BLACKPINK, Lisa and Jisoo Among the 2026 MTV VMA Nominees
MTV announced the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards nominations on 18 August local time. BLACKPINK's 'JUMP' is up for Best K-pop, and Lisa's 'Dream' is nominated in four categories: Best Pop, Best K-pop, Best Cinematography and Best Editing. 'Eyes Closed', by Jisoo and ZAYN, is up for Best Visual Effects.
What happened
MTV announced the nominations for the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards on 18 August local time. Herald Business, citing Billboard, reported that BLACKPINK’s ‘JUMP’ is up for Best K-pop. The same article reported that Lisa’s ‘Dream’ is nominated in four categories, Best Pop, Best K-pop, Best Cinematography and Best Editing, and that ‘Eyes Closed’, made by Jisoo with ZAYN, is up for Best Visual Effects. The nominations list Billboard published records BLACKPINK’s ‘JUMP’ under YG Entertainment and Lisa’s ‘Dream feat. Kentaro Sakaguchi’ under Lloud Co./RCA Records in the Best K-pop category, and ‘Eyes Closed’ by ‘JISOO X ZAYN’ under Warner Records in Best Visual Effects.
Why is it trending?
All three are categories decided on a music video. The three nominated videos come one each from a group release and two solo releases. Herald Business wrote that Lisa’s ‘Dream’ is a track from her first solo full-length album Alter Ego and that the Japanese actor Kentaro Sakaguchi appears in its music video. BLACKPINK’s ‘JUMP’ is a digital single that the group’s own YouTube channel published on 11 July 2025. Munhwa Ilbo reported that Jisoo entered the Billboard Hot 100 in October 2025 with ‘EYES CLOSED’, the single she made with ZAYN. Soompi reported that the ceremony takes place on 27 September in Los Angeles, and Herald Business gave the venue as the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
What you need to know
- BLACKPINK: the digital single ‘JUMP’ is up for Best K-pop. Billboard’s list records it under YG Entertainment.
- Lisa: ‘Dream’ is nominated in four categories, Best Pop, Best K-pop, Best Cinematography and Best Editing. Billboard’s list records it as ‘Dream feat. Kentaro Sakaguchi’, Lloud Co./RCA Records.
- Jisoo: ‘Eyes Closed’, made with ZAYN, is up for Best Visual Effects. Billboard’s list records it under Warner Records.
- Announcement: MTV published the nominations on 18 August 2026 local time. Herald Business, citing Billboard, carried them on 19 August.
- Ceremony: 27 September 2026 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
- Embed: the official music video for the digital single ‘JUMP’, published by BLACKPINK’s own YouTube channel on 11 July 2025, is the video nominated for Best K-pop.
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BLACKPINK is a four-piece group under YG Entertainment that debuted on 8 August 2016 with the single album SQUARE ONE. Its third mini album DEADLINE arrived in February 2026, and the DEADLINE world tour ran 16 cities from July 2025 to January 2026.
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BLACKPINK is a four-piece group under YG Entertainment that debuted on 8 August 2016 with the single album SQUARE ONE. Its third mini album DEADLINE arrived in February 2026, and the DEADLINE world tour ran 16 cities from July 2025 to January 2026.
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