It’s 2022 MTV Video Music Awards!
The stars lined up Sunday night for the annual parade, which this year brought artists, presenters and fans to the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Kendrick LamarAnd the Jack Harlow And the Lil Nas X He leads the nightly nominations list with seven each, closely following him Harry Stiles And the doja catwho have six, and Billie EilishAnd the drakeAnd the Dua LipaAnd the Ed Sheeran Taylor Swift And the weekendwho are competing for five titles.
Tonight’s first prize, Video of the Year, will be a fight between Doja Cat (“Woman”) and Drake ft. Future and Young Thug (“Way 2 Sexy”), Ed Sheeran (“shivers”), Harry Styles (“As It”), Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow (“Industry Baby”), Olivia Rodrigo (“brutal”) and Taylor Swift (“well [10 Minute Version][Taylor’s Version]”).
In the meantime, Artist of the Year will testify bad bunnyDrake, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles, Jack Harlow, Lil Nas X, Lizo Go head to head.
Check out PEOPLE’s full VMAs coverage for the latest news on one of music’s biggest nights.
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See below for the list of winners, which will be updated overnight.
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Doja Cat – “woman”
Drake with Future & Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy”
Ed Sheeran – “Shivers”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “Prosthetic Baby”
Olivia Rodrigo – “Brutal”
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well” (10 min version) (Taylor version) – Republic Chronicles
artist of the year
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drake
Ed Sheeran
Harry Stiles
Jack Harlow
Lil Nas X
Lizo
song of the year
Adele – “Easy On Me”
Billie Eilish – “Happier than Ever”
Doja Cat – “woman”
Elton John & Dua Lipa – “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
LAROI & BABY Justin Beiber – “Spends”
Best New Artist
Baby Kim
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generation
lato
manskin
Seventeen
album of the year
Harry Stiles – Harry’s house
Adele – 30
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Billie Eilish – Happier than ever
Drake – Certified Boy Lover
MTV
Fast performance this year
September 2021: Griff – One Night
October 2021: Remy Wolff – Sexy Villain
November 2021: Nyssa Barrett – “I Hope You’re Miserable Until You Die”
December 2021: SEVENTEEN – “Rock With You”
January 2021: May Muller – Better Days
February 2022: GAYLE – “abcdefu”
March 2022: Sheneesa – “RU That”
April 2022: Omar Apollo – “Tamaguchi”.
May 2022: Wet Leg – ‘Children’
June 2022: Money Long – “Baby Boo”
July 2022: Doechii – “Hooded”
Best collaboration
Drake with Future & Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy”
Elton John & Dua Lipa – “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)”
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “Prosthetic Baby”
Megan The Stallion and Dua Lipa – “Sweetest Pie”
Post Malone & The Weeknd – “One Right Now”
Rosala with The Weeknd – “LA FAMA”
LAROI & BABY Justin Beiber – “Stay” – Columbia Records
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best bob
Billie Eilish – “Happier than Ever”
Doja Cat – “woman”
Ed Sheeran – “Shivers”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
Olivia Rodrigo – “Traitor”
Best hip hop game
Eminem and Snoop Dogg – “From The D 2 The LBC”
Future ft. Drake, Tems – “WAIT FOR U”
Kendrick Lamar – “N95”
Lato – “big energy”
Nicki Minaj With Lil Baby – “Do we have a problem?”
Pusha T – “Diet Coke”
best rock
Fu Fighters – “Love Die Young”
Jack White – “Back Me”
Moses – “I will not back down”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Black Summer”
Shinedown – “Planet Zero”
Three days of grace – “So called life”
Best alternative
Avril Lavigne with Black Bear – “Love It When You Hate Me”
Imagine Dragon x JID – “Enemy”
Submachine Gun Kelly Feet Willow – “Emo Girl”
Manskin – “I Want To Be Your Slave”
panic! At The Disco – “Viva Las Vengeance”
Twenty One Pilots – “Saturday”
Willow, Avril Lavigne with Travis Parker – “GROW”
best latin
Anita – “Envolver”
Bad Bunny – “Tità Me Preguntó”
Becky GX KAROL G – “MAMIII”
Daddy Yankee – “Remix”
Farruko – “Bibas”
J Balvin & Skrillex – “In Da Getto”
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Best R&B
Alicia Keys – “City of the Gods (Part Two)”
Chloe – “have mercy on me”
HER – “for anyone”
Norman feet. Cardi B – “wild side”
Summer Walker, SZA & Cardi B – “No Love (Extended Version)”
The Week – “Out of Time” – XO Chronicles / The Republic
Best K-POP
BTS – “Never Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)”
Itzy – “Loco”
Lisa – “LALISA”
SEVENTEEN – “HOT”
Stray Kids – “MANIAC”
Twice – “The Feels” – JYP Entertainment
Video for good
Kendrick Lamar – “The Fifth Heart”
Lato – “P*ssy”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
Rina Swayama – “This Hell”
Stromae – “Fils de Joie”
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Best performance in meters
Default BLACKPINK | pubg
BTS | Maine Craft
Charlie XCX | Roblox
Justin Beiber – Interactive virtual experience | plank
Round rift feet. Ariana Grande | fortnite
Twenty One Pilots Experience | Roblox
Best long video
Billie Eilish – Happiest Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles
foo fighters – studio 666
Casey Musgraves – through the stars
Madonna – Madame X
Olivia Rodrigo – Driving home 2 u
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well” (10 Minute Edition) (Taylor Edition)
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Best Cinematography
Baby Kim and Kendrick Lamar – “Family Ties”
Camila Cabello With Ed Sheeran – “Bam Bam”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Kendrick Lamar – “N95”
Norman feet. Cardi B – “wild side”
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well” (10 Minute Edition) (Taylor Edition)
Best Direction
Baby Kim and Kendrick Lamar – “Family Ties”
Billie Eilish – “Happier than Ever”
Ed Sheeran – “Shivers”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “Prosthetic Baby”
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well” (10 Minute Edition) (Taylor Edition)
Best Art Direction
Adele – “Oh My God”
Doja Cat – “Get Into It (Yuh)”
Drake with Future & Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy”
Casey Musgraves – “Simple Times”
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “Prosthetic Baby”
Megan The Stallion with Dua Lipa – “Sweetest Pie”
Best visual effects
Billie Eilish – “Happier than Ever”
Coldplay X BTS – “My Universe”
Kendrick Lamar – “The Fifth Heart”
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “Prosthetic Baby”
Megan The Stallion and Dua Lipa – “Sweetest Pie”
LAROI & BABY Justin Beiber – “Spends”
Best choreography
BTS – “Permission to Dance”
Doja Cat – “woman”
Twigs FKA with The Weeknd – “Tears In The Club”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “Prosthetic Baby”
Norman feet. Cardi B – “wild side”
Best Editing
Baby Kim and Kendrick Lamar – “Family Ties”
Doja Cat – “Get Into It (Yuh)”
Olivia Rodrigo – “Brutal”
Rosalza – “Sauco”
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well” (10 Minute Edition) (Taylor Edition)
The Weeknd – “Take My Breath” – XO / Republic Records
summer song
“First Class” – Jack Harlow
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