It’s that time of year again.
The MTV Video Music Awards 2019 will be heating up screens on August 25th live from New Jersey’s Prudential Center.
Hailed as one of the most important days on the Pop music calendar, all eyes are on who is up for coveted Moonmen at the show’s 35th instalment. Especially with MTV soldiering on with gender-neutral categories.
Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift leads with a whopping 10 noms a piece, while the likes of Cardi B, Billie Eilish, Solange, and H.E.R scored major looks. But what about the rest of the list?
Without further ado, the answer awaits below…
COMPLETE LIST OF NOMINEES
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
21 Savage ft. J. Cole – “a lot” – Epic Records
Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” – Darkroom/Interscope Records
Ariana Grande – “thank u, next” – Republic Records
Jonas Brothers – “Sucker” – Republic Records
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Columbia Records
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Republic Records
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Cardi B – Atlantic Records
Billie Eilish – Darkroom/Interscope Records
Ariana Grande – Republic Records
Halsey – Astralwerks/Capitol Records
Jonas Brothers – Republic Records
Shawn Mendes– Island Records
SONG OF THE YEAR
Drake – “In My Feelings” – Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records
Ariana Grande – “thank u, next” – Republic Records
Jonas Brothers – “Sucker” – Republic Records
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow” – Interscope Records
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Columbia Records
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Republic Records
BEST NEW ARTIST, presented by Taco Bell®
Ava Max – Atlantic Records
Billie Eilish – Darkroom/Interscope Records
H.E.R. – MBK/RCA Records
Lil Nas X – Columbia Records
Lizzo – Atlantic Records
ROSALÍA – Columbia Records
BEST COLLABORATION
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Columbia Records
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow” – Interscope Records
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita” – Island Records
Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco – “ME!” – Republic Records
Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber – “I Don’t Care” – Atlantic Records
BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv” – Columbia Records
PUSH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bazzi – Atlantic Records
CNCO – RCA Records
Billie Eilish – Darkroom/Interscope Records
H.E.R. – MBK/RCA Records
Lauv – LAUV/AWAL
Lizzo – Atlantic Records
BEST POP
5 Seconds of Summer – “Easier” – Interscope Records
Cardi B & Bruno Mars – “Please Me” – Atlantic Records
Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” – Darkroom/Interscope Records
Ariana Grande – “thank u, next” – Republic Records
Jonas Brothers – “Sucker” – Republic Records
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Republic Records
BEST HIP HOP
2 Chainz ft. Ariana Grande – “Rule the World” – 2 Chainz Ps/Def Jam
21 Savage ft. J. Cole – “a lot” – Epic Records
Cardi B – “Money” – Atlantic Records
DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend – “Higher” – We The Best/Epic Records
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Columbia Records
Travis Scott ft. Drake – “SICKO MODE” – Epic Records/Grand Hustle/Cactus Jack
BEST R&B
Anderson .Paak ft. Smokey Robinson – “Make It Better” – Aftermath Ent/12 Tone Music
Childish Gambino – “Feels Like Summer” – RCA Records
H.E.R. ft. Bryson Tiller – “Could’ve Been” – MBK/RCA Records
Alicia Keys – “Raise A Man” – RCA Records
Ella Mai – “Trip” – 10 Summers/Interscope Records
Normani ft. 6lack – “Waves” – Keep Cool/RCA Records
BEST K-POP
BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv” – Columbia Records
BLACKPINK – “Kill This Love” – YG Entertainment/Interscope Records
Monsta X ft. French Montana – “Who Do You Love” – Epic Records
TOMORROW X TOGETHER – “Cat & Dog” – Republic Records
NCT 127 – “Regular” – SM Entertainment
EXO – “Tempo” – SM Entertainment
BEST LATIN
Anuel AA, Karol G – “Secreto” – Universal Music Latino
Bad Bunny ft. Drake – “MIA” – OVO Sound/Warner Bros. Records
benny blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez, J Balvin – “I Can’t Get Enough” – NEON16/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope Records
