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The hosting gig will kick off a busy 12 months
for Perry, who embarks on a world tour in September and will be
a judge in 2018 on the new version of television talent show
"American Idol."
Perry, who released her latest album, "Witness," in June, is the
most followed person on Twitter, with more than 100 million
followers.
Her big-budget video "Chained to the Rhythm" will compete in
four categories at the VMA show, but she was snubbed in
nominations for the top two categories of video of the year, and
artist of the year.
The "Roar" singer was also nominated with Calvin Harris in the
best video collaboration category for "Feels", pitting her
directly against her pop rival Taylor Swift, who got a nod for
her duet with Zayn Malik for "I Don't Wanna Live Forever."
The MTV Video Music Awards are scheduled to take place in Los
Angeles on Aug. 27, and will be shown live on MTV.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant)
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