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MTV Video Music Awards

Who won big at the MTV VMAs 2022? Every winner, including Taylor Swift, Lil Nas X, Bad Bunny

Staff and wire reports

Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of the list incorrectly identified the winner of MTV’s video for good award.

Nicki Minaj can now add Video Vanguard to her superstar résumé.

At Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, Minaj accepted the show’s lifetime achievement award for her artistry and global superstar status. The honor is named after Michael Jackson, and Minaj gave him a shout-out during her acceptance speech. 

"I wish that Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson were here," said Minaj, referring to the importance of mental health. "I wish that people understood what they meant and what they were going through. I wish people took mental health seriously, even for the people who you think have the perfect lives."

In honoring other legends, MTV also awarded the Red Hot Chili Peppers with the Global Icon Award after being introduced by Cheech & Chong as their "favorite band of all time."

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Nicki Minaj accepts the award for best hip-hop for "Do We Have a Problem?"

Jack Harlow collected the show's first award for his feature on Lil Nas X's "Industry Baby," which won best collaboration. "This one is for the champions," Lil Nas X said.

Taylor Swift accepted the award for best longform video for "All Too Well: The Short Film," while Harry Styles won album of the year for "Harry's House." 

At the end of the night, performing from New York's Yankee Stadium, Bad Bunny took home artist of the year.

"I always knew that I could become a huge artist without changing my culture, my slang, and my language," he said. "I am Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, from Puerto Rico to the world."

The full list of VMA nominees and winners (winners in bold):

Video of the year

Doja Cat, â€œWoman” 

Drake featuring Future & Young Thug, â€œWay 2 Sexy” 

Ed Sheeran, â€œShivers” 

Harry Styles, â€œAs It Was“

Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, â€œIndustry Baby” 

Olivia Rodrigo, â€œBrutal” 

WINNER: Taylor Swift, “All Too Well” (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) 

Artist of the year

WINNER: Bad Bunny

Drake

Ed Sheeran

Harry Styles

Jack Harlow 

Lil Nas X

Lizzo  

Bad Bunny, who won artist of the year, performs at Yankee Stadium.

Song of the year

Adele, â€œEasy On Me” 

WINNER: Billie Eilish, â€œHappier Than Ever” 

Doja Cat, â€œWoman�� 

Elton John & Dua Lipa, â€œCold Heart (Pnau Remix)” 

Lizzo, â€œAbout Damn Time”  

The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, â€œStay” 

Best new artist

Baby Keem

WINNER: Dove Cameron 

Gayle

Latto

Måneskin

Seventeen 

Push performance of the year

September 2021: Griff, â€œOne Night”

October 2021: Remi Wolf, â€œSexy Villain” 

November 2021: Nessa Barrett, â€œi hope ur miserable until ur dead” 

WINNER: December 2021: Seventeen, “Rock With You”

January 2021: Mae Muller, â€œBetter Days” 

February 2022: Gayle, “abcdefu”

March 2022: Sheneesa, â€œR U That” 

April 2022: Omar Apollo, â€œTamagotchi” 

May 2022: Wet Leg, â€œChaise Longue”

June 2022: Muni Long, â€œBaby Boo” 

July 2022: Doechii, â€œPersuasive” 

Best collaboration

Drake featuring Future & Young Thug, â€œWay 2 Sexy” 

Elton John & Dua Lipa, â€œCold Heart (Pnau Remix)”

WINNER: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, â€œIndustry Baby” 

Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa, â€œSweetest Pie” 

Post Malone & The Weeknd, â€œOne Right Now” 

Rosalía featuring The Weeknd, â€œLa Fama” 

The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, â€œStay” 

Best pop

Billie Eilish, â€œHappier Than Ever” 

Doja Cat, â€œWoman” 

Ed Sheeran, â€œShivers” 

WINNER: Harry Styles, â€œAs It Was” 

Lizzo, â€œAbout Damn Time”

Olivia Rodrigo, â€œTraitor”  

Best hip-hop

Eminem & Snoop Dogg, â€œFrom the D 2 the LBC” 

Future featuring Drake, Tems, â€œWait for U” 

Kendrick Lamar, â€œN95”

Latto, â€œBig Energy” 

WINNER: Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Baby, â€œDo We Have a Problem?” 

Pusha T, â€œDiet Coke” 

Best rock

Foo Fighters, â€œLove Dies Young” 

Jack White, â€œTaking Me Back” 

Muse, â€œWon’t Stand Down”

WINNER: Red Hot Chili Peppers, â€œBlack Summer” 

Shinedown, â€œPlanet Zero” 

Three Days Grace, â€œSo Called Life”  

Best alternative

Avril Lavigne featuring Blackbear, â€œLove It When You Hate Me” 

Imagine Dragons x JID, â€œEnemy” 

Machine Gun Kelly featuring Willow, â€œEmo Girl” 

WINNER: Måneskin, â€œI Wanna Be Your Slave” 

Panic! at the Disco, â€œViva Las Vengeance” 

Twenty One Pilots, â€œSaturday” 

