The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards — facilitated by LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj, and Jack Harlow — occurred at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on Sunday night, where the greatest names in music were commended and some even got to leave with a famous Moon Person prize. Be that as it may, the merriments ended up being somewhat manageable contrasted with earlier years.
Watchers were blessed to receive exhibitions from Anitta, Blackpink, Lizzo, Maneskin, Jack Harlow, J Balvin, Marshmello x Khalid, Panic! at the Disco, and Kane Brown, who left a mark on the world as the primary male country vocalist to at any point perform at the VMAs. There was likewise a super trippy and wild joint effort among Eminem and Snoop Dogg, who gave a multiverse execution of their melody, “From the D 2 the LBC.”
One of the night’s features was when Minaj got the sought after Video Vanguard Award. The rapper, who has gotten 17 VMA designations throughout her vocation, started by playing out a concoction of her hits that included everything from “Very Bass” to her most up to date single, “Very Freaky Girl.” After getting the honor, she gave a sincere discourse about how she wished Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson could be there to celebrate with her. “I wish individuals treated emotional wellness in a serious way, in any event, for the people who appear to have wonderful lives,” she said of the late music geniuses.
One of the more peculiar snapshots of the night came when Johnny Depp showed up as a Moonman, drifting over the stage as an expanded reality visual, haphazardly drifting in and out all through the service.
Yet, the second that is certain to keep everybody talking came at the finish of the service, when Taylor Swift won Video of the Year. In the wake of tolerating her Moon Person prize, she uncovered that she has another collection emerging on Oct. 21 and would give more subtleties at 12 PM.
Look at the full rundown of victors beneath:
Worldwide ICON AWARD
Honoree: Red Hot Chili Peppers
VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD
Honoree: Nicki Minaj
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Doja Cat – “Lady”
Drake ft. Future and Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy”
Ed Sheeran – “Shudders”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby”
Olivia Rodrigo – “Ruthless”
Victor: Taylor Swift – “Really quite Well” (10-minute variant) (Taylor’s adaptation)
Craftsman OF THE YEAR
Victor: Bad Bunny
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles
Jack Harlow
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Tune OF THE YEAR
Adele – “Simple on Me”
Victor: Billie Eilish – “More joyful Than Ever”
Doja Cat – “Lady”
Elton John and Dua Lipa – “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – “Remain”
BEST NEW ARTIST
Child Keem
Victor: Dove Cameron
Gayle
Latto
Måneskin
Seventeen
PUSH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
September 2021: Griff — “One Night”
October 2021: Remi Wolf – “Provocative Villain”
November 2021: Nessa Barrett – “I trust ur hopeless until ur dead”
Victor: December 2021: Seventeen – “Rock With You”
January 2021: Mae Muller – “More promising times”
February 2022: Gayle – “abcdefu”
Walk 2022: Sheneesa – “R U That”
April 2022: Omar Apollo – “Tamagotchi”
May 2022: Wet Leg – “Chaise Longue”
June 2022: Muni Long – “Child Boo”
July 2022: Doechii – “Convincing”
BEST COLLABORATION
Drake ft. Future and Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy”
Elton John and Dua Lipa – “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)”
Champ: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby”
Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa – “Best Pie”
Post Malone and The Weeknd – “One Right Now”
Rosalía ft. The Weeknd – “La Fama”
The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – “Remain”
BEST POP
Billie Eilish – “More joyful Than Ever”
Doja Cat – “Lady”
Ed Sheeran – “Shudders”
Champ: Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
Olivia Rodrigo – “Deceiver”
BEST HIP-HOP
Eminem and Snoop Dogg – “From the D 2 the LBC”
Future ft. Drake, Tems – “Sit tight for U”
Kendrick Lamar – “N95”
Latto – “Enormous Energy”
Champ: Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Baby – “Do We Have a Problem?”
