A night of exciting music events was held on August 28 at the Prudential Center in New Jersey for the MTV Video Music Awards 2022. As usual, who’s who from the industry attended. There were a number of big nominees of the night, including Harry Styles, Doja Cat, Drake, and more. LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj, and Jack Harlow hosted the event.
It was the K-Pop group BLACKPINK who truly kept the audiences grooving throughout the evening with their phenomenal performance. Performing on stage at this year’s festival, both Nicki Minaj and Lizzo managed to deliver unforgettable performances to the audience. This year’s VMA nominees include Harry Styles, Doja Cat, and Jack Harlow, who are all tied with eight nominations in total.
The complete list of MTV VMAs 2022 winners may be seen below:
Video of the year
WINNER: Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”
Doja Cat – “Woman”
Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy”
Ed Sheeran – “Shivers”
Harry Styles – “As It Was“
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby”
Olivia Rodrigo – “brutal”
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Song of the year
WINNER: Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever”
Adele – “Easy on Me”
Doja Cat – “Woman”
Elton John & Dua Lipa – “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – “Stay”
Artist of the year
WINNER: Bad Bunny
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles
Jack Harlow
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Best new artist
WINNER: Dove Cameron
Måneskin
Seventeen
Push performance of the year
WINNER: December 2021: SEVENTEEN – “Rock With You”
September 2021: Griff – “One Night”
October 2021: Remi Wolf – “Sexy Villain”
November 2021: Nessa Barrett – “i hope ur miserable until ur dead”
January 2021: Mae Muller – “Better Days”
February 2022: GAYLE – “abcdefu”
March 2022: Sheneesa – “R U That”
April 2022: Omar Apollo – “Tamagotchi”
May 2022: Wet Leg – “Chaise Longue”
June 2022: Muni Long – “Baby Boo”
July 2022: Doechii – “Persuasive”
Best collaboration
WINNER: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY”
Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy”
Elton John & Dua Lipa – “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)”
Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa – “Sweetest Pie”
Post Malone & The Weeknd – “One Right Now”
ROSALÍA ft. The Weeknd – “LA FAMA”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – “STAY”
Best pop
WINNER: Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever”
Doja Cat – “Woman”
Ed Sheeran – “Shivers”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
Olivia Rodrigo – “traitor”
Best hip-hop
WINNER: Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Baby – “Do We Have A Problem?”
Eminem & Snoop Dogg – “From The D 2 The LBC”
Future ft. Drake, Tems – “WAIT FOR U”
Kendrick Lamar – “N95”
Latto – “Big Energy”
Pusha T – “Diet Coke”
Best rock
WINNER: Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Black Summer”
Foo Fighters – “Love Dies Young”
Jack White – “Taking Me Back”
Muse – “Won’t Stand Down”
Shinedown – “Planet Zero”
Three Days Grace – “So Called Life”
Best alternative
WINNER: Måneskin – “I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE”
Avril Lavigne ft. blackbear – “Love It When You Hate Me”
Imagine Dragons x JID – “Enemy”
Machine Gun Kelly ft. WILLOW – “emo girl”
Panic! At The Disco – “Viva Las Vengeance”
Twenty One Pilots – “Saturday”
WILLOW, Avril Lavigne ft. Travis Barker – “G R O W”
Best Latin
WINNER: Anitta – “Envolver”
Bad Bunny – “Tití Me Preguntó”
Becky G X KAROL G – “MAMIII”
Daddy Yankee – “REMIX”
Farruko – “Pepas”
J Balvin & Skrillex – “In Da Getto”
Best R&B
WINNER: The Weeknd – “Out of Time”
Alicia Keys – “City of Gods (Part II)”
Chlöe – “Have Mercy”
H.E.R. – “For Anyone”
Normani ft. Cardi B – “Wild Side”
Summer Walker, SZA & Cardi B – “No Love (Extended Version)”
Best K-pop
WINNER: LISA – “LALISA”
BTS – “Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)”
ITZY – “LOCO”
SEVENTEEN – “HOT”
Stray Kids – “MANIAC”
TWICE – “The Feels”
Best metaverse performance
WINNER: BLACKPINK The Virtual | PUBG
BTS | Minecraft
Charli XCX | Roblox
Justin Bieber – An Interactive Virtual Experience | Wave
Rift Tour ft. Ariana Grande | Fortnite
Twenty One Pilots Concert Experience | Roblox
Best longform video
WINNER: Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”
Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles
Foo Fighters – Studio 666
Kacey Musgraves – star-crossed
Madonna – Madame X
Olivia Rodrigo – driving home 2 u
Best cinematography
WINNER: Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – “family ties”
Camila Cabello ft. Ed Sheeran – “Bam Bam”
Kendrick Lamar – “N95”
Normani ft. Cardi B – “Wild Side”
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”
Best direction
WINNER: Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”
Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – “family ties”
Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever”
Ed Sheeran – “Shivers”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY”
Best art direction
WINNER: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY”
Adele – “Oh My God”
Doja Cat – “Get Into It (Yuh)”
Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy”
Kacey Musgraves – “simple times”
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Dua Lipa – “Sweetest Pie”
Best visual effects
WINNER: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY”
Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever”
Coldplay X BTS – “My Universe”
Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 5”
Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa – “Sweetest Pie”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – “STAY”
Best choreography
WINNER: Doja Cat – “Woman”
BTS – “Permission to Dance”
FKA twigs ft. The Weeknd – “Tears In The Club”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY”
Normani ft. Cardi B – “Wild Side”
Best editing
WINNER: ROSALÍA – “SAOKO”
Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – “family ties”
Doja Cat – “Get Into It (Yuh)”
Olivia Rodrigo – “brutal”
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”
The Weeknd – “Take My Breath”
Group of the year
WINNER: BTS
BLACKPINK
City Girls
Foo Fighters
Imagine Dragons
Måneskin
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Silk Sonic
Song of the summer
WINNER: Jack Harlow – “First Class”
Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone – “Me Porto Bonito”
Beyoncé – “Break My Soul”
Charlie Puth – “Left And Right (feat. Jung Kook of BTS)”
Doja Cat – “Vegas (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Elvis)”
Future ft. Drake, Tems – “Wait For U”
Harry Styles – “Late Night Talking”
Kane Brown – “Grand”
Latto x Mariah Carey – “Big Energy (Remix) ft. DJ Khaled”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
Marshmello x Khalid – “Numb”
Nicki Minaj – “Super Freaky Girl”
Nicky Youre, dazy – “Sunroof”
Post Malone with Doja Cat – “I Like You (A Happier Song)”
Rosalía – “Bizcochito”
Steve Lacy – “Bad Habit”
Album of the year
WINNER: Harry Styles – Harry’s House
Adele – 30
Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti
Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever
Drake – Certified Lover Boy
