Taylor Swift, SZA, Miley Cyrus.Photo:Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Emma McIntyre/Getty
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Emma McIntyre/Getty
This year’s VMAs boasts a brand-new best Afrobeats category as well as 35 first-time nominees including Petras, Metro Boomin, Rema, Ayra Starr, GloRilla, Ice Spice, Peso Pluma,Reneé Rappand Yung Miami, among others.
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Doja Cat - “Attention”
Miley Cyrus – “Flowers”
Nicki Minaj - “Super Freaky Girl”
Olivia Rodrigo - “vampire”
Sam Smith and Kim Petras - “Unholy”
SZA - “Kill Bill”
Taylor Swift - “Anti-Hero”
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé
Doja Cat
Karol G
Nicki Minaj
Shakira
Taylor Swift
SONG OF THE YEAR
Rema and Selena Gomez - “Calm Down”
Steve Lacy - “Bad Habit”
BEST NEW ARTIST
GloRilla
Ice Spice
Kaliii
Peso Pluma
PinkPantheress
Reneé Rapp
PUSH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Saucy Santana - “Booty”
Stephen Sanchez - “Until I Found You”
JVKE - “golden hour”
Flo Milli - “Conceited”
Reneé Rapp - “Colorado”
Sam Ryder - “All the Way Over”
Armani White - “GOATED”
Fletcher - “Becky’s So Hot”
Tomorrow x Together - “Sugar Rush Ride”
Ice Spice - “Princess Diana”
FLO - “Losing You”
Lauren Spencer Smith - “That Part”
BEST COLLABORATION
David Guetta and Bebe Rexha - “I’m Good (Blue)”
Post Malone and Doja Cat - “I Like You (A Happier Song)”
Karol G and Shakira - “TQG”
Metro Boomin with The Weeknd, 21 Savage and Diddy - “Creepin' (Remix)”
BEST POP
Demi Lovato - “Swine”
Dua Lipa - “Dance the Night (FromBarbie The Album)”
Ed Sheeran - “Eyes Closed”
Miley Cyrus - “Flowers”
Pink - “TRUSTFALL”
BEST HIP-HOP
GloRilla and Cardi B - “Tomorrow 2”
Lil Uzi Vert - “Just Wanna Rock”
Lil Wayne featuring Swizz Beatz and DMX - “Kant Nobody”
Metro Boomin featuring Future - “Superhero (Heroes and Villains)”
BEST R&B
Alicia Keys featuring Lucky Daye - “Stay”
Chloe Bailey featuring Chris Brown - “How Does It Feel”
SZA - “Shirt”
Toosii - “Favorite Song”
Yung Bleu and Nicki Minaj - “Love in the Way”
BEST ALTERNATIVE
Blink-182 - “EDGING”
Boygenius - “the film”
Fall Out Boy - “Hold Me Like a Grudge”
Lana Del Rey featuring Jon Batiste - “Candy Necklace”
Paramore - “This Is Why”
Thirty Seconds to Mars - “Stuck”
BEST ROCK
Foo Fighters - “The Teacher”
Linkin Park - “Lost (Original Version)”
Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Tippa My Tongue”
Måneskin - “THE LONELIEST”
Metallica - “Lux Æterna”
Muse - “You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween”
BEST LATIN
Anitta - “Funk Rave”
Bad Bunny - “WHERE SHE GOES”
Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma - “Ella Baila Sola”
Grupo Frontera and Bad Bunny – “un x100to”
Karol G and Shakira “TQG”
Rosalía - “DESPECHÁ”
Shakira – “Acróstico”
BEST K-POP
aespa - “Girls”
BLACKPINK - “Pink Venom”
FIFTY FIFTY - “Cupid”
SEVENTEEN - “Super”
BEST AFROBEATS
Ayra Starr - “Rush”
Burna Boy - “It’s Plenty”
Davido featuring Musa Keys - “UNAVAILABLE”
Fireboy DML and Asake - “Bandana”
Libianca - “People”
Wizkid featuring Ayra Starr - “2 Sugar”
VIDEO FOR GOOD
Alicia Keys – “If I Ain’t Got You (Orchestral)”
Bad Bunny - “El Apagón - Aquí Vive Gente”
Dove Cameron - “Breakfast”
Imagine Dragons - “Crushed”
Maluma - “La Reina”
BEST DIRECTION
Drake - “Falling Back”
Kendrick Lamar - “Count Me Out”
Megan Thee Stallion - “Her”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adele - “I Drink Wine”
Janelle Monáe - “Lipstick Lover”
Best Visual Effects
Fall Out Boy - “Love from the Other Side”
Harry Styles - “Music for a Sushi Restaurant”
Melanie Martinez - “VOID”
Micki Minaj - “Super Freaky Girl”
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Jonas Brothers - “Waffle House”
Panic! at the Disco - “Middle of a Breakup”
BEST ART DIRECTION
BEST EDITING
Kendrick Lamar - “Rich Spirit”
Miley Cyrus - “River”
source: people.com
