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All the 2024 VMAs Performances Ranked From Worst to Best


VMAs Performances Ranked: 2024’s Best and worst musical performances.

trotted out several such hip-hop tracks, from “Mama Said Knock You Out” to “Rock the Bells” to “Goin’ Back to Cali” to “Doin’ It.” It’s a tribute to his muscular, commanding stage presence that his new songs (hailing from his latest LP The Force) sounded perfectly at home when rubbing up against his classics. Whether sailing through the air while hopping on her dancers’ shoulders, draping herself over a twerking Doechii on their new collab “I’m His, He’s Mine” or trotting out silvery balloon wings for “I Kissed a Girl,” Perry’s VMAs performance felt like a well-deserved (and much-needed) victory lap for a pop icon gearing up to release a new album ( 143 on Sept. 20). Wearing a pair of hip-hugging jeans that brought to mind Christina Aguilera circa Stripped, Karol G moved around the stage (and through the crowd) with a casual confidence, delivering a colorful performance of “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” that emphasized the irresistible, welcoming rhythms of her peerless Latin pop.

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