The 2014 MTV Video Music Awards received a major boost yesterday when it was announced that Beyonce would be receiving the night’s top honor – the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award – and performing.
For many, confirmation of the latter is most exciting due to King B’s position as one of modern music’s most prolific performers.
What’s more, given the scant promotion for her surprise album, the news brings with it the titillating reality a major televised showcase from the star is just two weeks away (August 24th). Indeed, if the showing from Justin Timberlake (who received the honor last year) is anything to go by, Bey could very well be prepping a 15-minute-plus blockbuster.
So, naturally, it begs the question: what should she perform?
For an artist of her caliber (who is still commercially on-top), there are so many considerations. Should it be a career retrospective? Or should she focus squarely on her self-titled set? Should there be guests or a strictly solo affair?
That Grape Juice have compiled our picks. Check ’em out below and let us know yours too. You never know who may be watching…
That Grape Juice’s Picks
1) ‘Flawless’
2) ‘Run The World’
3) ‘Destiny’s Child Medley’ (Solo)
4) ‘Single Ladies’
5) ‘Crazy In Love’
6) ‘Drunk In Love’
7) ‘Halo / XO’
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The flow and structure of our picks draws from MJ’s iconic VMA 95 medley…
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In no particular order…
1. Crazy in Love
2. Baby Boy
3. Bills Bills Bills, Say My Name (Bring out Kelly Letoya and Latavia)
4. Independent Women, Lose My Breath (Kelly and Michelle)
5. Run the World
6. Halo
7. Anything off of Beyonce except Drunk in Love
8. Naughty Girl
*Special Note* do not sing Single Ladies
*SPECIAL NOTE- NO DESTINY’S CHILD SONGS PERIOD!
She is getting this award based on her career as a solo artist! (Can it be about Beyoncé as a solo act for once? Notice Michael did not perform a Jackson 5 medley) Also: NO REPEATS FROM THE SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCE-it was too widely viewed to repeat. So I agree, no Single Ladies and also no Halo. She should focus on the new/latest album (FLAWLESS IS A MUST and Pretty Hurts, Haunted, etc.) and throw in classics like Irreplaceable, If I Were a Boy, and/or Ring the Alarm.
@Anne Uuhhhhh.. Justin dug up NSYNC for his performance soooo… I guess you missed that?
She should do what she wants. If she wants to include DC3, I’m all the way here for it because I love them. They can do some DC tracks that they didn’t perform on the Superbowl. It’s not like they didn’t have a lot of hits as a group, and that’s what catapulted Beyonce to success, because, unlike Michael, I was not a Beyonce fan immediately when DC hit the scene. Everybody and they mama wanted some MJ from the time he hit the stage with the Jackson 5.
Plus, including DC, would help thin out the (somewhat) obvious. No matter what, unless she performs everything else off the Bey album that no one is really checking for, there will inevitably be comparisons to all of her previous live performances, just like people compared the Superbowl to previous performances.
It’s a rumor that she’s performing every song off her
New album!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s Beyoncé night B**** if you dont
Like Beyoncé don’t even watch the show because she’s
Taking home every thing.
If she will perform all the songs from her new album pepole will peace da f**** out bitchh. That album is horrible. The only good songs are Haunted DIL Jealous and Partition. Its an OVERATTED ass album. Bye.
Kii I can’t @ a Hoeianna Stan using the word “Overrated” kii kii. Rihoeianna = An Overrated Attention Whorring Sluut
Girl I agree 100%.. That album from last December is so tired and already almost a year old. I think she should drum up something new because clearly nobody feeling any of her singles. Smh
Drunk In Love
Flawless Remix
Partition
Say My Name
Crazy In Love
Get Me Bodied
Run The World
Irreplaceable
Halo
Yassss a 15 minutes porno show with lipping bad songs!! Yasss bish!!
And it will still slay any Rihanna performance kiiii
lmfao coming from a fan of SLUTTIEST P*** star on the planet. opps i mean pop star. The ONLY dance move Rihanna has is patting her p*ssy!
You see how MTV always fcking shiznayee up? Still to this very day I don’t understand why MTV gave Justin Timberlake the Vanguard award before Usher. SMH! Usher has more sales, more #1’s, star power, better dancer, music than Justin Timberlake tbh. Although Usher’s BET Medley performance was terribly put together (I dont know what he was thinking) but he deserves Vanguard award now. I don’t know why the music industry is trying to make it seem like Justin is bigger than an Usher.
