MTV VMAS 2022: SEE THE COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS HERE
Explore all the winners of the 2022 VMAs here.
Perfectly capturing the musical zeitgeist of 2022 America, live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, this year’s VMAs celebrated the notable, the promising, and the creative connoisseurs behind the curtain. Hosted by the famed LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj, and Jack Harlow, the MTV segment honed in on the best and brightest, dominating the 2022 music industry.
With K-Pop ensemble Blackpink, Lizzo, J Balvin, Fergie, Måneskin, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers adorning the stage to perform their nominated hits – this night was indeed one for the books. But who triumphed over them all? Explore all the winners of the 2022 VMAs here.
Artist of the Year
WINNER: Bad Bunny
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles
Jack Harlow
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Song of the Year
WINNER: Billie Eilish: “Happier Than Ever”
Adele: “Easy on Me”
Doja Cat: “Woman”
Elton John, Dua Lipa: “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)”
Lizzo: “About Damn Time”
The Kid Laroi, Justin Bieber: “Stay”
Album of the Year
WINNER: Harry Styles, “Harry’s House“
Drake, “Certified Lover Boy“
Adele, “30“
Bad Bunny, “Un Verano Sin Ti“
Billie Eilish, “Happier Than Ever“
Video of the Year
WINNER: Taylor Swift: “All Too Well” (10 Minute, Taylor’s Version)
Doja Cat: “Woman”
Drake ft. Future, Young Thug: “Way 2 Sexy”
Ed Sheeran: “Shivers”
Harry Styles: “As It Was“
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow: “Industry Baby”
Olivia Rodrigo: “Brutal”
Best New Artist
WINNER: Dove Cameron
Baby Keem
Gayle
Latto
Måneskin
Seventeen
Push Performance of the Year
WINNER: Seventeen: “Rock With You”
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
WINNER: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow: “Industry Baby”
Drake ft. Future, Young Thug: “Way 2 Sexy”
Elton John, Dua Lipa: “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)”
Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa: “Sweetest Pie”
Post Malone, The Weeknd: “One Right Now”
Rosalía ft. The Weeknd: “La Fama”
The Kid Laroi, Justin Bieber: “Stay”
Best Pop
WINNER: Harry Styles: “As It Was”
Billie Eilish: “Happier Than Ever”
Doja Cat: “Woman”
Ed Sheeran: “Shivers”
Lizzo: “About Damn Time”
Olivia Rodrigo: “Traitor”
Best Hip-Hop
WINNER: Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Baby: “Do We Have a Problem?”
Eminem, Snoop Dogg: “From the D 2 the LBC”
Future ft. Drake, Tems: “Wait for U”
Kendrick Lamar: “N95”
Latto: “Big Energy”
Pusha T: “Diet Coke”
Best Rock
WINNER: Red Hot Chili Peppers: “Black Summer”
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
WINNER: Måneskin: “I Wanna Be Your Slave”
Avril Lavigne ft. Blackbear: “Love It When You Hate Me”
Imagine Dragons, JID: “Enemy”
Machine Gun Kelly ft. Willow: “Emo Girl”
Panic! at the Disco: “Viva Las Vengeance”
Twenty One Pilots: “Saturday”
Willow, Avril Lavigne ft. Travis Barker: “G R O W”
Best Latin
WINNER: Anitta: “Envolver”
Bad Bunny: “Tití Me Preguntó”
Becky G, Karol G: “Mamiii”
Daddy Yankee: “Remix”
Farruko: “Pepas”
J Balvin, Skrillex: “In Da Getto”
Best R&B
WINNER: The Weeknd: “Out Of Time”
Alicia Keys: “City of Gods (Part II)”
Chlöe: “Have Mercy”
H.E.R.: “For Anyone”
Normani ft. Cardi B: “Wild Side”
Summer Walker, SZA, Cardi B: “No Love” (Extended Version)
Best K-pop
WINNER: Lisa: “Lalisa”
BTS: “Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)”
Itzy: “Loco”
Seventeen: “Hot”
Stray Kids: “Maniac”
Twice: “The Feels”
Video for Good
WINNER: Lizzo: “About Damn Time”
Kendrick Lamar: “The Heart Part 5”
Latto: “P*ssy”
Rina Sawayama: “This Hell”
Stromae: ”Fils de Joie”
Best Metaverse Performance
WINNER: Blackpink the Virtual x PUBG
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
WINNER: Taylor Swift: “All Too Well” (10 Minute, Taylor’s Version)
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 Cinematography
WINNER: Harry Styles: “As It Was”
Baby Keem, 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”
Best Direction
WINNER: Taylor Swift: “All Too Well” (10 Minute, Taylor’s Version)
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”
Best Art Direction
WINNER: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow: “Industry Baby”
Adele: “Oh My God”
Doja Cat: “Get Into It (Yuh)”
Drake ft. Future, Young Thug: “Way 2 Sexy”
Kacey Musgraves: “Simple Times”
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Dua Lipa: “Sweetest Pie”
Best Visual Effects
WINNER: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow: “Industry Baby”
Billie Eilish: “Happier Than Ever”
Coldplay, BTS: “My Universe”
Kendrick Lamar: “The Heart Part 5”
Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa: “Sweetest Pie”
The Kid Laroi, Justin Bieber: “Stay”
Best Choreography
WINNER: Doja Cat: “Woman”
BTS: “Permission to Dance”
FKA twigs ft. The Weeknd: “Tears In The Club”
Harry Styles: “As It Was”
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow: “Industry Baby”
Normani ft. Cardi B: “Wild Side”
Best Editing
WINNER: Rosalía: “Saoko”
Baby Keem, Kendrick Lamar: “Family Ties”
Doja Cat: “Get Into It (Yuh)”
The Weeknd: “Take My Breath”
Olivia Rodrigo: “Brutal”
Taylor Swift: “All Too Well”
Group of the Year
WINNER: BTS
Blackpink
City Girls
Foo Fighters
Imagine Dragons
Måneskin
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Silk Sonic
Song of the Summer
WINNER: Jack Harlow: “First Class”
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”
Rosalía: “Bizcochito”
Harry Styles: “Late Night Talking”
Kane Brown: “Grand”
Latto x Mariah Carey: “Big Energy (Remix) ft. DJ Khaled”
Lizzo: “About Damn Time”
Steve Lacy: “Bad Habit”
Marshmello x Khalid: “Numb”
Nicki Minaj: “Super Freaky Girl”
Nicky Youre, Dazy: “Sunroof”
Post Malone with Doja Cat: “I Like You (A Happier Song)”
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