Daddy Yankee ft. Snow – “Con Calma” – Universal Music Latin Entertainment
Maluma – “Mala Mía” – Sony Music US Latin
ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho – “Con Altura” – Columbia Records
BEST DANCE
The Chainsmokers ft. Bebe Rexha – “Call You Mine” – Disruptor/Columbia Records
Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato – “Solo” – Big Beat/Atlantic Records
DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B – “Taki Taki” – DJ Snake Music Productions Ltd/Geffen
David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J Balvin – “Say My Name” – Big Beat/Atlantic Records
Marshmello & Bastille – “Happier” – Capitol Records
Silk City & Dua Lipa – “Electricity” – Columbia Records
BEST ROCK
The 1975 – “Love It If We Made It” – Dirty Hit/Interscope Records
Fall Out Boy – “Bishops Knife Trick” – Island Records
Imagine Dragons – “Natural” – KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records
Lenny Kravitz – “Low” – BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Panic! At The Disco – “High Hopes” – Elektra Music Group
twenty one pilots – “My Blood” – Elektra Music Group
VIDEO FOR GOOD
Halsey – “Nightmare” – Astralwerks/Capitol Records
The Killers – “Land of the Free” – Island
Jamie N Commons, Skylar Grey ft. Gallant – “Runaway Train” – Interscope Records
John Legend – “Preach” – Columbia Records
Lil Dicky – “Earth” – Dirty Burd, Inc./Commission/BMG
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Republic Records
BEST DIRECTION
Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” – Darkroom/Interscope Records – Directed by Dave Meyers
FKA twigs – “Cellophane” – Young Turks – Directed by Andrew Thomas Huang
Ariana Grande – “thank you, next” – Republic Records – Directed by Hannah Lux Davis
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Columbia Records – Directed by Calmatic
LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo – “No New Friends” – Columbia Records – Directed by Dano Cerny
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Republic Records – Directed by Drew Kirsch & Taylor Swift
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Billie Eilish – “when the party’s over” – Darkroom/Interscope Records – Visual Effects by Ryan Ross, Andres Jaramillo
FKA twigs – “Cellophane” – Young Turks – Visual Effects by Matt Chandler, Fabio Zaveti for Analog
Ariana Grande – “God is a Woman” – Republic Records – Visual Effects by Fabrice Lagayette, Kristina Prilukova & Rebecca Rice for Mathematic
DJ Khaled ft. SZA – “Just Us” – We The Best/Epic Records – Visual Effects by Sergii Mashevskyi
LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo – “No New Friends” – Columbia Records – Visual Effects by Ethan Chancer
Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco – “ME!” – Republic Records – Visual Effects by Loris Paillier & Lucas Salton for BUF VFX
BEST EDITING
Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Tints” – Aftermath Ent/12 Tone Music – Editing by Elias Talbot
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Columbia Record – Editing by Calmatic
Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” – Darkroom/Interscope Records – Editing by Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande – “7 Rings” – Republic Records – Editing by Hannah Lux Davis & Taylor Walsh
Solange – “Almeda” – Columbia Records – Editing by Solange Knowles, Vinnie Hobbs, Jonathon Proctor
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Republic Records – Editing by Jarrett Fijal
BEST ART DIRECTION
BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv” – Columbia Records – Art Direction by JinSil Park, BoNa Kim (MU:E)
Ariana Grande – “7 Rings” – Republic Records – Art Direction by John Richoux
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Columbia Records – Art Direction by Itaru Dela Vegas
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita” – Island Records – Art Direction by Tatiana Van Sauter
Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Republic Records – Art Direction by Brittany Porter
Kanye West and Lil’ Pump ft. Adele Givens – “I Love It” – Warner Records & Def Jam Music Group – Art Direction by Tino Schaedler
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
FKA twigs – “Cellophane” – Young Turks – Choreography by Kelly Yvonne
ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho – “Con Altura” – Columbia Records – Choreography by Charm La’Donna
LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo – “No New Friends” – Columbia Records – Choreography by Ryan Heffington
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita” – Island Records – Choreography by Calvit Hodge, Sara Biv
Solange – “Almeda” – Columbia Records – Choreography by Maya Taylor, Solange Knowles
BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv” – Columbia Records – Choreography by Rie Hata
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Tints” – Aftermath Ent/12 Tone Music – Cinematography by Elias Talbot
Billie Eilish – “hostage” – Darkroom/Interscope Records – Cinematography by Pau Castejon
Ariana Grande – “thank you, next” – Republic Records – Cinematography by Christopher Probst
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita” – Island Records – Cinematography by Scott Cunningham
Solange – “Almeda” – Columbia Records – Cinematography by Chayse Irvin, Ryan Marie Helfant, Justin Hamilton
Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco – “ME!” – Republic Records – Cinematography by Starr Whitesides
TOTALS
Ariana Grande – 10 Nominations
Video of the Year
Artist of the Year
Song of the Year
Best Pop
Best Hip-Hop
Best Direction
Best Visual Effects
Best Editing
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Taylor Swift – 10 Nominations
Video of the Year
Song of the Year
Best Collaboration
Best Pop
Best Direction
Best Visual Effects
Best Editing
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Video For Good
Billie Eilish – 9 Nominations
Video of the Year
Artist of the Year
Best New Artist, presented by Taco Bell®
Best Pop
Best Direction
Best Visual Effects
Push Artist of the Year
Best Editing
Best Cinematography
Lil Nas X – 8 Nominations
Video of the Year
Song of the Year
Best New Artist, presented by Taco Bell®
Best Collaboration
Best Hip-Hop
Best Direction
Best Editing
Best Art Direction
Halsey – 6 Nominations
Artist of the Year
Best Collaboration
Video For Good
Best Art Direction
Best Choreography
Best K-POP
Shawn Mendes – 5 Nominations
Artist of the Year
Best Collaboration
Best Art Direction
Best Choreography
Best Cinematography
Camila Cabello – 4 Nominations
Best Collaboration
Best Art Direction
Best Choreography
Best Cinematography
Cardi B – 4 Nominations
Artist of the Year
Best Pop
Best Hip-Hop
Best Dance
J Balvin – 4 Nominations
Best Latin
Best Latin
Best Dance
Best Choreography
Jonas Brothers – 4 Nominations
Video of the Year
Artist of the Year
Song of the Year
Best Pop
BTS – 4 Nominations
Best Collaboration
Best Art Direction
Best Choreography
Best K-POP
Anderson .Paak – 3 Nominations
Best R&B
Best Editing
Best Cinematography
Drake – 3 Nominations
Song of the Year
Best Hip-Hop
Best Latin
FKA twigs – 3 Nominations
Best Direction
Best Visual Effects
Best Choreography
H.E.R. – 3 Nominations
Best New Artist
Best R&B
Push Artist of the Year
LSD – 3 Nominations
Best Direction
Best Visual Effects
Best Choreography
ROSALÍA – 3 Nominations
Best New Artist, presented by Taco Bell®
Best Latin
Best Choreography
Solange – 3 Nominations
Best Editing
Best Choreography
Best Cinematography
where the hell is Dancing with a Stranger
Normani got a nomination for “Waves” so congrats to her!
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we got ‘Waves’ (which we love) okay thats cool, but where is DWAS? im with you. that would have been an easy award to win for them. the vid was nice and it performed very well.
I’ll jus watch this based on the performers cause idc bout the noms
Not even, the performers’ list is even worse than the nominees.
Where the hell is Janet “Made For Now?”
That video sucked. And I’m a Janet fan.
No t no shade, I agree.
As a Janet fan, I wouldn’t say the video “sucked” but it was not one of the stronger entries in her catalogue. We were excited as fans, but I don’t think it brought anything particularly fresh or innovative to the mix…
Nah, it didn’t suck, it just wasn’t the one.
Not exciting at all
Scooter Braun’s client versus Scooter Braun’s enemy, I am here for that showdown.
other than solange, these are dreadful. https://youtu.be/oMp58oVociw
Our black gay king strikes again
I fold yall he was gonna get video of the year, best collaboration, etc
I hope he wins something cause he deserves it.
