Οι Jack Harlow, Lil Nas X, Taylor Swift και Harry Styles ήταν αδιαμφισβήτητα οι πρωταγωνιστές των χθεσινών MTV VMAs, ενώ και οι Måneskin έγιναν τα πρόσωπα της βραδιάς (για διαφορετικούς λόγους – δείτε εδώ).
Παρουσιαστές της εκδήλωσης ήταν οι Jack Harlow, Nicki Minaj και LL Cool J. Τις περισσότερες υποψηφιότητες είχαν οι Harlow, Lil Nas X και Kendrick Lamar, με επτά έκαστος, ενώ στο τέλος της βραδιάς τέσσερα βραβεία πήρε ο Harlow, τρία οι Lil Nas X, Harry Styles και Taylor Swift.
Η Nicki Minaj έλαβε το βραβείο Michael Jackson Video Vanguard και οι Red Hot Chilli Peppers ανακηρύχθηκαν Global Icons, ένα βραβείο, που ο Chad Smith αφιέρωσε στον πρόωρα χαμένο Taylor Hawkins των Foo Fighters.
Πιο αναλυτικά, δείτε τους υποψήφιους και τους νικητές κάθε κατηγορίας:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Doja Cat – ‘Woman’
Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – ‘Way 2 Sexy’
Ed Sheeran – ‘Shivers’
Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow – ‘Industry Baby’
Olivia Rodrigo – ‘Brutal’
Taylor Swift – ‘All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)’ – winner
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bad Bunny – winner
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles
Jack Harlow
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
SONG OF THE YEAR
Adele – ‘Easy On Me’
Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’ – winner
Doja Cat – ‘Woman’
Elton John and Dua Lipa – ‘Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)’
Lizzo – ‘About Damn Time’
The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – ‘Stay’
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Adele – ’30’
Bad Bunny – ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’
Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’
Drake – ‘Certified Lover Boy’
Harry Styles – ‘Harry’s House’ – winner
GROUP OF THE YEAR
BTS – winner
BLACKPINK
City Girls
Foo Fighters
Imagine Dragons
Måneskin
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Silk Sonic
BEST NEW ARTIST
Baby Keem
Dove Cameron – winner
Gayle
Latto
Måneskin
Seventeen
SONG OF THE SUMMER
Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone – ‘Me Porto Bonito’
Beyonce – ‘Break My Soul’
Kane Brown – ‘Grand’
Doja Cat – ‘Vegas’
Future featuring Drake and Tems – ‘Wait for U’
Jack Harlow – ‘First Class’ – winner
Steve Lacy – ‘Bad Habit’
Latto and Mariah Carey featuring DJ Khaled – ‘Big Energy (Remix)’
Lizzo – ‘About Damn Time’
Post Malone featuring Doja Cat – ‘I Like You (A Happier Song)’
Marshmello and Khalid – ‘Numb’
Nicki Minaj – ‘Super Freaky Girl’
Charlie Puth featuring Jungkook of BTS – ‘Left and Right’
Rosalía – ‘Bizcochito’
Harry Styles – ‘Late Night Talking’
Nicky Youre and dazy – ‘Sunroof’
PUSH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
September 2021: Griff – ‘One Night’
October 2021: Remi Wolf – ‘Sexy Villain’ – Island Records
November 2021: Nessa Barrett – ‘i hope ur miserable until ur dead’
December 2021: Seventeen – ‘Rock With You’ – winner
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
Drake ft. Future and Young Thug – ‘Way 2 Sexy’
Elton John and Dua Lipa – ‘Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)’
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow – ‘Industry Baby’ – winner
Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa – ‘Sweetest Pie’
Post Malone and The Weeknd – ‘One Right Now’
Rosalía ft. The Weeknd – ‘La Fama’
The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – ‘Stay’
BEST POP
Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’
Doja Cat – ‘Woman’
Ed Sheeran – ‘Shivers’
Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’ – winner
Lizzo – ‘About Damn Time’
Olivia Rodrigo – ‘Traitor’
BEST HIP-HOP
Eminem and Snoop Dogg – ‘From The D 2 The LBC’
Future ft. Drake, Tems – ‘Wait For U’
