She also led all other artists in nominations for the 2026 VMAs, earning 13 nods. Taylor Swift followed with 11 nominations, Sabrina Carpenter with nine and Ariana Grande with eight.
The pop titan is coming off of a momentous year on the back of her 15th album “Confessions II,” which was released in July. The record, her first in seven years, was a sequel of sorts to her seismic 2005 album “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” reuniting her with producer Stuart Price for 16 tracks that embraced contemporary dance music while nodding to her roots and backstory.
