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Lady Gaga was the top winner at the MTV Video Music Awards, with four honors, in a show telecast from New York’s UBS Arena Sunday night on CBS. Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter tied for the second-most with three each.
Gaga appeared early in the show to pick up what would likely have been one of the climactic awards, Artist of the Year, which had clearly been bumped up to allow for her attendance. She was doing a headline show nearby at Madison Square Garden, and her start time was bumped back about an hour to allow her to stop by the VMAs first.
Grande’s three wins included Video of the Year for “Brighter Days Ahead.” Grande also had a big look on the telecast because of presenting the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award to Mariah Carey.
See the full list of winners and nominees below, and click here to see the best red carpet looks.
Video of the Year
- Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead” – WINNER
- Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
- Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
- Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – “Apt.”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
- The Weeknd & Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
Best Pop Artist
- Sabrina Carpenter – WINNER
- Ariana Grande
- Charli XCX
- Justin Bieber
- Lorde
- Miley Cyrus
- Tate McRae
Best Hip-Hop
- Doechii – “Anxiety” – WINNER
- Drake – “Nokia”
- Eminem Featuring Jelly Roll – “Somebody Save Me”
- Glorilla Featuring Sexyy Red – “Whatchu Kno About Me”
- Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
- LL Cool J Featuring Eminem – “Murdergram Deux”
- Travis Scott – “4×4”
Best Rock
- Coldplay – “All My Love” – WINNER
- Evanescence – “Afterlife”
- Green Day – “One Eyed Bastard”
- Lenny Kravitz – “Honey”
- Linkin Park – “The Emptiness Machine”
- Twenty One Pilots – “The Contract”
Best Latin
- Shakira – “Soltera” – WINNER
- Bad Bunny – “Baile Inolvidable”
- J Balvin – “Rio”
- Karol G – “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”
- Peso Pluma – “La Patrulla”
- Rauw Alejandro & Romeo Santos – “Khé?”
Best Long Form Video
- Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead” – WINNER
- Bad Bunny – “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” (Short Film)
- Damiano David – “Funny Little Stories”
- Mac Miller – “Balloonerism”
- Miley Cyrus – “Something Beautiful”
- The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”
Video for Good
- Charli XCX – “Guess” ft. Billie Eilish – WINNER
- Burna Boy – “Higher”
- Doechii – “Anxiety”
- Eminem Featuring Jelly Roll – “Somebody Save Me”
- Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco – “Younger and Hotter Than Me”
- Zach Hood Featuring Sasha Alex Sloan – “Sleepwalking”
Best Direction
- Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra” – WINNER
- Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
- Charli XCX – “Guess” ft. Billie Eilish
- Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – “Apt.”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Best Art Direction
- Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra” – WINNER
- Charli XCX – “Guess” ft. Billie Eilish
- Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
- Lorde – “Man of the Year”
- Miley Cyrus – “End of the World”
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – “Apt.”
Best Cinematography
- Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – WINNER
- Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
- Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
- Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
- Miley Cyrus – “Easy Lover”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Best Editing
- Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching” – WINNER
- Charli XCX – “Guess” ft. Billie Eilish
- Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
- Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
- Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Best Choreography
- Doechii – “Anxiety” – WINNER
- FKA twigs – “Eusexua”
- Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
- Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
- Tyla – “Push 2 Start”
- Zara Larsson – “Pretty Ugly”
Best Visual Effects
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild” – WINNER
- Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead”
- Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – “Apt.”
- Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching”
- The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”
Best Group
- Blackpink – WINNER
- Aespa
- All Time Low
- Backstreet Boys
- Coldplay
- Evanescence
- Fuerza Regida
- Grupo Frontera
- Imagine Dragons
- Jonas Brothers
- Katseye
- The Marías
- My Chemical Romance
- Seventeen
- Stray Kids
- Twenty One Pilots
Best Collaboration
- Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile” – WINNER
- Bailey Zimmerman & Luke Combs – “Backup Plan” (Stagecoach Official Music Video)
- Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “Luther”
- Post Malone Featuring Blake Shelton – “Pour Me a Drink”
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – “Apt.”
- Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco – “Sunset Blvd”
Best Pop
- Ariana Grande – “Brighter Days Ahead” – WINNER
- Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
- Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
- Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – “Apt.”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Best Album
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Short n’ Sweet” – WINNER
- Bad Bunny – “Debí Tirar Más Fotos”
- Kendrick Lamar – “GNX”
- Lady Gaga – “Mayhem”
- Morgan Wallen – “I’m the Problem”
- The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”
MTV Push Performance of the Year
- Katseye – “Touch” – WINNER
- Ayra Starr – “Last Heartbreak Song”
- Damiano David – “Next Summer”
- Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye”
- Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
- Jordan Adetunji – “Kehlani”
- Lay Bankz – “Graveyard”
- Leon Thomas – “Yes It Is”
- Livingston – “Shadow”
- Mark Ambor – “Belong Together”
- Role Model – “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out”
- Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Song of the Year
- Rosé & Bruno Mars – “Apt.” – WINNER
- Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
- Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
- Doechii – “Anxiety”
- Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
- Gracie Abrams – “I Love You, I’m Sorry”
- Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”
- Lorde – “What Was That”
- Tate McRae – “Sports Car”
- The Weeknd & Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
Best Afrobeats
- Tyla – “Push 2 Start” – WINNER
- Asake & Travis Scott – “Active”
- Burna Boy Featuring Travis Scott – “TaTaTa”
- Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea – “Shake It to the Max” (Fly) (Remix)
- Rema – “Baby (Is It A Crime)”
- Tems Featuring Asake – “Get It Right”
- Wizkid Featuring Brent Faiyaz – “Piece of My Heart”
Best K-Pop
- Lisa Featuring Doja Cat & Raye – “Born Again” – WINNER
- Aespa – “Whiplash”
- Jennie – “Like Jennie”
- Jimin – “Who”
- Jisoo – “Earthquake”
- Stray Kids – “Chk Chk Boom”
- Rosé – “Toxic Till the End”
Best Country
- Megan Moroney – “Am I Okay?” – WINNER
- Chris Stapleton – “Think I’m in Love With You”
- Cody Johnson & Carrie Underwood – “I’m Gonna Love You”
- Jelly Roll – “Liar”
- Lainey Wilson – “4x4xU”
- Morgan Wallen – “Smile”
Artist of the Year
- Lady Gaga – WINNER
- Bad Bunny
- Beyoncé
- Kendrick Lamar
- Morgan Wallen
- Taylor Swift
- The Weeknd
Song of the Summer
- Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching“ – WINNER
- Addison Rae – “Headphones On”
- Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
- Benson Boone – “Mystical Magical”
- BigXthaPlug & Bailey Zimmerman – “All the Way”
- Chappell Roan – “The Subway”
- Demi Lovato – “Fast”
- Doja Cat – “Jealous Type”
- Huntr/x – “Golden”
- Jessie Murph – “Blue Strips”
- Justin Bieber – “Daisies”
- Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea – “Shake It to the Max (Fly)” (Remix)
- Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae – “What I Want”
- Ravyn Lenae Featuring Rex Orange County – “Love Me Not”
- Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
- Sombr – “12 to 12”
Best Alternative
- Sombr – “Back to Friends” – WINNER
- Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
- Imagine Dragons – “Wake Up”
- Lola Young – “Messy”
- MGK & Jelly Roll – “Lonely Road”
- The Marías – “Back to Me”
Best R&B
- Mariah Carey – “Type Dangerous” – WINNER
- Chris Brown – “Residuals”
- Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs – “Mutt” (Remix)
- PartyNextDoor – “No Chill”
- Summer Walker – “Heart of a Woman”
- SZA – “Drive”
- The Weeknd & Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
Best New Artist
- Alex Warren – WINNER
- Ella Langley
- Gigi Perez
- Lola Young
- Sombr
- The Marías
Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
- Mariah Carey – WINNER
Rock the Bells Visionary Award
- Busta Rhymes – WINNER
Latin Icon Award
- Ricky Martin – WINNER
