Before They Were Stars
The 2012 MTV VMA Nominees Before They Became Music Sensations
MTV brings the summer of 2012 to a close with the live 29th annual MTV Video Music Awards on September 6 at 8/7c pm. As usual, the nominee list is a who’s who of the music industry elite with Rihanna and Drake at the front of the pack each with five “Moonman” nods. Always a wild TV party, the VMA ceremony also actually celebrates music (which was the cornerstone of the cable channel back in the day), so expect performances by Rhianna, One Direction, Pink, Green Day and a whole lot more. With the stars ready to belt out their songs and tear up the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Snakkle was curious about how well you know this year’s crop of nominees? We’ve assembled a visual photo feast featuring some of the biggest noms before they became global music sensations. Can you name them correctly? By Tara Bennett
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Beyoncé Knowles in a Freshman Yearbook Photo at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston (1996) and Beyoncé Today
That demure young woman with the angle-cut hair is none other than global superstar Beyoncé. At last year’s VMAs, Beyoncé officially announced to the world she was expecting her first child with Jay-Z. Little Blue Ivy Carter arrived in January, and since then Beyoncé’s been working on new music, but her two nominations this year for “Countdown” and one for “Love on Top” both hail from her 2011 album 4.
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