Taylor Swift va tenir una nit dolça als MTV VMA’s, on entre altres va guanyar a millor vídeo, gràcies a la versió de 10 minuts de ‘All too well’, una de les cançons de la nova versió gravada del disc “Red”. En un dels agraïments va aprofitar per anunciar el seu nou disc “Midnights“.

Harry Styles va guanyar el premi a millor disc per “Harry’s House”, mentre que la millor cançó va ser ‘Happier than ever’ de Billie Eilish. El millor artista de l’any va recaure en Bad Bunny.

Millor col·laboració per Lil Nas X i Jack Harlow amb ‘Industry Baby’; millor vídeo alternatiu per Maneskin amb ‘I wanna be your slave’; Jack Harlow venç a millor cançó de l’estiu per ‘First class’; millor vídeo pop per ‘As it was’ de Harry Styles; ‘Black summer’ de Red Hot Chili Peppers a millor vídeo rock; ‘Out of time’ de The Weeknd a millor vídeo r&b; o millor grup per BTS.

La gala va deixar nombroses actuacions musicals d’artistes com Lizzo, Blackpink, Maneskin, Jack Harlow, Fergie o Eminem.

GUANYADORS:

Vídeo
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”
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”  

Artista 
Bad Bunny  
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles
Jack Harlow
Lil Nas X
Lizzo

Cançó
Adele – “Easy on Me”
Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever” 
Doja Cat – “Woman”
Elton John & Dua Lipa – “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – “Stay”

Àlbum
Harry Styles – Harry’s House 
Adele – 30
Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti
Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever
Drake – Certified Lover Boy

Vídeo format llarg
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)” A
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”

Col·laboració
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”

Presentació de metavers
BLACKPINK The Virtual | 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

Vídeo alternatiu
Måneskin – “I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE” 
Avril Lavigne ft. blackbear – “Love It When You Hate Me”
Imagine Dragons x 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”

Cançó de l’estiu
Jack Harlow – “First Class”  
Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone – “Me Porto Bonito”
Beyoncé – “Break My Soul”
Charlie Puth (featuring Jungkook) – “Left and Right”
Doja Cat – “Vegas”
Future (featuring Drake and Tems) – “Wait for U”
Harry Styles – “Late Night Talking”
Kane 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”

Nou artista
Baby Keem
Dove Cameron  
GAYLE
Latto
Måneskin
Seventeen

Vídeo pop
Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever”
Doja Cat – “Woman”
Ed Sheeran – “Shivers”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”  
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
Olivia Rodrigo – “traitor”

Vídeo hip-hop
Eminem & Snoop Dogg – “From The D 2 The LBC”
Future ft. Drake, Tems – “WAIT FOR U”
Kendrick Lamar – “N95″
Latto – “Big Energy”
Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Baby – “Do We Have A Problem?”  
Pusha T – “Diet Coke”

Vídeo rock
Foo Fighters – “Love Dies Young”
Jack White – “Taking Me Back”
Muse – “Won’t Stand Down”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Black Summer” 
Shinedown – “Planet Zero”
Three Days Grace – “So Called Life”

Vídeo latino
Anitta – “Envolver” 
Bad Bunny – “Tití Me Preguntó”
Becky G X KAROL G – “MAMIII”
Daddy Yankee – “REMIX”
Farruko – “Pepas”
J Balvin & Skrillex – “In Da Getto”

Vídeo R&B
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)”
The Weeknd – “Out Of Time” 

Vídeo K-pop
BTS – “Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)”
ITZY – “LOCO”
LISA – “LALISA”  
SEVENTEEN – “HOT”
Stray Kids – “MANIAC”
TWICE – “The Feels”

Vídeo per el bé
Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 5″
Latto – “P*ssy”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”  
Rina Sawayama – “This Hell”
Stromae – “Fils de joie”

Fotografia
Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – “family ties”
Camila Cabello ft. Ed Sheeran – “Bam Bam”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”  
Kendrick Lamar – “N95″
Normani ft. Cardi B – “Wild Side”
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”

Direcció
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)” 

Dirección d’art
Adele – “Oh My God”
Doja Cat – “Get Into It (Yuh)”
Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy”
Kacey Musgraves – “simple times”
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY” 
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Dua Lipa – “Sweetest Pie”

Efectes visuals
Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever”
Coldplay X BTS – “My Universe”
Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 5″
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY”  
Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa – “Sweetest Pie”
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – “STAY”

Coreografia
BTS – “Permission to Dance”
Doja Cat – “Woman”  
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”

Edició
Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – “family ties”
Doja Cat – “Get Into It (Yuh)”
Olivia Rodrigo – “brutal”
ROSALÍA – “SAOKO”  
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”
The Weeknd – “Take My Breath”

Grup 
Blackpink
BTS 
City Girls
Foo Fighters
Imagine Dragons
Måneskin
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Silk Sonic

L’entrada Guanyadors dels MTV VMA’s 2022 ha aparegut primer a Primera Fila.