Justin timberlake is so overrated.
Usher hasn’t gotten it because his star power has faded within the last few years, if he can make a comeback I’m sure he’ll receive the award cause he has the accolades and resume.
1000% Agree. Usher should have gotten that award LOOONG BEFORE the boy biitch and beyonce.
I don’t care what she does, cus as far its her song it will definatly slay so i good. What o don’t want is for her to sing with anybodu be it jay-z orDc.
Noooo I am NOT here for your picks TGJ. She needs to do mashup of her songs from her new album and throw in 2 or 3 classics max.
And NO Destinys Child
1. ***Flawless (She HAS to perform this)
2. A medley of Pretty Hurts,Partition,Yonce,Ghost/Haunted and Blow
3.Ring The Alarm
4.Run The World
5.Baby Boy
6.Halo/If I Were A Boy/Irreplaceable
7.Upgrade U/Deja Vu
8.Say My Name
9.Bills Bills Bills(with DC4)
10.Survivor/Independent Women/Lose my Breath(with DC3)
11.Diva
12.Countdown(Even though this might not happen)
I’m not saying she has to perform ALL of these,just any of them and I’ll be happy. Of course there are so many ballads I want to see her perform(Superpower,Rocket,Jealous,Start Over,I Care, Dangerously In Love etc) but of course it won’t happen. I’d also want to see her perform “No No No” with DC3 but it also won’t happen. So,yeah.
PS.I didn’t add SL to the list because she’ll obviously perform it.
lol so many *errors* on my first comment…I want her to perform anything that is not with jay-z or Dc. I don’t want *say my name, bills bills etc. Its her award not Dc or jayonce. she will slay for sure so i can’t wait.
In No order:
Flawless
Blow
Haunted
Halo
Love On Top
Crazy In Love
Closing Fantasy: BLUE and then bring blue on stage lol.
Actually scratch Halo for Run the world OR End of Time.
There are too many that I want to see performed, but I know wont get performed.
Either way Im sure she’ll kill it like she did the Superbowl. As long as she takes the opportunity to promote her album through it because shes been taking a very laid back approach (which I love btw).
You sure she is coming because
She is infamous for sending in
Video tapes to awards shows.
Oh wait that is only for the black
Shows she will be there to cater her
White audience as usual. But thats
None of my business
Ooop
Beyonce attends the BET awards. Unlike Rihanna. Only reason she didnt this year was because she is on Tour.
Was*
Are any of lana’s new singles charted?
Who?
The flop u stan for homie
I dont though
That is sad for her, cos when the white people turn on her as they do all black stars, she wont have anything to fall back on
But when did she ever owe the BET awards a performance?
THE QUEEN has performed for The VMAS 4 times as a solo artist and 4 times for The BET Awards as a solo artist. The taped performance for BET actually puts her catering towards BET more. #DUMB BIITCHES
The lies. Beyonce always goes to the BET awards when she can and when she is nominated. She always embraces it as her ‘home’. R****** is the one who dismisses it for white award shows and hasn’t been since like 08 or something.
All new songs pls…and a SHORT med. Of old songs…keep that part short… flawless…blow…sect…and one song she never performed before… 🙂
Crazy In Love
Single Ladies
Run The World/End Of Time
Flawless (Original Version)
Ghost/Haunted
Blow
Irreplacable
Halo
XO
‘BEYONCE’ (album) songs please. Something no ones expecting.
DEATH AT ALL THE BEYONCE STANS ON TWITTER
CLAIMING THAT SHE IS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN
TO RECEIVE THAT VANGUARD AWARD
LOL ALWAYS QUICK AT MAKING UP LITTLE PETTY RECORDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS WITHOUT READING AND DOING BASIC RESEARCH SO DUMB AND PREDICTABLE JUST
IKE THEIR BLEACHED FAV
That’s because beyonce fans are idiots. Janet received this award in 1990, and that was before they attached Michael’s name to it.
She will slay lives whatever she does tbh.
Beyonce should perform:
1.) Grown Woman #LIFE
2.) Drunk in Love
3.) Flawless
4.) Sweet Dreams
5.) Naughty Girl
6.) End of Time
8.) Halo
9.) Crazy in Love ( Sick of that song but it;s a classic) 😉
I cant even choose and I doubt she performs most of these songs. I’m just so excited that she’s performing. My calender is MARKDEDT honey! YAAAAS! #LivingLegend #KingBey #BowDown
Oh Gawd a 15 minute slayage?!!! I NEED AIR!!
