MTV VMAs 2019: Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Eilish Billie Win Big See Complete List of Nominees and Winners

The MTV Video Music Awards aired Monday night from the Prudential Centre in Newark, N.J with several A-list celebrities in attendance.

Before the show Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande were tied at the top spot with the most nominations at 10 apiece. Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X followed hotly behind them at 9 and 8 nods respectively.

The MTV Video Music Award often abbreviated as VMA is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honour the best in the music video category.

Here’s the complete list of nominees and winners for each category in the MTV VMA 2019:

Artist of the year

• Cardi B
• Billie Eilish
• Halsey
• Jonas Brothers
• Shawn Mendes

Winner: Ariana Grande

Song of the year

• Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow”
• Ariana Grande – “Thank U, next”
• Drake – “In My Feelings”
• Jonas Brothers – “Sucker”
• Taylor Swift – “You need to Calm Down”

Winner: Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (remix)”

Best Collaboration

• Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow”
• Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Uriel of Panic At The Disco – “ME!”
• Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber – “I Don’t Care”
• BTS ft, Halsey – “Boy With Luv”

Winner: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Senorita”

Best new artist

• Ava Max
• H.E.R.
• Lil Nas X
• Lizzo
• ROSALIA

Winner: Billie Eilish

Push artist of the year

• Bazzi
• CNCO
• H.E.R.
• Lauv
• Lizzo

Winner: Billie Eilish

Best POP

• 5 seconds of summer – “Easier”
• Cardi B & Bruno Mars – “Please Me” 
• Khalid – “Talk”
• Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy”
• Ariana Grande – “Thank u, next”
• Taylor Swift – “You need to calm down”

Winner: Jonas Brothers – “Sucker”

Best Hip Hop

• 2 Chainz ft. Ariana Grande – “Rule the World”
• 21 Savage ft. J. Cole – “a lot”
• DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle & john Legend – “Higher”
• Travis Scott ft Drake – “SICKO MODE”

Winner: Cardi B – “Money”

Best Dance

• Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato – “Solo”
• David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J Balvin – “Say My Name”
• Marshmello & Bastille – “Happier”
• Silk City & Dua Lipa – “Electricity”
• DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B – “Taki Taki”

Winner: The Chainsmokers ft. Bebe Rexha – “Call You Mine”

Best Latin 

• Anuel AA, Karol G – “Secreto”
• Benny blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez, J Balvin – “I can’t Get Enough”
• Bad Bunny ft. Drake – “MIA”
• Maluma – “Mala Mia”
• Daddy Yankee ft. Snow – “Con Calma”

Winner: ROSALIA & J Balvin ft. EL Guincho – “Con Altura”

Best R&B

• Childish Gambino – “Feels Like Summer”
• H.E.R. ft. Bryson Tiller – “Could’ve Been”
• Ella Mai – “Trip”
• Alicia Keys – “Raise A Man”
• Anderson .Paak ft. Smokey Robinson – “Make It Better”

Winner: Normani ft. 6lack – “Waves”

Best K-pop

• BLACKPINK – “Kill This Love”
• Monsta x ft. French Montana – “Who Do You Love”
• NCT 127 – “Regular”
• EXO – “Tempo”

Winner: BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv”

Best Rock

• The 1975 – “Love It IF We Made It”
• Fall Out Boy – “Bishops Knife Trick”
• Lenny Kravitz – “Low”
• Imagine Dragons – “Natural”
• Twenty one pilots – “My Blood”

Winner: Panic! At The Disco – “High Hopes”

Video for good

• The Killers – “land of the Free”
• Jamie N Commons, Skylar Grey ft. Gallant – “Runaway Train”
• Halsey – “Nightmare”
• John Legend – “Preach”
• Lil Dicky – “Earth”

Winner: Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”