Hard to believe maybe -- but after another spin around the sun, it's time for MTV's celebration of our favorite artists' accomplishments at the 2022 Video Music Awards!
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This year's MTV Video Music Awards are now underway, with nominees like Kendrick Lamar, Lil Nas X, and Jack Harlow leading the pack, Nicki Minaj and the Red Hot Chili Peppers tapped to receive the night's biggest honors, and an incredible lineup of performers scheduled -- we're SO ready to get down to business. Follow along with our 2022 MTV VMAs Winner's List and stream your favorite artists below!
2022 MTV Video Music Awards WInner's List:
Bad Bunny
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ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bad Bunny – Rimas Entertainment
Drake – OVO/Republic
Ed Sheeran – Atlantic Records
Harry Styles – Columbia Records
Jack Harlow – Generation Now/Atlantic Records
Lil Nas X – Columbia Records
Lizzo – Atlantic Records
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
BEST POP
Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever” – Darkroom/Interscope Records
Doja Cat – “Woman” – Kemosabe Records/RCA Records
Ed Sheeran – “Shivers” – Atlantic Records
Harry Styles – “As It Was” – Columbia Records
Lizzo – “About Damn Time” – Atlantic Records
Olivia Rodrigo – “traitor” – Geffen Records
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – “family ties” – Columbia Records
Camila Cabello ft. Ed Sheeran – “Bam Bam” – Epic Records
Harry Styles – “As It Was” – Columbia Records
Kendrick Lamar – “N95” – pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records
Normani ft. Cardi B – “Wild Side” – Keep Cool/RCA Records
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well” (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) – Republic Records
SONG OF THE YEAR
Adele – “Easy On Me” – Columbia Records
Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever” – Darkroom/Interscope Records
Doja Cat – “Woman” – Kemosabe Records/RCA Records
Elton John & Dua Lipa – “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” – EMI/Interscope Records
Lizzo – “About Damn Time” – Atlantic Records
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – “STAY” – Columbia Records
Nicki Minaj
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BEST HIP-HOP
Eminem & Snoop Dogg – “From The D 2 The LBC” – Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records
Future ft. Drake, Tems – “WAIT FOR U” – Freebandz /Epic Records
Kendrick Lamar – “N95” – pgLang / Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records
Latto – “Big Energy” – Streamcut/RCA Records
Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Baby – “Do We Have A Problem?” – Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records
Pusha T – “Diet Coke” – G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam
GROUP OF THE YEAR
BLACKPINK
BTS
City Girls
Foo Fighters
Imagine Dragons
Måneskin
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Silk Sonic
Måneskin
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BEST ALTERNATIVE
Avril Lavigne ft. blackbear – “Love It When You Hate Me” – Elektra Music Group / DTA Records
Imagine Dragons x JID – “Enemy” – KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records
Machine Gun Kelly ft. WILLOW – “emo girl” – Bad Boy/Interscope Records
Måneskin - "I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE" – Arista Records
Panic! At The Disco – “Viva Las Vengeance” – Fueled By Ramen/Elektra Music Group
Twenty One Pilots – “Saturday” – Fueled By Ramen/Elektra Music Group
WILLOW, Avril Lavigne ft. Travis Barker – “G R O W” – MSFTSMusic/Roc Nation Records
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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BEST ROCK
Foo Fighters – “Love Dies Young” – RCA Records
Jack White – “Taking Me Back” – Third Man Records
Muse – “Won’t Stand Down” – Warner Records
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Black Summer” – Warner Records
Shinedown – “Planet Zero” – Elektra Music Group
Three Days Grace – “So Called Life” – RCA Records
BEST COLLABORATION
Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy” – OVO/Republic
Elton John & Dua Lipa – “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” – EMI/Interscope Records
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY” – Columbia Records
Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa – “Sweetest Pie” – 300 Entertainment
Post Malone & The Weeknd – “One Right Now” – Mercury Records/Republic Records
ROSALÍA ft. The Weeknd – “LA FAMA” – Columbia Records
