<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"  Lady GaGa will perform live at the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards, it has been announced.  The pop singer is poised for the debut of her upcoming new album ARTPOP, with its first single due for release on August 19.     \u00A9 facebook.com/ladygaga  Lady GaGa &amp;#039;ARTPOP&amp;#039; Facebook image  The news of her VMA performance was revealed via a video on MTV&amp;#039;s official Instagram account, where VJ Sway announced GaGa&amp;#039;s return surrounded by fans of the popstar.  The MTV site has also revealed that she will be performing the first single from ARTPOP at the ceremony. Nominations for the 2013 VMAs were recently announced, with Justin Timberlake, Macklemore, Demi Lovato and Ciara among those up for moonman trophies.  GaGa has previously won 13 Video Music Awards, including those for &amp;#039;Best New Artist&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Best Video with a Message&amp;#039; (for &amp;#039;Born This Way&amp;#039;) and &amp;#039;Video of the Year&amp;#039; (for &amp;#039;Bad Romance&amp;#039;).  The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards will take place for the first time in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center on Sunday, August 25 from 9pm. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/news/a14554/lady-gaga-to-perform-at-mtv-video-music-awards/>