--- title: Beyoncé Will Perform at 2014 Video Music Awards description: MTV announced that Beyonce will be performing at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. canonical: https://time.com/3088848/beyonce-mtv-vma/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-07T14:04:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:32:53.842Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Beyoncé Will Perform at 2014 Video Music Awards og:description: BeyHive, rejoice! og:url: https://time.com/3088848/beyonce-mtv-vma/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3405a931ece8518/69869eacadae44708d5446f6/453096276.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "On The Run Tour: Beyonce And Jay-Z" - Pasadena og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Beyoncé Will Perform at 2014 Video Music Awards twitter:description: BeyHive, rejoice! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3405a931ece8518/69869eacadae44708d5446f6/453096276.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyoncé Will Perform at the MTV VMAs by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Aug 7, 2014 2:04 PM UTC  Beyonce performs during the "On The Run Tour Beyonce performs during the "On The Run TourLarry Busacca/PW—Getty by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Aug 7, 2014 2:04 PM UTC Just in case Beyoncé’s schedule was looking a little thin between [touring](http://time.com/2981733/beyonce-and-jay-zs-on-the-run-tour-is-a-royal-spectacle/) and [dropping new remixes](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6207036/lil-kim-disses-nicki-minaj-on-remix-to-beyonces-flawless-remix), [MTV announced](http://www.mtv.com/news/1891274/beyonce-performing-vmas-video-vanguard-award/) Thursday that Queen Bey will be performing at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. The VMAs will be a big night for Beyoncé: Not only does the artist have the most nominations, but she will also receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, which has gone to Madonna and Justin Timberlake in the past. The show will air Sunday, August 24 at 9 p.m. EST on MTV. \[[_MTV_](http://www.mtv.com/news/1891274/beyonce-performing-vmas-video-vanguard-award/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3088848/beyonce-mtv-vma/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3088848/beyonce-mtv-vma/"},"headline":"Beyoncé Will Perform at the MTV VMAs","datePublished":"2014-08-07T14:04:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:32:53.842Z","description":"BeyHive, rejoice!","url":"https://time.com/3088848/beyonce-mtv-vma/","keywords":["Music","Beyonce","MTV","TV","Video Music Awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3405a931ece8518/69869eacadae44708d5446f6/453096276.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3405a931ece8518/69869eacadae44708d5446f6/453096276.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"On The Run Tour: Beyonce And Jay-Z\" - Pasadena","caption":"\"On The Run Tour: Beyonce And Jay-Z\" - Pasadena","creditText":"Larry Busacca/PW—Getty","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3088848/beyonce-mtv-vma/","name":"Beyoncé Will Perform at the MTV VMAs"}}]}] ```