Kendrick Lamar – ‘N95’
Latto – ‘Big Energy’
Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Baby – ‘Do We Have A Problem?’ – winner
Pusha T – ‘Diet Coke’
BEST ROCK
Foo Fighters – ‘Love Dies Young’
Jack White – ‘Taking Me Back’
Muse – ‘Won’t Stand Down’
Red Hot Chili Peppers – ‘Black Summer’ – winner
Shinedown – ‘Planet Zero’
Three Days Grace – ‘So Called Life’
BEST ALTERNATIVE
Avril Lavigne ft. blackbear – ‘Love It When You Hate Me’
Imagine Dragons and JID – ‘Enemy’
Machine Gun Kelly ft. WILLOW – ‘Emo Girl’
Måneskin – ‘I Wanna Be Your Slave’ – winner
Panic! At The Disco – ‘Viva Las Vengeance’
Twenty One Pilots – ‘Saturday’
Willow and Avril Lavigne ft. Travis Barker – ‘Grow’
BEST LATIN
Anitta – ‘Envolver’ – winner
Bad Bunny – ‘Tití Me Preguntó’
Becky G and 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 – ‘Have Mercy’
H.E.R. – ‘For Anyone’
Normani ft. Cardi B – ‘Wild Side’ – Keep Cool/RCA Records
Summer Walker, SZA and Cardi B – ‘No Love (Extended Version)’
The Weeknd – ‘Out Of Time’ – winner
BEST K-POP
BTS – ‘Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)’
ITZY – ‘Loco’
LISA – ‘Lalisa’ – winner
Seventeen – ‘Hot’
Stray Kids – ‘Maniac’
TWICE – ‘The Feels’
VIDEO FOR GOOD
Kendrick Lamar – ‘The Heart Part 5’
Latto – ‘Pussy’
Lizzo – ‘About Damn Time’ – winner
Rina Sawayama – ‘This Hell’
Stromae – ‘Fils De Joie’
BEST METAVERSE PERFORMANCE
Blackpink The Virtual – PUBG – winner
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
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’
Taylor Swift – ‘All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)’ – winner
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar – ‘Family Ties’
Camila Cabello ft. Ed Sheeran – ‘Bam Bam’
Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’ – winner
Kendrick Lamar – ‘N95’
Normani ft. Cardi B – ‘Wild Side’
Taylor Swift – ‘All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)’
BEST DIRECTION
Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar – ‘Family Ties’
Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’
Ed Sheeran – ‘Shivers’
Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow – ‘Industry Baby’
Taylor Swift – ‘All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)’ – winner
BEST ART DIRECTION
Adele – ‘Oh My God’
Doja Cat – ‘Get Into It (Yuh)’
Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – ‘Way 2 Sexy’
Kacey Musgraves – ‘Simple Times’
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow – ‘Industry Baby’ – winner
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Dua Lipa – ‘Sweetest Pie’
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’
Coldplay and BTS – ‘My Universe’
Kendrick Lamar – ‘The Heart Part 5’
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow – ‘Industry Baby’ – winner
Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa – ‘Sweetest Pie’
The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – ‘Stay’
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
BTS – ‘Permission To Dance’
Doja Cat – ‘Woman’ – winner
FKA twigs ft. The Weeknd – ‘Tears In The Club’
Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow – ‘Industry Baby’
Normani ft. Cardi B – ‘Wild Side’
BEST EDITING
Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar – ‘Family Ties’
Doja Cat – ‘Get Into It (Yuh)’
Olivia Rodrigo – ‘Brutal’
Rosalía – ‘Saoko’ – winner
Taylor Swift – ‘All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)’
The Weeknd – ‘Take My Breath’
Δείτε κάποιες από τις πιο χαρακτηριστικές εμφανίσεις
Eminem feat. Snoop Dogg – «From the D 2 the LBC»
Nicki Minaj – «Super Freaky Girl», «Anaconda» & More
Lizzo – «About Damn Time» / «2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)»
BLACKPINK «Pink Venom»
Jack Harlow feat. Fergie – «First Class»
Panic! At the Disco – «Don’t Let the Light Go Out»