Flawless or Pretty Hurts I think is most likely…
But I want her to perform every song from the new album!!
She should be the only performer of the night!!!!
15 minutes of pornn as enough sweetie.
Is*
Judging by your name and who you stan for, you have no room to talk. BYE
Yeah cocksucka. Exept she isnt a mom and she is 26.
So?
So a mother should not sing about her desires to get f***** hard and get cumed on and getting her cherry tared and strip down like she is a stripper in a vegas show.
Why shouldn’t she? Sexist much?
Ugh go away b****. And learn some English. Oh and p*** has ONE n. 15 minutes of slayage will triumph over this “Monster” Tour…
Lets face it. She is the only A Lister performing that will get anyone excited. So whatever she performs will go down a treat as long as its not explicit. However i think she should perform AT LEAST 4 songs off her new album and condense the classics down.
1. Schoolin life
2. Haunted
3. Blow
4. Partition
5. Flawless remix with Nicki and Kim lol
This is Beyonce night, not here for DC songs!!!!!!! Sorry not sorry
I agree on haunted. Its her best song.
Bish you messy.
That would be EPIC Ms.Skyfall gurl!!!!!! lol
I got some breaking news!!!!
There is a rumour that Timbaland confirmed a track on R8. Rihanna’s lead single is “Ghost in the mirror” or something like that and guess who the featured artist is going to be… It’s BEYONCÉ! I don’t know how true it is but it’s spreading like wildfire. It was bound to happen sooner or later
Are u for real ?? Dont play with my emotions like that sis!!!
OMG!!!!! I’m here for it
I doubt thats true. Would be great if Beyonce featured on her album though.
DA FUQ???
Somehow I’m not buying this rumour…
If it’s true then I hope it’ll be like a “Same girl” type of vibe.
Thats Cute. The Hive and Navy can finally get along. Damn this stan wars crap is old like Madge!!!!!!
No, gross. Rih does not need that elephant.
I also recall rih saying that she would never
Do something with somebody.
I’m guessing it’s beyELEPHANT or
Whora.
Beyonce would never collab with Rihanna. She only selects people with talent.
She’s smart, very limited live showings and promo apart from the tour (which I think was a boss move) there’s the potential to reignite the same fever that gripped people with the surprise album. But I think she should switch it up, we’ve seen her on tour, give us something abit different:
1.Haunted with mad choreography complete with choreography from the bedroom scene
2. Flawless (with Nicki)
3. Blow
4. Partition (because the MTV crowd will eat it up)
5. Pretty Hurts/Superpower/Mine with Drake
6. Very short medley of 3 classics (NO DC medley)
7. End with Run The World
Ring the Alarm (intro)
Flawless (remix w/ Nicki Minaj)
Yoncé/Partition
Drunk In Love
Ghost/Haunted
Singles Ladies
Run the world/Till the end if time/ Baby boy
Déjà vu
Sweet Dreams (acoustic version) / Dangerously In Love medley
Crazy In Love / Love On Top
Blue ( brings blue on stage and sing)
;;
Ps. If also like to see a medley of video phone/telephone with gaga but that’s a give it take.
really? what has this broad accomplished to get the MJ award? nothing!!!!
her father should get that award before she does, cause we all know he created that monster…
if it was the most basic as fugg singer award, the swagger jacker award, the you tube thief award, I would understand…
this b**** needs to go away damn she over exposed too much
Lol stay mad.
What had JT done to get the award?
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! SEETHE B****,SEETHE!!!
Finally some common sense on this bltch i agree 100% give facts when facts are due.
Crazy In Love
Flawless
Blow
Sweet Dreams/Haunted Mash-up
Pretty Hurts
Blue
XO
not a big fan of Usher, his voice annoys the fugg out of me..but I do agree they should have giving him that award instead of Justin….
Justin irks me too,
but this is America for you the most basic singers gets the most attention, meanwhile people who are actually talented, who writes and create their own music gets push aside
its called payola
Omg!!!
1. Haunted
2. Mine
3. Flawless remix
4. Crazy in Love is a Must
5. Partition
6. Grown woman
7. DIL
8. Halo/Xo
The list can go on and on .