Arianna is winning video of the year for sure
I’m surprised dancing with a stranger was snubbed
Cardi b press was snubbed
Bebe rexha last hurrah was snubbed
Nicki minaj megatron was snubbed…….nah I’m just kidding, megatron video is trash.LOL nicki deserves nothing.
That Nicki comment LMAO!!!!!
Cardi is ? too
Money hands down best video hate these racist white ass shows
Trash. Ill be skipping this year. VMAs have been canceled in my book now that theyve taken out MJ’s name from the Vanguard award based on that that dumb a** lying a** joke of a “documentary”.
lmaooooo solange got 3 noms, but no roach????? lmaooo i thought the bugs nest said that #HomeFLOPPING would sweep awards season lmfaoooooooooooooooooooo
I probably shouldn’t even respond to you since you’re on every post saying roach this and that. But why do you care exactly? Like really if you hate Beyonce and her fans wouldn’t you act like she/we don’t exist? I mean that’s what I do for people I claim not to like ??♂️
lmaoooo yeah you shoulda used your energy streaming that flop of an album she has instead of responding lmfaooooo ? ?? ?
I did stream the music is quality I like the artist she has featured in there ??♂️
You’re streaming it too though Beyonce fan
lmaoooo wrong bug, i dont stream flops, my faves sell units unlike yours lmfaooooooo
You couldn’t even answer the question though cause you don’t even know why you’re infatuated with Beyoncé….oh it’s cause she’s that great that she occupies your mind everyday, literally every post about her for years you say the same thing lmao
lmaooo what question, why did she FLOP so hard for the THIRD time? apparently nobody is obsessed with her except you broke ass roaches who cant even stream her sh!t to save her from tanking all the time lmfaoooo
Nope you’re obsessed darling. You even bring her up on posts she’s not mentioned on. All you can talk about is how many albums she’s sold on the last 3 projects but you claim not to like her or be laying attention when in fact you are. So again you can’t answer WHY you can’t stop mentioning her or commenting on every post about her. Lmao
Why do you “smh, ???” And whatever other usernames you comment with, keep commenting about her and her album sales? What are you gaining? You probably have a stomach ulcer by now stressing this much over her babydoll. Seek help.
Nothing Taylor Swift or Ariana released video-wise warranted 10 nominations but okay ??♀️
Agreed – like Ariana has BOPs but 10 Noms? No M’am. ☝????
That ‘best choreography’ category is atrocious. Why the hell wasn’t Ciara nominated for “Level Up” or even “Dose” smfh.
RIGHT – I was like: gone are the days when this was a diverse selection of the best choreography impacting popular music ??♂️
The decline is real. It’s the battle of the basics. That’s like watching a bunch of white girls compete to see who’s the most original. Good for Lil Nas X tho.
Where is Ciara Level UP and Thinking bou you?
Yawn. I have long since passed VMA’S target demo. Thank God.
I wonder who’s going to win the Michael Vanguard award. There are only so many music vid ICONS left today.
Prudential? I was just there last week for Jennifer Lopez who gave an INCREDIBLE concert!
Beyonce not there? I’m not watching.
i’m happy that Normani is finally nominated for something, but they know they could have gave ‘Dancing With a Stranger’ some noms (atleast best collab). the video was is beautifuly shot and the choreo was on point. not to mention its been out all yr and pretty much stayed in the top 10 on the Hot100 for most of those weeks (the song is currently still in the top 20).
Taylor put some Drag Queens in a video dressed as the biggest pop female artists today, reunites with Katy Perry and they act like it’s the best thing since Swiss cheese…
Nothing for Normani!? Robbed
Waves
How they didn’t nominate Nicki. F*** Cardi B
What is going on?!
They didn’t shoehorn Nicki or Beyonce into any categories a’la BET? What is the world coming to?
Not really interested in any of the nominated works. And the only listed artists that interest me are Lil Nas X, Lizzo, and Cardi.
These award shows are on a sharp decline year to year.
Is this new K-Pop category new? It made me chuckle. K-Pop is just a rip-off of J-Pop and Western pop music.
WOW. Cardi wasn’t nominated for video of the year?! Wow! Really doe?! WOOOOOW! Sounds about white!