MTV has just announced tt the 2013 “MTV Video Music Awards” will celebrate the artists and songs that defined this summer with performances from chart toppers Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke, a special appearance by One Direction, as well as a new socially-voted category “Best Song of the Summer” powered by Windows Phone.
The performances and award show will be presented from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center LIVE on Sunday, 25 August at 9pm (ET/PT), Monday, 26 August at 8am (TH/WIB) and 9am (SIN/HK/MAL/PH).
For the first time, this year’s VMAs will feature the socially-driven “Best Song of the Summer Award” powered by Windows Phone. The inaugural nominees are
– Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop,”
– Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” featuring Pharrell,
– Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding’s thumping “I Need Your Love”
– Selena Gomez’s “Come & Get It,”
– One Direction’s “Best Song Ever,” and
– Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” featuring T.I. and Pharrell.
Beginning today, fans can vote via Twitter, Instagram or Vine by using the appropriate hashtag: #votemileycyrus, #votedaftpunk, #voteselenagomez, #voteonedirection, #voterobinthicke, #votecalvinandellie.
To build anticipation for the show, MTV launched a successful cross platform social campaign, #RoadToTheVMAs, which features the Moonman in a myriad of iconic locations throughout Brooklyn and NYC. Thus far, the campaign has garnered more than 88 million social media impressions to date including over half a million likes on Instagram, 48 million impressions on Twitter, nearly 40 million impressions on Facebook and over 1 million impressions on Tumblr.
So, what are you waiting for? Be part of it and vote for your Best Song of the Summer! For more information or nominee’s lists log on to http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/
