(winner in bold)
Video of the Year
- Ariana Grande — we can’t be friends (wait for your love)
- Billie Eilish — Lunch
- Doja Cat — Paint The Town Red
- Eminem — Houdini
- SZA — Snooze
- Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight
Best New Artist
- Benson Boone
- Chappell Roan
- Gracie Abrams
- Shaboozey
- Teddy Swims
- Tyla
Song of Summer
- Ariana Grande — we can’t be friends (wait for your love)
- Benson Boone — Beautiful Things
- Billie Eilish — BIRDS OF A FEATHER
- Chappell Roan — Good Luck, Babe!
- Charli XCX & Billie Eilish — Guess featuring Billie Eilish
- Eminem — Houdini
- Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar — Like That
- GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion — Wanna Be
- Hozier — Too Sweet
- Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us
- Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen — I Had Some Help
- Sabrina Carpenter — Please Please Please
- Shaboozey — A Bar Song (Tipsy)
- SZA — Saturn
- Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight
- Tommy Richman — MILLION DOLLAR BABY
VMAs Most Iconic Performance
- Beyonce — Love On Top
- Eminem — The Real Slim Shady / The Way I Am
- Katy Perry — Roar
- Lady Gaga — Paparazzi
- Madonna — Like A Virgin
- Madonna, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Missy Elliott — Like A Virgin / Hollywood
- Taylor Swift — You Belong With Me
Artist of the Year
- Ariana Grande
- Bad Bunny
- Eminem
- Sabrina Carpenter
- SZA
- Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
- Beyonce — TEXAS HOLD ‘EM
- Jack Harlow — Lovin On Me
- Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us
- Sabrina Carpenter — Espresso
- Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight
- Teddy Swims — Lose Control
Performance of the Year
- Kaliii — Area Codes
- GloRilla — Lick or Sum
- Benson Boone — In The Stars
- Coco Jones — ICU
- Victoria Monet — On My Mama
- Jessie Murph — Wild Ones
- Teddy Swims — Lose Control
- Chappell Roan — Red Wine Supernova
- Flyana Boss — yeaaa
- Laufey — Goddess
- LE SSERAFIM — Easy
- The Warning — Automatic Sun
Best Group
- *NSYNC
- Coldplay
- Imagine Dragons
- NCT DREAM
- NewJeans
- SEVENTEEN
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER
- Twenty One Pilots
Best Collaboration
- Drake feat. Sexxy Red & SZA — Rich Baby Daddy
- GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion — Wanna Be
- Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll — Wild Ones
- Jung Kook feat. Latto — Seven
- Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen — I Had Some Help
- Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight
Best Pop
- Camila Cabello
- Dua Lipa
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Tate McRae
- Taylor Swift
Best Hip-Hop
- Drake feat. Sexxy Red & SZA — Rich Baby Daddy
- Eminem — Houdini
- GloRilla — Yeah Glo!
- Gunner — fukumean
- Megan Thee Stallion — BOA
- Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti — FE!N
Best R&B
- Alicia Keys — Lifeline
- Muni Long — Made For Me
- SZA — Snooze
- Tyla — Water
- USHER, Summer Walker, 21 Savage — Good Good
- Victoria Monet — On My Mama
Best Alternative
- Benson Boone — Beautiful Things
- Bleachers — Tiny Moves
- Hozier — Too Sweet
- Imagine Dragons — Eyes Closed
- Linkin Park — Friendly Fire
- Teddy Swims — Lose Control (Live)
Best Rock
- Bon Jovi — Legendary
- Coldplay — feelslikeimfallinginlove
- Green Day — Dilemma
- Kings of Leon — Mustang
- Lenny Kravitz — Human
- U2 — Atomic City
Best Latin
- Anitta — Mil Veces
- Bad Bunny — MONACO
- Karol G — MI EX TENIA RAZON
- Myke Towers — LALA
- Peso Pluma & Anitta — BELLAKEO
- Rauw Alejandro — Touching The Sky
- Shakira & Cardi B — Punteria
Best K-Pop
- Jung Kook feat. Latto — Seven
- Lisa — Rockstar
- NCT DREAM — Smoothie
- NewJeans — Super Shy
- Stray Kids — LALALALA
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER — Deja Vu
Best Afrobeats
- Ayra Starr feat. Giveon — Last Heartbreak Song
- Burna Boy — City Boys
- Chris Brown feat. Davido & Lojay — Sensational
- Tems — Love Me JeJe
- Tyla — Water
- USHER, Pheelz — Ruin
Video for Good
- Alexander Stewart — if you only knew
- Billie Eilish — What Was I Made For?
- Coldplay — feelslikeimfallinginlove
- Joyner Lucas & Jelly Roll — Best For Me
- RAYE — Genesis.
- Tyler Childers — In Your Love
Best Trending Video
- Beyonce — TEXAS HOLD ‘EM
- Camila Cabello feat. Playboi Carti — I LUV IT
- Chappell Roan — Hot To Go!
- Charli XCX — Apple
- Megan Thee Stallion feat. Yuki Chiba — Mamushi
- Tinashe — Nasty
Best Direction
- we can’t be friends (wait for your love) — Ariana Grande
- Tiny Moves — Bleachers
- Houdini — Eminem
- BOA — Megan Thee Stallion
- Please Please Please — Sabrina Carpenter
- Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Best Cinematography
- we can’t be friends (wait for your love) — Ariana Grande
- Von dutch — Charli XCX
- Illusion — Dua Lipa
- Obsessed — Olivia Rodrigo
- Touching The Sky — Rauw Alejandro
- Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Best Visual Effects
- the boy is mine — Ariana Grande
- Houdini — Eminem
- Selfish — Justin Timberlake
- BOA — Megan Thee Stallion
- get him back! — Olivia Rodrigo
- Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Best Choreography
- Tiny Moves — Bleachers
- Houdini — Dua Lipa
- Rockstar — LISA
- Touching The Sky — Rauw Alejandro
- greedy — Tate McRae
- Rush — Troye Sivan
Best Art Direction
- 360 — Charli XCX
- Rockstar — LISA
- BOA — Megan Thee Stallion
- bad idea right? — Olivia Rodrigo
- Please Please Please — Sabrina Carpenter
- Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Best Editing
- Mil Veces — Anitta
- we can’t be friends (wait for your love) — Ariana Grande
- Houdini — Eminem
- Rockstar — LISA
- Espresso — Sabrina Carpenter
- Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
