The MTV Video Music Awards are back - and the year's biggest and wildest awards show brought another year of drama.
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This year's ceremony saw Fergie make a long anticipated comeback, joining Jack Harlow on stage while Taylor Swift surprised fans by arriving in a daring but shining Ocar de la Renta dress. But that wasn't her only surprise as she dropped the bombsehll news that she would be releasing a new album on 21 October 2022.
Taylor picked up one of the first awards
Taylor picked up the Best Longform Video early in the night, and thanked her crew for trusting her to direct the video, and thanked fans, sharing that they had "put our entire hearts into this trying to make something that would be worthy of the love you, the fans, have shown this song."
She later also won Video of the Year and during her acceptance speech shared: "I made up my mind that if you were this generous and give us this, I thought it might be a fun moment to tell you that my brand new album comes out October 21st."
Jack Harlow was another big winner of the night, as was Bad Bunny who won Artist of the Year and Dove Cameron, who picked up Best New Artist.
Nicki Minaj was honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers picked up the Global Icon award.
2022 MTV VMA winners...
Video of the Year
Doja Cat – "Woman"Drake (featuring 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"Taylor Swift – All Too Well: The Short Film - WINNER
Song of the Year
Adele – "Easy on Me"Billie Eilish – "Happier Than Ever" - WINNERDoja Cat – "Woman"Elton John and Dua Lipa – "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)"Lizzo – "About Damn Time"The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – "Stay"
Lizzo won the Video for Good award
Artist of the Year
Bad Bunny - WINNERDrakeEd SheeranHarry StylesJack HarlowLil Nas X
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
Best Collaboration
Drake (featuring Future and Young Thug) – "Way 2 Sexy"Elton John and Dua Lipa – "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)"Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow – "Industry Baby" - WINNERMegan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa – "Sweetest Pie"Post Malone and The Weeknd – "One Right Now"Rosalía (featuring 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" - WINNERLizzo – "About Damn Time"Olivia Rodrigo – "Traitor"
Lizzo's About Damn Time is also up for four
Best Hip Hop
Eminem and Snoop Dogg – "From the D 2 the LBC"Future (featuring Drake and Tems) – "Wait for U"Kendrick Lamar – "N95"Latto – "Big Energy"Nicki Minaj (featuring Lil Baby) – "Do We Have a Problem?" - WINNERPusha T – "Diet Coke"
Group of the Year
BlackpinkBTS - WINNERCity GirlsFoo FightersImagine DragonsMåneskinRed Hot Chili PeppersSilk Sonic
Nicki won Best Hip-Hop and the Vanguard Award
Song of the Summer
Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone – "Me Porto Bonito"Beyoncé – "Break My Soul"2Charlie Puth (featuring Jungkook) – "Left and Right"Doja Cat – "Vegas"Future (featuring Drake and Tems) – "Wait for U"Harry Styles – "Late Night Talking"Jack Harlow – "First Class" - WINNERKane Brown – "Grand"Latto and Mariah Carey (featuring DJ Khaled) – "Big Energy (Remix)"Lizzo – "About Damn Time"Marshmello and Khalid – "Numb"Nicki Minaj – "Super Freaky Girl"Nicky Youre and dazy – "Sunroof"Post Malone (featuring Doja Cat) – "I Like You (A Happier Song)"Rosalía – "Bizcochito"Steve Lacy – "Bad Habit"
Best Longform Video
Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles – Darkroom / Interscope RecordsFoo Fighters – Studio 666 – RCA RecordsKacey Musgraves – star-crossed – Interscope Records / MCA NashvilleMadonna – Madame X – Interscope RecordsOlivia Rodrigo – driving home 2 u – Geffen RecordsTaylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)” – Republic Records - WINNER
Best New Artist
Baby Keem -
Dove Cameron - WINNER
GAYLE
Latto
Måneskin
SEVENTEEN
Best Alternative
Avril Lavigne (featuring Blackbear) – "Love It When You Hate Me"Imagine Dragons and JID – "Enemy"Machine Gun Kelly (featuring Willow) – "Emo Girl"Måneskin – "I Wanna Be Your Slave" - WINNERPanic! at the Disco – "Viva Las Vengeance"Twenty One Pilots – "Saturday"Willow and Avril Lavigne (featuring Travis Barker) – "Grow"
Best R&B
Alicia Keys – "City of Gods (Part II)"Chlöe – "Have Mercy"H.E.R. – "For Anyone"Normani (featuring Cardi B) – "Wild Side"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" - WINNERSeventeen – "Hot"Stray Kids – "Maniac"Twice – "The Feels"
All Too Well (The Short Film) is up for four awards
Best Rock
Foo Fighters – "Love Dies Young"Jack White – "Taking Me Back"Muse – "Won't Stand Down"Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Black Summer" - WINNERShinedown – "Planet Zero"Three Days Grace – "So Called Life"
Best Latin
Anitta – "Envolver" - WINNERBad Bunny – "Tití Me Preguntó"Becky G and Karol G – "Mamiii"Daddy Yankee – "Remix"Farruko – "Pepas"J Balvin and Skrillex – "In da Getto"
Video for Good
Kendrick Lamar – "The Heart Part 5"Latto – "Pussy"Lizzo – "About Damn Time" - WINNERRina Sawayama – "This Hell"Stromae – "Fils de Joie"
Best Metaverse Performance
Blackpink the Virtual (PUBG) - WINNERBTS (Minecraft)Charli XCX (Roblox)Justin Bieber – An Interactive Virtual Experience (Wave)Rift Tour (featuring Ariana Grande) (Fortnite)Twenty One Pilots Concert Experience (Roblox)
Best Directing
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"
Taylor Swift - "All Too Well" (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) - WINNER