I can’t wait for the VISUALS
BEY has come along way and wether ur a FAN or not
U will be tunning in to WATCH THE QUEEN.
Everybody loves BEYONCE wether they admit or not.
My picks for Beyoncé are :
– Intro (from her Mrs. Carter Show)
– Grown Woman
– Blow
– Flawless Remix with Nicki Minaj
– Fighting Temptations with Missy Elliott & Free
– Say Yes with Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland
– DC Medley (Survivor Remix with Da Brat; Independent Women Part2; Bug-A-Boo)
– Ring The Alarm Remix with Foxy Brown
– Crazy In Love
– Baby Boy
– Get Me Bodied
– Halo
– XO
LMAO You know this line up will never happen
Well done she deserves it. 17 years of hard work and recognizable videos. Whether its the choreography, the costumes or the hair. You’ll know a Beyonce video when you see one. One of the few current pop girls I like.
I don’t know how much she can fit in 15 mins. But it would be good if she can squeeze in a healthy mix of her trademark songs with new ones off the album. Its gonna take a lot of thought on her part.
I praying for a Yonce/Partition/Flawless/Blow medley, I want me some s*** Bey…I really don’t want anything we’ve seen before.
I’m also hoping that she performs her reworked version of Crazy in Love from the “50 shades of grey” soundtrack!!!!
Maybe she should perform with Jay and put these divorce rumours to rest…
Rumors? U innocent d*** every1 knows damn well their marriage is on the pits . He cheated on her ass.
This nicca is so dumb^
Stfu u cocksuckin homo ass mothafucka.
Shut the f*** up because you sound stupid
@Tyler. Ikr. Its so dumb.
If she doesn’t do anything else I want HAUNTED with a SICKENING choreography……….
You want me?
I walk down the hallway
You’re lucky
The bedroom’s my runway
Slap me!
I’m pinned to the doorway
Kiss, bite, f*** me
Yesssss bish yessss!
U just announced ur fave is a w****.
PussyJuiceLover, shut yo ass up!
Do you even know what she’s talking about in that song? @sour pussie
All I Know Is That FLAWLESS Better Be Apart Of Her Performance! That Song Give Me Life! Also, DO NOT PERFORM DESTINYS CHILD MUSIC NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO HEEEELLLLL NO!
If she could just get a dozen dancers and do that single ladies hand movement and film it from above i would be happy. That s*** looked great at the superbowl
1. DIL
Flawless
Partition
Haunted
Blue or Pretty Hurts
.
2. Beyonce will Never collab or feature on Rih’s song. BEYONCE WOULD NEVER! !…. It won’t happen !!!
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3. this p**sy juice trick is always pressed
.
#NoLessorsAllowed
#CantCollabWithLazyPuppets
#OnlyLegendsAndTalentedPeople
Bish she will be lucky to have a song with rih. She could finally get a number one after 6 damn years.
THE WINNER OF LIFE! 17 YEARS IN THE GAME……just let that sink in – a near 20 years and she is the biggest pop star.
She sells huge albums [ EVEN though the material is not her best ]
She has BIGGEST TOURS FOR A BLACK PERSON
SHE MAKES TEH MOST MONEY
But, unlike some, she done all this without be drugged up and whored out.
Sybil what happened to you?
Rih blocked her.
No she just opened her eyes to the truth
atlanta food stamp trick. you can’t be me
I think the performance should begin with a montage of her influence at the VMA (acceptance speeches, red carpet fashion, interviews, & those ICONIC performances).
Then, she should perform material from the BEYONCÉ album. Here’s my medley:
Ghost
Yoncé/Partition
Blow
***FLAWLESS (Remix)
XO
I don’t see a Rihanna or Beyonce collab happening. They don’t compliment/benefit each other tbh. ANYWAYS idk what songs she should perform. So many possibilities lol. But if I could choose the set list, I guess it would be:
1. Grown Woman (Intense Choreo)
2.Drunk In Love
3. Flawless
4. Single Ladies
5. Crazy In Love (short 50 Shades Of Gray version)
6. Halo/Sweet Dreams Medley
7. Haunted
scratch #6. Instead of a Halo/Sweet Dreams Medly, she can sing Halo followed by XO…they close the show with Haunted.
