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2019 MTV VMAs: Complete List Of Winners

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello Roy Rochlin/Getty Images
By AJ Caulfield

The 2019 MTV VMAs — which aired live on Monday, August 26 — are officially done and dusted. Many a Moon Person were handed out at the ceremony, with a number of artists making big sweeps and scooping up several statues. If you somehow missed out on the fanfare or are still hyped up over the event and want to relive the madness and magic, we've got you covered with the full list of winners from this year's MTV Video Music Awards. 

Taylor Swift won big, taking home awards for both Video of the Year and Video for Good for "You Need to Calm Down." The 29-year-old songstress, who also performed her LGBTQ+ anthem and her seemingly-Joe-Alywn-inspired track "Lover" at the VMAs, gave a rousing speech urging fans to continue fighting for equal rights in the U.S.

Pop princess Ariana Grande was recognized as the Artist of the Year at the 2019 VMAs, won the Song of the Summer award for her team-up "Boyfriend" with Social House, and took the VMA for Best Direction for "7 Rings."

Despite not being in attendance, K-pop group BTS picked up a pair of VMAs: the first-ever Best K-pop award and the VMA for Best Group — which the seven-member boy band beat out 5 Seconds of Summer, Backstreet Boys, BLACKPINK, CNCO, the Jonas Brothers, PRETTYMUCH, and Why Don't We in order to win. 

Lil Nas X also had a big night at this year's VMAs. He performed as the President of the U.S. in the year 2079 while singing his heart out to "Panini," won his first-ever VMA for Song of the Year (for "Old Town Road," naturally), and created a meme while giving his acceptance speech.

There were many more winners — like Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, who came this close to kissing during their performance of Best Collaboration winner "Señorita" — at the 2019 MTV VMAs. Check them all out below.

Video of the Year

  • WINNER: Taylor Swift – "You Need to Calm Down" – Republic Records
  • 21 Savage ft. J. Cole – "a lot" – Slaughter Gang LLC/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

Artist of the Year

  • WINNER: Ariana Grande – Republic Records
  • Cardi B – Atlantic Records
  • Billie Eilish – Darkroom/Interscope Records
  • Halsey – Capitol Records
  • Jonas Brothers – Republic Records
  • Shawn Mendes– Island Records

Song of the Year

  • WINNER: Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – "Old Town Road (Remix)" – Columbia Records
  • 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
  • Taylor Swift – "You Need to Calm Down" – Republic Records

Best New Artist (presented by Taco Bell®)

  • WINNER: Billie Eilish – Darkroom/Interscope Records
  • Ava Max – Atlantic Records
  • H.E.R. – MBK/RCA Records
  • Lil Nas X – Columbia Records
  • Lizzo – Atlantic Records
  • ROSALÍA – Columbia Records

Best Collaboration

  • WINNER: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – "Señorita" – Island Records
  • Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – "Old Town Road (Remix)" – Columbia Records
  • Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – "Shallow" – Interscope 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

  • WINNER: Billie Eilish – Darkroom/Interscope Records
  • Bazzi – Atlantic Records
  • CNCO – RCA Records
  • H.E.R. – MBK/RCA Records
  • Lauv – LAUV/AWAL
  • Lizzo – Atlantic Records

Best Pop

  • WINNER: Jonas Brothers – "Sucker" – Republic Records
  • 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
  • Taylor Swift – "You Need to Calm Down" – Republic Records
  • Khalid – "Talk" – RCA Records

Best Hip Hop

  • WINNER: Cardi B – "Money" – Atlantic Records
  • 2 Chainz ft. Ariana Grande – "Rule the World" – 2 Chainz Ps/Def Jam
  • 21 Savage ft. J. Cole – "a lot" – Slaughter Gang LLC/Epic 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
  • WINNER: Normani ft. 6lack – "Waves" – Keep Cool/RCA Records
  • 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

Best K-pop

  • WINNER: BTS ft. Halsey – "Boy With Luv" – Columbia Records/Big Hit Entertainment
  • 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

  • WINNER: ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho – "Con Altura" – Columbia Records
  • Anuel AA, Karol G – "Secreto" – Universal Music Latino
  • Bad Bunny ft. Drake – "MIA" – OVO Sound/Warner 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

