Will the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards announce their nominees by August 1, 2026?

Why: Multiple independent sources in the supplied evidence, all dated before Aug 1, 2026, explicitly state that the 2026 VMA nominees had not been announced and that additional information would be released later. TVInsider (2026-04-16) says “Nominees have not yet been announced,” GoldDerby (2026-07-18) notes the nominations are “about a month away,” and the CBS/Paramount press page (July 2026; featured release dated 2026-07-27) says additional information will be announced at a later date. None of the provided pages contains an announcement of the 2026 VMA nominees on or before 2026-08-01, so the nominees were not announced by that deadline according to the supplied evidence.