. The outfit notably seemed to echo her striking diamond bathtub look from her «Look What You Made Me Do» music video.Swift is nominated for five awards at the 2022 ceremony, all for «All Too Well» (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version): Video of the Year, Best Longform Video, Best Cinematography, Best Direction and Best Editing.Should Swift nab the Video of the Year award, «All Too Well» (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) would become the longest video ever to do so.

leading the pack with seven nominations a piece. Other A-listers hoping to take home statues include Doja Cat, Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Olivia Rodrigo and Drake.Much-anticipated highlights include a “first of its kind” joint performance by Eminem and Snoop Dogg to showcase their gamer-friendly collaboration “From the D 2 The LBC,” plus a mid-concert beam-in by Bad Bunny from Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, the latest stop on his “World’s Hottest Tour.” Other performers include Lizzo, J Balvin, BLACKPINK, Panic! At The Disco, Anitta, Kane Brown, Måneskin and Marshmello x Khalid.The event is hosted by former Grammy emcee LL Cool J, “What’s Poppin” Jack Harlow and red-carpet-ready Nicki Minaj, who will also receive this year’s Video Vanguard Award.