“This one’s for the champ,” Lil Nas X proclaimed at MTV’s 2022 Video Music Awards on Sunday, August 28, after picking up the first VMA award of the night for his video collaboration with Jack Harlow on “Industry Baby.” The video also won awards for art direction and visual effects.
However, they lost Video of the Year to Taylor Swift for “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version),” which stars Sadie Sink from “Stranger Things.” The video also earned Swift awards in the Directing and Long Form categories, making her the first artist to win for directing her own video.
Nicki Minaj, who received the Video Vanguard award, also picked up a statuette for Best Hip Hop for “Do We Have A Problem?” with young money.
Harry Styles won awards for Album of the Year (“Harry’s House”) and Best Pop, Best Cinematography and Best Choreography for (“As It Was”).
Here are all the winners of the 2022 VMAs. Winners in bold.
best album
Billie Eilish: happier than ever
Drake – Certified Lover Boy
Adele – 30
Harry Styles – Harry’s House
video of the year
Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow – Industry Baby
Doja Cat – Female
Drake with Future & Young Thug – Way 2 Sexy
Ed Sheeran – Goosebumps
Harry Styles – As it was
Olivia Rodrigo – Brutal
Taylor Swift – All Too Good (10 Minute Version) (Taylor Version)
Artist of the Year
bad bunny
Duck
Ed Sheeran
Harry styles
jack harlow
lil nas x
Lizzo
the song of the year
Adele – Easy on me
Billie Eilish: happier than ever
Doja Cat – Woman
Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)
Lizzo – About time
The Laroi Boy and Justin Bieber – Stay
Best New Artist
baby keem
dove cameron
Gayle
latto
Måneskin
seventeen
Best Long Form Video
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 2U
Taylor Swift – All Too Good (10 Minute Version) (Taylor Version)
best collaboration
Drake with Future & Young Thug – Way 2 Sexy
Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)
Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow – Industry Baby
Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa – The Sweetest Cake
Post Malone and The Weeknd: one right now
Rosalía with The Weeknd – Fame
The Laroi Boy and Justin Bieber – Stay
Pushing Performance of the Year
September 2021: Griff – One night
October 2021: Remi Wolf – Sexy Villain
November 2021: Nessa Barrett – I Hope You’re Miserable Till You Die
December 2021: Seventeen – Rock with you
January 2021: Mae Muller – Better Days
February 2022: Gayle – ABCDEFU
March 2022: Shenseea – RU That
April 2022: Omar Apolo – Tamagotchi
May 2022: Wet Leg – Chaise Longue
June 2022: Muni Long–Baby Boo
July 2022: Doechii – Persuasive
Best metaverse performance
Blackpink the Virtual – PUBG
BTS-Minecraft
Charli XCX – Roblox
Justin Bieber – An Interactive Virtual Experience – Wave
Rift Walkthrough with Ariana Grande – Fortnite
Twenty One Pilots Concert Experience – Roblox
best alternative
Avril Lavigne with Blackbear – I love it when you hate me
Imagine Dragons & JID – Enemy
Machine Gun Kelly with Willow – Emo Girl
Måneskin – I want to be your slave
Panic! at the Disco – Viva la Venganza
Twenty One Pilots – Saturday
Willow and Avril Lavigne with Travis Barker – Grow Up
better pop
Billie Eilish: happier than ever
Doja Cat – Woman
Ed Sheeran – Goosebumps
Harry Styles – As it was
Lizzo – About time
Olivia Rodrigo – Traitor
best hip hop
Eminem & Snoop Dogg – From the D 2 to the LBC
Future with Drake and Tems – Wait for U
Kendrick Lamar – N95
Latto – Great Energy
Nicki Minaj with Lil Baby: do we have a problem?
Pusha T – Diet Coke
better rock
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Black Summer
Foo Fighters – Love Dies Young
Jack White – Taking Me Back
Muse – Won’t stop
Shinedown – Planet Zero
Three days grace – So called life
best latin
Anitta – Wrap
Bad Bunny – Tití Asked Me
Becky G and Karol G – Mamii
Daddy Yankee – REMIX
Farruko-Pepas
J Balvin & Skrillex – In da Getto
Best R&B
Alicia Keys – City of Gods (Part II)
Chloe – have mercy
SHE – For Anyone
Normani with Cardi B – The Wild Side
Summer Walker, SZA & Cardi B – No Love (extended version)
The Weeknd – Out of Time
Best K-Pop
BTS – Yet to come (The most beautiful moment)
Itzy-Loco
Lisa – Lalisa
Seventeen – Hot
Stray Kids – Maniac
Twice – The Feelings
video for good
Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
Latto – P*ssy
Lizzo – About time
Rina Sawayama – This Hell
Stroma – Fils de joie
Best Photography
Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar – “family ties”
Camila Cabello with Ed Sheeran – “Bam Bam”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Kendrick Lamar – “N95”
Normani with Cardi B – “Wild Side”
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well” (10 Minute Version) (Taylor Version)
Best Direction
Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar – Family Ties
Billie Eilish: happier than ever
Ed Sheeran – Goosebumps
Harry Styles – As it was
Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow – Industry Baby
Taylor Swift – All Too Good (10 Minute Version) (Taylor Version)
best art direction
Adele – oh my god
Doja Cat – Get into this (Yuh)
Drake with Future & Young Thug – Way 2 Sexy
Kacey Musgraves – Simple Times
Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow – Industry Baby
Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa – The Sweetest Cake
Better visual effects
Billie Eilish: happier than ever
Coldplay and BTS – My universe
Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow – Industry Baby
Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa – The Sweetest Cake
The Laroi Boy and Justin Bieber – Stay
best choreography
BTS – Permission to dance
Doja Cat – Woman
FKA Twigs with The Weeknd – Tears in the Club
Harry Styles – As it was
Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow – Industry Baby
Normani with Cardi B – The Wild Side
best edit
Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar – Family Ties
Doja Cat – Get into it (Yuh)
Olivia Rodrigo – Brutal
Rosalia – Saoko
Taylor Swift – All Too Good (10 Minute Version) (Taylor Version)
The Weeknd – Take my breath
social media awards
best summer song
Jack Harlow – “First Class”
group of the year
bts
Honorary Awards
Vanguard Video Award
Nicki Minaj
Global Icon Award
Hot Red Chilies