Pusha T – “Diet Coke”
BEST ROCK
Foo Fighters – “Love Dies Young”
Jack White – “Taking Me Back”
Muse – “Won’t Stand Down”
Champ: Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Dark Summer”
Shinedown – “Planet Zero”
Three Days Grace – “Supposed Life”
BEST ALTERNATIVE
Avril Lavigne ft. Blackbear – “Love It When You Hate Me”
Envision Dragons x JID – “Foe”
Automatic rifle Kelly ft. Willow – “emotional young lady”
Champ: Måneskin – “I Wanna Be Your Slave”
Alarm! at the Disco – “Viva Las Vengeance”
21 Pilots – “Saturday”
Willow, Avril Lavigne ft. Travis Barker – “Develop”
BEST LATIN
Champ: Anitta – “Envolver”
Terrible Bunny – “Tití Me Preguntó”
Becky G x Karol G – “Mamiii”
Daddy Yankee – “Remix”
Farruko – “Pepas”
J Balvin and Skrillex – “In Da Getto”
BEST R&B
Alicia Keys – “City of Gods (Part II)”
Chlöe – “Show Kindness”
H.E.R. – “For Anyone”
Normani ft. Cardi B – “Wild Side”
Summer Walker, SZA and Cardi B – “No Love (expanded adaptation)”
Champ: The Weeknd – “In a tough situation”
BEST K-POP
BTS – “On the way (The Most Beautiful Moment)”
Itzy – “Crazy”
Champ: Lisa – “Lalisa”
Seventeen – “Hot”
Stray Kids – “Lunatic”
Two times – “The Feels”
VIDEO FOR GOOD
Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 5”
Latto – “P*ssy”
Champ: Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
Rina Sawayama – “This Hell”
Stromae – “Fils de joie”
BEST METAVERSE PERFORMANCE
Champ: Blackpink The Virtual | PUBG
BTS | Minecraft/YouTube
Charli XCX | Roblox
Justin Bieber – An Interactive Virtual Experience | Wave
Crack Tour ft. Ariana Grande | Fortnite
21 Pilots Concert Experience | Roblox
BEST LONGFORM VIDEO
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
Champ: Taylor Swift – All Too Well (10-minute form) (Taylor’s rendition)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Child Keem and Kendrick Lamar – “Family Ties”
Camila Cabello ft. Ed Sheeran – “Bam”
Champ: Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Kendrick Lamar – “N95”
Normani ft. Cardi B – “Wild Side”
Taylor Swift – “Very Well” (10-minute rendition) (Taylor’s adaptation)
BEST DIRECTION
Child Keem and Kendrick Lamar – “Family Ties”
Billie Eilish – “More joyful Than Ever”
Ed Sheeran – “Shudders”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby”
Champ: Taylor Swift – “Very much Well” (10-minute rendition) (Taylor’s form)
BEST ART DIRECTION
Adele – “Wow”
Doja Cat – “Get Into It (Yuh)”
Drake ft. Future and Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy”
Kacey Musgraves – “Straightforward Times”
Champ: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby”
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Dua Lipa – “Best Pie”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Billie Eilish – “More joyful Than Ever”
Coldplay x BTS – “My Universe”
Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 5”
Victor: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby”
Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa – “Best Pie”
The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – “Remain”
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
BTS – “Authorization to Dance”
Victor: Doja Cat – “Lady”
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
Child Keem and Kendrick Lamar – “Family Ties”
Doja Cat – “Get Into It (Yuh)”
Olivia Rodrigo – “Severe”
Victor: Rosalía – “Saoko”
Taylor Swift – “Very Well” (10-minute rendition) (Taylor’s form)
The Weeknd – “Take My Breath”
SOCIAL CATEGORIES
Gathering OF THE YEAR
Blackpink
Victor: BTS
City Girls
Foo Fighters
Envision Dragons
Måneskin
Intensely hot Chili Peppers
Silk Sonic
Tune OF THE SUMMER
Awful Bunny and Chencho Corleone – “Me Porto Bonito”
Beyoncé – “Break My Soul”
Charlie Puth – “Left and Right (accomplishment. Jung Kook of BTS)”
Doja Cat – “Vegas (from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Elvis)”
Future ft. Drake, Tems – “Sit tight for U”
Harry Styles – “Late Night Talking”
Champ: Jack Harlow – “Top of the line”
Kane Brown – “Fantastic”
Latto x Mariah Carey – “Huge Energy (Remix) ft. DJ Khaled”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
Marshmello x Khalid – “Numb”
Nicki Minaj – “Very Freaky Girl”
Nicky Youre and Dazy – “Sunroof”
Post Malone with Doja Cat – “I Like You (a Happier Song)”
ROSALÍA – “BIZCOCHITO”
Steve Lacy – “Unfortunate behavior pattern”
Collection OF THE YEAR
Adele – 30
Terrible Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti
Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever
Drake – Certified Lover Boy
Champ: Harry Styles – Harry’s House
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