Britney Spears

As a great surprise we were let to know that Britney Spears is honoring the legends in a new commercial for 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. The commercial features a white poster bearing words "Billy Jean", "Like a Virgin" and "Hit Me 1 More X" hanging on the wall of a club where she's DJing and partying all night long.

She is also paying homage to Janet Jackson, her song 'Rhythm Nation' is heard on the backsounds in the promo "A Tribute to Britney Spears". And the classics are mashed up with Britney's popular singles like 'Slave 4 U' and 'I Wanna Go'.

Britney receives two nominations this year at the VMAs, thanks to her "Till the World Ends" music video, one for Best Pop Video against Adele, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry and Pitbull, and the second one competing for Best Choreography against Beyonce Knowles, Lady GaGa, LMFAO and Bruno.

Also, it was announced that the 'Grenade' crooner, Bruno Mars is set to perform on the August 28 event's stage. Mars, who joins artists like Chris Brown, Adele, Lil Wayne and Young the Giant of performers list, is nominated for Video of the Year at the event.

Meanwhile, the list of presenters which has also been announced includes Jonah Hill, Rick Ross, Selena Gomez, Seth Rogen, Kim Kardashian and Odd Future. <B>2011 MTV VMAs will be held in a live telecast on August 28 at Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles.

2011 MTV VMAs - 'A Tribute to Britney Spears'