Who Won 2022 MTV Video Music Awards
Aug 28, 2022
The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 28, 2022 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The ceremony was hosted by LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj, and Jack Harlow. Harlow won the most awards with four while Minaj won the Video Vanguard Award. Harlow, Harry Styles, and Doja Cat each had eight nominations.
| Video Of The Year |
| Taylor Swift "All Too Well" Other Nominees: Doja Cat (Woman); Drake ft Future and Young Thug (Way 2 Sexy); Ed Sheeran (Shivers); Harry Styles (As It Was); Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow (Industry Baby); Olivia Rodrigo (Brutal) |
| Artist Of The Year |
| Bad Bunny Other Nominees: Drake; Ed Sheeran; Harry Styles; Jack Harlow; Lil Nas X; Lizzo |
| Song Of The Year |
| Billie Eilish "Happier Than Ever" Other Nominees: Adele (Easy on Me); Doja Cat (Woman); Elton John and Dua Lipa (Cold Heart); Lizzo (About Damn Time); The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber (Stay) |
| Best New Artist |
| Dove Cameron Other Nominees: Baby Keem; Gayle; Latto; Måneskin; Seventeen |
| Push Performance Of The Year |
| Seventeen "Rock With You" Other Nominees: Griff (One Night); Remi Wolf (Sexy Villain); Nessa Barrett (I Hope Ur Miserable Until Ur Dead); Mae Muller (Better Days); Gayle (ABCDEFU); Shenseea (R U That); Omar Apollo (Tamagotchi); Wet Leg (Chaise Longue); Muni Long (Baby Boo); Doechii (Persuasive) |
| Best Collaboration |
| Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow "Industry Baby" Other Nominees: Drake ft Future and Young Thug (Way 2 Sexy); Elton John and Dua Lipa (Cold Heart); Megan Thee Stallion and 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 |
| Harry Styles "As It Was" Other Nominees: Billie Eilish (Happier Than Ever); Doja Cat (Woman); Ed Sheeran (Shivers); Lizzo (About Damn Time); Olivia Rodrigo (Traitor) |
| Best Hip Hop |
| Nicki Minaj ft Lil Baby "Do We Have A Problem" Other Nominees: Eminem and Snoop Dogg (From the D 2 the LBC); Future ft Drake and Tems (Wait for U); Kendrick Lamar (N95); Latto (Big Energy); Pusha T (Diet Coke) |
| Best R&B |
| The Weeknd "Out Of Time" Other Nominees: Alicia Keys (City of Gods Part II); Chlöe (Have Mercy); H.E.R. (For Anyone); Normani ft Cardi B (Wild Side); Summer Walker, SZA and Cardi B (No Love) |
| Best K-Pop |
| Lisa "Lalisa" Other Nominees: BTS (Yet to Come); Itzy (Loco); Seventeen (Hot); Stray Kids (Maniac); Twice (The Feels) |
| Best Latin |
| Anitta "Envolver" Other Nominees: Bad Bunny (Tití Me Preguntó); Becky G and Karol G (Mamiii); Daddy Yankee (Remix); Farruko (Pepas); J Balvin and Skrillex (In da Getto) |
| Best Rock |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers "Black Summer" Other Nominees: 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 |
| Måneskin "I Wanna Be Your Slave" Other Nominees: Avril Lavigne ft Blackbear (Love It When You Hate Me); Imagine Dragons and JID (Enemy); Machine Gun Kelly ft Willow (Emo Girl); Panic! at the Disco (Viva Las Vengeance); Twenty One Pilots (Saturday); Willow and Avril Lavigne ft Travis Barker (Grow) |
| Video For Good |
| Lizzo "About Damn Time" Other Nominees: Kendrick Lamar (The Heart Part 5); Latto (Pussy); Rina Sawayama (This Hell); Stromae (Fils de joie) |
| Group of the Year |
| BTS Other Nominees: Blackpink; City Girls; Foo Fighters; Imagine Dragons; Måneskin; Red Hot Chili Peppers; Silk Sonic |
| Song Of Summer |
| Jack Harlow "First Class" Other Nominees: Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone (Me Porto Bonito); Beyoncé (Break My Soul); Charlie Puth ft Jungkook (Left and Right); Doja Cat (Vegas); Future ft Drake and Tems (Wait for U); Harry Styles (Late Night Talking); Kane Brown (Grand); Latto and Mariah Carey ft DJ Khaled (Big Energy); Lizzo (About Damn Time); Marshmello and Khalid (Numb); Nicki Minaj (Super Freaky Girl); Nicky Youre and dazy (Sunroof); Post Malone ft Doja Cat (I Like You A Happier Song); Rosalía (Bizcochito); Steve Lacy (Bad Habit) |
| Album Of The Year |
| Harry Styles "Harry's House" Other Nominees: Adele (30); Bad Bunny (Un Verano Sin Ti); Billie Eilish (Happier Than Ever); Drake (Certified Lover Boy) |
| Best Metaverse Performance |
| Blackpink "The Virtual" (PUBG) Other Nominees: 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 |
| Taylor Swift "All Too Well - The Short Film" Other Nominees: 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 Direction |
| Taylor Swift "All Too Well" Director: Taylor Swift Other Nominees: 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) |
| Best Art Direction |
| Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow "Industry Baby" Art Director: Alex Delgado Other Nominees: Adele (Oh My God); Doja Cat (Get Into It (Yuh)); Drake ft Future and Young Thug (Way 2 Sexy); Kacey Musgraves (Simple Times); Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa (Sweetest Pie) |
| Best Choreography |
| Doja Cat "Woman" Choreographer: Cortland Brown Other Nominees: BTS (Permission to Dance); 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 Cinematography |
| Harry Styles "As It Was" Director of Photography: Nikita Kuzmenko Other Nominees: Baby Keem and 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: The Short Film) |
| Best Editing |
| Rosalia "Saoko" Editor: Valentin Petit and Jon Echeveste Other Nominees: Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar (Family Ties); Doja Cat (Get Into It (Yuh)); Olivia Rodrigo (Brutal); Taylor Swift (All Too Well: The Short Film); The Weeknd (Take My Breath) |
| Best Visual Effects |
| Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow "Industry Baby" Visual Effects: Cameo FX Other Nominees: Billie Eilish (Happier Than Ever); Coldplay and BTS (My Universe); Kendrick Lamar (The Heart Part 5); Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa (Sweetest Pie); The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber (Stay) |
| Global Icon Award |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award |
| Nicki Minaj |