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The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards are back this Sunday, the 28th, with some of the biggest names in music vying for the legendary Moon Person statue.
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow and Kendrick Lamar are tied for the top awards with seven nominations each. The collaboration of Harlow and Lil Nas X, Industry Baby, boosted his performance in the Artist of the Year competition along with Drake, Bad Bunny, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles and Lizzo. Harlow is working double time, joining LL Cool J and Nicki Minaj as the show’s MCs.
Close behind are Harry Styles and Doja Cat, who each received six nominations, while Ed Sheeran, Billie Eillish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Tayler Swift and The Weeknd each have five.
Where to watch the MTV VMAs 2022
The MTV VMAs 2022 will be broadcast live, this Sunday, August 28, at 9 pm, on the closed channel MTV. It can be viewed for free on Pluto TV. The ceremony will be held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
The Brazilian Anitta was nominated in the Best Latin Artist category, with the hit To involveand his show will be one of the attractions of the night.
Nicki Minaj will also receive a coveted award, the Video Vanguard Award. The tribute bears the name of Michael Jackson.
Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bad Bunny are also set to feature Madonna, who is the most awarded artist in MTV history with 20 wins, becoming the only artist to receive a nomination at each of the VMAs in five decades. She earned her 69th nomination for her 14th studio album madam xmaking history at the awards and becoming the only artist to be nominated in all of its 5 decades, from 1980 to 2020.
Lists of nominees:
Video of the Year
Woman – Doja Cat
Way 2 Sexy – Drake ft. Future & Young Thug
Shivers – Ed Sheeran
As It Was – Harry Styles
Industry Baby – Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow
Brutal – Olivia Rodrigo
All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
Artist of the Year
bad bunny
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles
Jack Harlow
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
song of the year
Easy On Me – Adele
Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish
Woman – Doja Cat
Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) – Elton John and Dua Lipa
Stay – The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber
About Damn Time – Lizzo
Best New Artist
Baby Keem
Dove Cameron
gayle
Latto
maneskin
seventeen
Push Award: Performance of the Year
September 2021: One Night – Griff
October 2021: Sexy Villain – Remi Wolf
November 2021: I Hope Ur Miserable Until Ur Dead – Nessa Barrett
December 2021: Rock With You – Seventeen
January 2022: Better Days – Mae Muller
February 2022: Abcdefu – Gayle
March 2022: RU That – Shenseea
April 2022: Tamagotchi – Omar Apollo
May 2022: Chaise Longue – Wet Leg
June 2022: Baby Boo – Muni Long
July 2022: Persuasive – Doechii
best collaboration
Way 2 Sexy – Drake ft. Future & Young Thug
Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) – Elton John and Dua Lipa
Stay – The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber
Industry Baby – Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow
Sweetest Pie – Megan Thee Stalion and Dua Lipa
One Right Now – Post Malone and The Weeknd
La Fama – Rosalia and The Weeknd
best pop
Happier Than Ever – Billie Eilish
Woman – Doja Cat
Shivers – Ed Sheeran
As It Was – Harry Styles
About Damn Time – Lizzo
Traitor – Olivia Rodrigo
best hip hop
From The D 2 The LBC – Eminem and Snoop Dogg
Wait For U – Future ft. Drake, Tems
N95 – Kendrick Lamar
Big Energy – Latto
Do We Have a Problem? – Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby
Diet Coke – Pusha T
best rock
Love Dies Young – Foo Fighters
Taking Me Back – Jack White
Won’t Stand Down – Muse
Black Summer – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Planet Zero – Shinedown
So Called Life – Three Days Grace
best alternative music
Love It When You Hate Me – Avril Lavigne and Blackbear
Enemy – Imagine Dragons X JID
Emo Girl – Machine Gun Kelly and Willow
I Wanna Be Your Slave – Maneskin
Long live Las Vengeance – Panic! At The Disco
Saturday – Twenty One Pilots
Grow – Willow, Avril Lavigne and Travis Barker
Best Latin Music
Involve – Anitta
Titi Me Preguntó – Bad Bunny
Mamiii – Becky G and Karol G
Remix – Daddy Yankee
Pepas – Farruko
In Da Getto – J Balvin and Skrillex
best R&B
City of Gods (Part II) – Alicia Keys
Have Mercy – Chloe
For Anyone – HER
Wild Side – Normani and Cardi B
No Love (Extended Version) – Summer Walker, Sza and Cardi B
Out of Time – The Weeknd
best kpop
Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment) – BTS
Loco – ITZY
LISA – LISA
Hot – Seventeen
Maniac – Stray Kids
The Feels – TWICE
Best Video with Social Message
The Heart Part 5 – Kendrick Lamar
P*ssy – Latto
About Damn Time – Lizzo
This Hell – Rina Sawayama
Fils de joie – Stromae
Best Performance in the Metaverse
Blackpink The Virtual on PUBG
BTS in Minecraft
Charli XCX on Roblox
Justin Bieber – An Interactive Virtual Experience, on Wave
Rift Tour and Ariana Grande in Fortnite
Twenty One Pilots Concert Experience on Roblox
Best Long Format Video
Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles – Billie Eilish
Studio 666 – Foo Fighters
Star-Crossed – Kacey Musgraves
Madam X – Madonna
Driving Home 2 U – Olivia Rodrigo
All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
