Taylor Swift leads the pack for this year's VMA nominations.

MTV announced on Monday that the network will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 2013 Video Music Awards by airing the first major awards ceremony in the borough of Brooklyn. The event will take place on Aug. 25 at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.

Rihanna paid tribute to her late grandmother with a tattoo of an Egyptian goddess inked just below her breasts. The "We Found Love" singer posted the image to her Instagram to her millions of followers on Sunday, Sept. 9. The photo shows the pop singer arms covering her breasts with the striking tattoo of an Isis with wings spread out just above her rib cage.

Ke$ha appeared on the red carpet for the 2012 MTV VMA with a revamped image but she prior to the event she tweeted a nude photo of herself to her three million followers. View the picture here.