Madonna leads the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards nominations with 11 nods, marking another major milestone in her decades-long relationship with MTV.
Her nominations include several of the ceremony’s biggest categories and make her the year’s most-nominated artist, underscoring her continued cultural relevance more than four decades into her career. The achievement is particularly notable given Madonna’s history with the VMAs, where her performances, videos and boundary-pushing image have been central to the awards since their earliest years.