Best Dance

  • WINNER: The Chainsmokers, 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 ft. Diplo & Mark Ronson– "Electricity" – Columbia Records

Best Rock

  • WINNER: Panic! At The Disco – "High Hopes" – Elektra Music Group
  • 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.
  • twenty one pilots – "My Blood" – Elektra Music Group

Video for Good

  • WINNER: Taylor Swift – "You Need to Calm Down" – Republic Records
  • Halsey – "Nightmare" – Capitol Records
  • The Killers – "Land of the Free" – Island
  • Jamie N Commons, Skylar Grey ft. Gallant – "Runaway Train" – KIDinaKORNER / Interscope Records
  • John Legend – "Preach" – Columbia Records
  • Lil Dicky – "Earth" – Dirty Burd, Inc./Commission/BMG

Best Group

  • WINNER: BTS
  • 5 Seconds of Summer
  • Backstreet Boys
  • BLACKPINK
  • CNCO
  • Jonas Brothers
  • PRETTYMUCH
  • Why Don't We

Best Power Anthem

  • WINNER: Megan Thee Stallion ft. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign – "Hot Girl Summer"
  • Ariana Grande – "7 rings"
  • DJ Khaled ft. Cardi B & 21 Savage – "Wish Wish"
  • Halsey – "Nightmare"
  • Lizzo ft. Missy Elliott – "Tempo"
  • Maren Morris – "GIRL"
  • Miley Cyrus – "Mother's Daughter"
  • Taylor Swift – "You Need To Calm Down"

Song of the Summer

  • WINNER: Ariana Grande, Social House – "boyfriend"
  • Billie Eilish – "bad guy"
  • DaBaby – "Suge"
  • Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber – "I Don't Care"
  • Jonas Brothers – Sucker"
  • Khalid – "Talk"
  • Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – "Old Town Road (Remix)"
  • Lil Tecca – "Ransom"
  • Lizzo – "Truth Hurts"
  • Miley Cyrus – "Mother's Daughter"
  • Post Malone ft. Young Thug – "Goodbyes"
  • ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho – "Con Altura"
  • Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – "Señorita"
  • Taylor Swift – "You Need To Calm Down"
  • The Chainsmokers, Bebe Rexha – "Call You Mine"
  • Young Thug ft. J. Cole & Travis Scott – "The London"

Best Direction

  • WINNER: Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – "Old Town Road (Remix)" – Columbia Records – Directed by Calmatic
  • 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
  • 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

  • WINNER: Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco – "ME!" – Republic Records – Visual Effects by Loris Paillier & Lucas Salton for BUF VFX
  • Billie Eilish – "when the party's over" – Darkroom/Interscope Records – Visual Effects by Bryan Fugal of Centralfugal Productions, 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 GloriaFX, Sergii Mashevskyi and Anatolii Kuzmytskyi
  • LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo – "No New Friends" – Columbia Records – Visual Effects by Ethan Chancer

Best Editing

  • WINNER: Billie Eilish – "bad guy" – Darkroom/Interscope Records – Editing by Billie Eilish
  • Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar – "Tints" – Aftermath Ent/12 Tone Music – Editing by Vinnie Hobbs
  • Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – "Old Town Road (Remix)" – Columbia Record – Editing by Calmatic
  • 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

  • WINNER: Ariana Grande – "7 Rings" – Republic Records – Art Direction by John Richoux
  • BTS ft. Halsey – "Boy With Luv" – Columbia Records – Art Direction by JinSil Park, BoNa Kim (MU:E)
  • Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – "Old Town Road (Remix)" – Columbia Records – Art Direction by Christian Zollenkopf for Prettybird
  • 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

  • WINNER: ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho – "Con Altura" – Columbia Records – Choreography by Charm La'Donna
  • FKA twigs – "Cellophane" – Young Turks – Choreography by Kelly Yvonne
  • 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 Son Sungdeuk, Quick Crew

Best Cinematography

  • WINNER: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – "Señorita" – Island Records – Cinematography by Scott Cunningham
  • 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
  • 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
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