*then
LOL SHE’LL LIP SYNC AND JIGGLE HER CELLULITE TO WHATEVER JAY Z TELLS HER TO DO. AFTER ALL, HE PAID FOR IT LOL
True true.
She should perform most of the tracks from her latest album with a few classics, with her touring and doing the super bowl last year we already seen her do the majority of her hits so I want this to be different and fresh.
You seen one beyonce performance, you seen em all. So who cares what she performs.
A lifeless biitch like you kii kii
It’ll be the same ass shakin p**** popping tacky shiit that she always does. No thanks, i’d rather lick a cactus.
Kii Its so funny how you’re trying to put THE QUEEN in the same sinking boat with Hoeianna lmao
You will watch and you know it
ATTENTION!!! Theres a pic of Bey with this scroll with 9 or 10 songs on it. Some weren’t on the OTR Tour setlist!!!! It’s hard to see them but I can get “Run The World”, “Love On Top”, “Halo”, “XO”, “Sweet Dreams” and “Crazy In Love”!!!!! CHECK IT OUT
TGJ, I like your selection just fine. It’s perfect.
As long as there are no Destinys Child songs (this is about BEYONCE alone) and its not too predictable Im fine.
She usually gets it right with these big performances.
She could just stand there with her long flawless locks blowing in the wind, looking like THE GODDESS OF MUSIC, which she is and LIVES WOULD STILL PERISH!!!!!!!!! If she does perform for 15min, I think she should focus more on BEYONCE! Throw in a couple of popular songs from the past like Deju Vu. Whatever she’s doing, MTV is saying the production will be mind blowing! Mind Blowing + KING B = GROUND BREAKING SHIIT NEVER SEEN!!
#CANT WAIT
#LIVES WILL B CHANGED
#QUEEN OF MUSIC
Flawless locks? You mean Gwyneth’s
left over split ends.
Yonce (all)
Flawless (3 min)
Diva (30 secs)
…
Partition (1 min)
Blow (2 mins)
….
Haunted (3 mins)
…
Ring The Alarm (1 min)
To the left , to the left (10 secs)
Jealous (2 mins)
Best Thing I Never Had (1 min)
I think her set should be way different then her Super Bowl & as much as I love DC3 they never did anything with the VMA’s so I don’t think she should do any of there song. It should just be more about giving the best Beyonce & Yonce mix she can do. So my songs would be – 1.She would come out doing Drunk In Love with Jay Z 2.Run The World Girls 3. Telephone/ Video Phone with Gaga 4.Flawless Remix ( just her part)/ CrazyInLove 50Shades Of Gray Remix
5.Irreplaceable
6.Pretty Hurts And Last 7.Grown Woman & then hopeful she would finally make the song available for purchase on her iTunes album
.
But I would take out Video Phone & make it Telephone/ Beautiful Lair so she can sing with Gaga & Shakara . Lol That would be Epic!
Flawless and naughty girl
It should end with Halo/XO that’s all i know, and,make xo FUN! dont sing it in some gown either, i want choreography
Open with Drake verse from Mine
Into the 50 shades of Grey CIL
Dance 4 You
Flawless
Partition
Blow
Sweet Dreams (original version)
Haunted
XO
1.***Flawless
2. Ring the Alarm
3. Diva
4. Irreplaceable
5. XO
looking at the selections…omg how dated most of them are, and its the same songs over and over again either the pool of best songs ya’ll are selecting from is that small or those are her fan favourite
Most of the selections aren’t microwaveable hits but classic, recognizable, trade mark Beyonce songs.
Her songs suck and they all sound the same.
lipYONCE is a boring old h**.
No, Slim Talent and her auto tuned bubble gum pop singles is what you would call boring.
Those are her fan faves and KNOWN hits.
Lol at her spreading her elephant
Legs.
They still look fat and shapeless.
Your faves head is bigger than the New Orleans Super Bowl. Oh yeah, and she sounded like a cat being thrown off of a balcony during The Monster Tour #SlimTalent
I dont mind!
Open with CIL and SL mashup and then go into an BEYONCE album medley.
This performance >> Super Bowl . I already know.
My pick for Beyonce’s VMA performance:
End of time ( Revel version),
Grown Woman,
Partition/ Yonce,
Crazy in love,
Single Ladies
Flawless remix ( Nicki)
No slow songs. It’s the VMA’s – people wanna dance