Willow, Avril Lavigne featuring Travis Barker – “G R O W”

Best Latin

WINNER: Anitta, â€œEnvolver” 

Bad Bunny, â€œTití Me Preguntó” 

Becky G X Karol G, â€œMamiii” 

Daddy Yankee, â€œRemix” 

Farruko, â€œPepas” 

J Balvin & Skrillex, â€œIn Da Getto”  

Best R&B

Alicia Keys, â€œCity of Gods (Part II)” 

Chlöe, â€œHave Mercy”

H.E.R., â€œFor Anyone”

Normani featuring Cardi B, â€œWild Side” 

Summer Walker, SZA & Cardi B, â€œNo Love (Extended Version)” 

WINNER: The Weeknd, â€œOut of Time”  

Best K-pop

BTS, â€œYet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)” 

Itzy, â€œLoco” 

WINNER: Lisa, â€œLalisa” 

Seventeen, â€œHot” 

Stray Kids, â€œManiac” 

Twice, â€œThe Feels” 

Blackpink performed "Pink Venom."

Video for good

Kendrick Lamar, “The Heart Part 5” 

WINNER: Latto, â€œP---y”

WINNER: Lizzo, â€œAbout Damn Time” 

Rina Sawayama, â€œThis Hell” 

Stromae, â€Fils de joie” 

Best metaverse performance

WINNER: “Blackpink The Virtual” (PUBG)

“BTS” (Minecraft)

“Charli XCX” (Roblox)

“Justin Bieber – An Interactive Virtual Experience” (Wave)

“Rift Tour featuring Ariana Grande” (Fortnite)

“Twenty One Pilots Concert Experience” (Roblox)

Best longform video

Billie Eilish, â€œHappier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles”

Foo Fighters, â€œStudio 666”

Kacey Musgraves, “Star-Crossed”

Madonna, â€œMadame X”

Olivia Rodrigo, â€œDriving Home 2 U”

WINNER: Taylor Swift, â€œAll Too Well” (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) 

Group of the year

Blackpink

WINNER: BTS

City Girls

Foo Fighters

Imagine Dragons

Måneskin

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Silk Sonic

Song of the summer

Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone, “Me Porto Bonito”

Beyonce, “Break My Soul”

Charlie Puth featuring Jung Kook of BTS, “Left and Right”

Doja Cat, “Vegas”

Future featuring Drake, Tems, “Wait for U”

Harry Styles, “Late Night Talking”

WINNER: Jack Harlow, “First Class”

Kane Brown, “Grand”

Latto x Mariah Carey featuring DJ Khaled, “Big Energy (Remix)”

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)”

Rosalia, “Bizcochito”

Steve Lacy, “Bad Habit”

Album of the year 

WINNER: Harry Styles, "Harry's House" 

Adele, "30"

Bad Bunny, "Un Verano Sin Ti"

Billie Eilish, "Happier Than Ever"

Drake, "Certified Lover Boy"

Best cinematography 

Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar, â€œFamily Ties” 

Camila Cabello featuring Ed Sheeran, â€œBam Bam” 

WINNER: Harry Styles, â€œAs It Was” 

Kendrick Lamar, â€œN95”  

Normani featuring Cardi B, â€œWild Side” 

Taylor Swift, â€œAll Too Well” (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version)

Best direction

Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar, “Family Ties”

Billie Eilish, â€œHappier Than Ever”

Ed Sheeran, â€œShivers” 

Harry Styles, â€œAs It Was” 

Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, â€œIndustry Baby” 

WINNER: Taylor Swift, â€œAll Too Well” (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version)  

Best art direction 

Adele, â€œOh My God” 

Doja Cat, â€œGet Into It (Yuh)” 

Drake featuring Future & Young Thug, â€œWay 2 Sexy” 

Kacey Musgraves, â€œSimple Times” 

WINNER: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, â€œIndustry Baby”

Megan Thee Stallion featuring Dua Lipa, â€œSweetest Pie” 

Jack Harlow (left) and Lil Nas X accept the award for best collaboration for "Industry Baby."

Best visual effects

Billie Eilish, â€œHappier Than Ever” 

Coldplay X BTS, â€œMy Universe” 

Kendrick Lamar, â€œThe Heart Part 5” 

WINNER: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, â€œIndustry Baby” 

Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa, â€œSweetest Pie” 

The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber, â€œStay” 

Best choreography

BTS, â€œPermission to Dance” 

WINNER: Doja Cat, â€œWoman” 

FKA twigs featuring The Weeknd, â€œTears In the Club”  

Harry Styles, â€œAs It Was” 

Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, â€œIndustry Baby”  

Normani featuring Cardi B, â€œWild Side”  

Best editing 

Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar, â€œFamily Ties” 

Doja Cat, â€œGet Into It (Yuh)”

Olivia Rodrigo, â€œBrutal” 

WINNER: Rosalía, “Saoko” 

Taylor Swift, â€œAll Too Well” (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) 

The Weeknd, â€œTake My Breath” 

Contributing: Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, and The Associated Press

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