MTV has announced that JAY-Z and Lady Gaga will join the list of VMAs performers. Jay-Z, a “Best Male Video” and “Best Hip Hop” nominee for “D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune),” will hit the stage to perform a song from his highly anticipated upcoming album The Blueprint III.

International sensation Lady Gaga, known for her over the top live performances and fashion forward will perform something from her multi-platinum debut album, The Fame. Gaga was nominated 9x this year including, “Video of the Year.”

According to reports, “Fantasia plans to record her third CD the old-fashioned way. Fantasia likes the live sound from older albums, before technology changed the way they were recorded. She says she’s invited an orchestra to be in the studio to back her up when she sings.

The songs she’s been writing reflect the pain she experienced last year. She says she “went through a lot of things, business-wise, relationship-wise.”

Fantasia will also be starring in her upcoming VH1 reality show, expected to premiere sometime next year.

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