MTV VMAs 2024: Katy Perry to Receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award | THR News Video
Katy Perry will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. The honor comes sixteen years after the pop star first topped the charts with her debut single "I Kissed a Girl." Since 2008, Perry has had 14 Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including nine No. 1s.
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00:00Katy Perry will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.
00:07The honor comes 16 years after the pop star first topped the charts with her debut single,
00:11I Kissed a Girl. Since 2008, Perry has had 14 top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100,
00:21including nine No. 1s. Her sophomore album, Teenage Dream, launched five No. 1s
00:30matching a record set by Jackson in 1987 with his album Bad.
00:34Perry will also perform at this year's VMAs, which are set to take place on September 11.
00:38The show was originally supposed to air live on September 10,
00:41but changed dates to avoid airing opposite the presidential debate.
00:45Perry, who has won five VMAs, last attended the show in 2017 when she hosted and performed.
00:50This year's show will air nine days before Perry releases her new album,
00:55on September 20, which includes her latest single, Lifetimes.
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