MTV Video Music Awards

Rihanna and Drake are the leading contenders for the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, while Katy Perry, Beyonce, Skrillex, and others also scored multiple nominations.

Say what you will about Chris Brown.  (I've said a lot, and most of it wasn't good.)  Gotta give credit where credit is due though, the guy can dance.  However, not everyone in the VMA crowd was a fan of the performance - most notably Jay-Z, who seemed extremely unimpressed with Chris's appearance.

Lady Gaga has earned her rep for lighting up the red carpet with splashy awards show ensembles, and during the leadup to this year’s MTV VMAs, the network promised more of the same with a #whatwillgagawear Twitter hashtag. As it turns out, the VMAs were opened by none other than her sideburned alter ego, Jo Calderone, who started things off by launching into a profane tirade about the end of his r

When Lady Gaga — in drag as her male alter-ego, Gaga’s boyfriend Jo Calderone — brought Britney Spears onstage to present her the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award, there were a few moments in which everyone wondered if Brit would re-enact her famous 2003 kiss with Madonna by planting one on Gaga as well.

Ladies ruled at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards: Beyonce’s pregnancy announcement was the big news of the night, Lady Gaga opened the show in style (and in drag) and Katy Perry took home top honors, winning Video of the Year for ‘Firework.’

The MTV Video Music Awards, which air live on Sunday, will be missing an important part of the traditional award show experience: a host.

MTV Video Music Awards Executive Producer Amy Doyle has confirmed to Billboard magazine that the show will “pay tribute” to Britney Spears on this year’s broadcast. “Obviously everything from her choreography to her fashion to her videos will be (covered). We said, ‘Let’s challenge ourselves to do something unique’,” said Doyle.

We know you have an opinion, and now is your chance to put that opinion to good use. As we prepare for the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards on August 28th, we at 104.7 KISS-FM want to know who you think is going to take home each of this year's awards.