And the winner is...
The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards kicked off last night with Megan Thee Stallion on hosting duties.
The music event took place at the UBS Arena on Long Island, New York, and here is the full list of winners who took home a moon man:
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 ft. Post Malone — “Fortnight” – WINNER
- Artist of the Year
- Ariana Grande
- Bad Bunny
- Eminem
- Sabrina Carpenter
- SZA
- Taylor Swift – WINNER
Song of the Year
- Beyoncé — “Texas Hold ‘Em”
- Jack Harlow — “Lovin On Me”
- Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
- Sabrina Carpenter — “Espresso” – WINNER
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
- Teddy Swims — “Lose Control”
Best New Artist
- Benson Boone
- Chappell Roan – WINNER
- Gracie Abrams
- Shaboozey
- Teddy Swims
- Tyla
MTV Push Performance of the Year
- Aug. 2023: Kaliii — “Area Codes”
- Sept. 2023: GloRilla — “Lick or Sum”
- Oct. 2023: Benson Boone — “In The Stars”
- Nov. 2023: Coco Jones — “ICU”
- Dec. 2023: Victoria Monét — “On My Mama”
- Jan. 2024: Jessie Murph — “Wild Ones”
- Feb. 2024: Teddy Swims — “Lose Control”
- March 2024: Chappell Roan — “Red Wine Supernova”
- April 2024: Flyana Boss — “yeaaa”
- May 2024: Laufey — “Goddess”
- June 2024: LE SSERAFIM — “EASY” – WINNER
- July 2024: The Warning — “Automatic Sun”
Best Collaboration
- Drake ft. Sexyy Red & SZA — “Rich Baby Daddy”
- GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion — “Wanna Be”
- Jessie Murph ft. Jelly Roll — “Wild Ones”
- Jung Kook ft. Latto — “Seven”
- Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen — “I Had Some Help”
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone — “Fortnight” – WINNER
Best Pop
- Camila Cabello
- Dua Lipa
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Tate McRae
- Taylor Swift – WINNER
Best Hip Hop
- Drake ft. Sexyy Red & SZA — “Rich Baby Daddy”
- Eminem — “Houdini” – WINNER
- GloRilla — “Yeah Glo!”
- Gunna — “fukumean”
- Megan Thee Stallion — “BOA”
- Travis Scott ft. Playboi Carti — “FE!N”
Best R&B
- Alicia Keys — “Lifeline”
- Muni Long — “Made For Me”
- SZA — “Snooze” – WINNER
- Tyla — “Water”
- USHER, Summer Walker, 21 Savage — “Good Good”
- Victoria Monét — “On My Mama”
Best Alternative
- Benson Boone — “Beautiful Things” – Winner
- 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” – WINNER
- U2 — “Atomic City”
Best Latin
- Anitta — “Mil Veces” – WINNER
- Bad Bunny — “MONACO”
- KAROL G — “MI EX TENÍA RAZÓN”
- Myke Towers — “LALA”
- Peso Pluma & Anitta — “BELLAKEO”
- Rauw Alejandro — “Touching The Sky”
- Shakira & Cardi B — “Puntería”
Best Afrobeats
- Ayra Starr ft. Giveon — “Last Heartbreak Song”
- Burna Boy — “City Boys”
- Chris Brown ft. Davido & Lojay — “Sensational”
- Tems — “Love Me JeJe”
- Tyla — “Water” – WINNER
- USHER — “Pheelz”
Best K-pop
- Jung Kook ft. Latto — “Seven”
- LISA — “Rockstar” – WINNER
- NCT Dream — “Smoothie”
- NewJeans — “Super Shy”
- Stray Kids — “LALALALA”
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER — “Deja Vu”
Video for Good
- Alexander Stewart — “if only you knew”
- Billie Eilish — “What Was I Made For” – WINNER
- Coldplay — “feelslikeimfallinginlove”
- Joyner Lucas & Jelly Roll — “Best For Me”
- RAYE — “Genesis.”
- Tyler Childers — “In Your Love”
Best Direction
- Ariana Grande — “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)”
- Bleachers — “Tiny Moves”
- Eminem — “Houdini”
- Megan Thee Stallion — “BOA”
- Sabrina Carpenter — “Please Please Please”
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone — “Fortnight” – WINNER
Best Cinematography
- Ariana Grande — “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” – WINNER
- Charli xcx — “Von dutch”
- Dua Lipa — “Illusion”
- Olivia Rodrigo — “obsessed”
- Rauw Alejandro — “Touching The Sky”
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
Best Editing
- Anitta — “Mil Veces”
- Ariana Grande — “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)”
- Eminem — “Houdini”
- LISA — “Rockstar”
- Sabrina Carpenter — “Espresso”
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone — “Fortnight” – WINNER
Best Choreography
- Bleachers — “Tiny Moves”
- Dua Lipa — “Houdini” – WINNER
- LISA — “Rockstar”
- Rauw Alejandro — “Touching The Sky”
- Tate McRae — “Greedy”
- Troye Sivan — “Rush”
Best Visual Effects
- Ariana Grande — “the boy is mine”
- Eminem — “Houdini” – WINNER
- Justin Timberlake — “Selfish”
- Megan Thee Stallion — “BOA”
- Olivia Rodrigo — “get him back!”
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
Best Art Direction
- Charli xcx — “360”
- LISA — “Rockstar”
- Megan Thee Stallion – “BOA”
- Olivia Rodrigo — “bad idea right?”
- Sabrina Carpenter — “Please Please Please”
- Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
Song of The 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 and Billie Eilish – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish”
- Eminem – “Houdini”
- Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar – “Like That”
- GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion – “Wanna Be”
- Hozier – “Too Sweet”
- Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
- Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen – “I Had Some Help”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Please Please Please”
- Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
- SZA – “Saturn”
- Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – “Fortnight” – Winner
- Tommy Richman – “Million Dollar Baby”
Best Group
- Coldplay
- Imagine Dragons
- NCT Dream
- NewJeans
- NSYNC
- Seventeen
- Tomorrow X Together
- Twenty-One Pilots
Best Trending Video
- Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ‘Em”
- Camila Cabello featuring Playboi Carti – “I Luv It”
- Chappell Roan – “Hot to Go!”
- Charli XCX – “Apple”
- Megan Thee Stallion featuring Yuki Chiba – “Mamushi” – Winner
- Tinashe – “Nasty”
VMA’s Most Iconic Performance
- Katy Perry – “Roar” (2013, live from Empire-Fulton Ferry Park) – Winner
- Beyoncé – “Love on Top” (2011)
- Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Madonna and Missy Elliott – “Like a Virgin” and “Hollywood” (2003)
- Eminem – “The Real Slim Shady” and “The Way I Am” (2000)
- Lady Gaga – “Paparazzi” (2009)
- Madonna – “Like a Virgin” (1984)
- Taylor Swift – “You Belong with Me” (2009)
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