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – “STAY” – Columbia Records
BEST R&B
Alicia Keys – “City of Gods (Part II)” – AKW
Chlöe -–“Have Mercy” – Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records
H.E.R. – “For Anyone” – RCA Records
Normani ft. Cardi B – “Wild Side” – Keep Cool/RCA Records
Summer Walker, SZA & Cardi B – “No Love (Extended Version)” – LVRN/Interscope Records
The Weeknd – “Out Of Time” – XO/Republic Records
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BEST NEW ARTIST
Dove Cameron – Disruptor Records / Columbia Records
Måneskin – Arista Records
Seventeen – PLEDIS Entertainment/Geffen Records
Lizzo
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VIDEO FOR GOOD
Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 5” – pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope
Latto – “P*ssy” – Streamcut/RCA Records
Lizzo – “About Damn Time” – Atlantic Records
Rina Sawayama – “This Hell” – Dirty Hit
Stromae – ”Fils de joie” – Mosaert Label/The Darkroom/Interscope Records
Jack Harlow and Fergie
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SONG OF SUMMER
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”
Jack Harlow - “First Class”
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”
BEST DIRECTION
Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – “family ties” – Columbia Records
Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever” – Darkroom/Interscope Records
Ed Sheeran – “Shivers” – Atlantic Records
Harry Styles – “As It Was” – Columbia Records
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY” – Columbia Records
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well” (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) – Republic Records
Anitta
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BEST LATIN
Anitta – “Envolver” – Warner Records
Bad Bunny – “Tití Me Preguntó” – Rimas Entertainment
Becky G X KAROL G – “MAMIII” – Kemosabe Records/Sony Music Latin/RCA Records
Daddy Yankee – “REMIX” – Republic Records
Farruko – “Pepas” – Sony Music US Latin
J Balvin & Skrillex – “In Da Getto” – Sueños Globales, LLC/Universal Music Latino/Asylum Records UK
Lisa of BLACKPINK
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BEST K-Pop
BTS – “Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)” – BIGHIT Music / Geffen Records
ITZY – “LOCO” – JYP Entertainment
LISA – “LALISA” – YG Entertainment / Interscope Records
SEVENTEEN – “HOT” – PLEDIS Entertainment/Geffen Records
Stray Kids – “MANIAC” – JYP Entertainment
TWICE – “The Feels” – JYP Entertainment
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
BTS – “Permission to Dance” – BIGHIT Music/Geffen Records
Doja Cat – “Woman” – Kemosabe Records/RCA Records
FKA twigs ft. The Weeknd – “Tears In The Club” – Atlantic Records
Harry Styles – “As It Was” – Columbia Records
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY” – Columbia Records
Normani ft. Cardi B – “Wild Side” – Keep Cool/RCA Records
BEST EDITING
Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – “family ties” – Columbia Records
Doja Cat – “Get Into It (Yuh)” – Kemosabe Records/RCA Records
Olivia Rodrigo – “brutal” – Geffen Records
ROSALÍA – “SAOKO” – Columbia Records
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well” (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) – Republic Records
The Weeknd – “Take My Breath” – XO/Republic Records
BEST ART DIRECTION
Adele – “Oh My God” – Columbia Records
Doja Cat – “Get Into It (Yuh)” – Kemosabe Records/RCA Records
Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy” – OVO/Republic Records
Kacey Musgraves – “simple times” – Interscope Records/MCA Nashville
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY” – Columbia Records
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Dua Lipa – “Sweetest Pie” – 300 Entertainment
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever” – Darkroom/Interscope Records
Coldplay X BTS – “My Universe” – Atlantic Records
Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 5” – pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY” – Columbia Records
Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa – “Sweetest Pie” – 300 Entertainment
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – “STAY” – Columbia Records
2022 VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD
Congrats to all of this year's incredible nominees and big winners -- follow along for continued coverage of the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards on Audacy!
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