Making appearances from across five boroughs in New York, this year’s socially distant 2020 VMAs included performances and appearances by Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, Doja Cat and more.

 

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Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande lead this year’s nominations with nine noms each (seven for their collaboration, Rain On Me), and both Billie Eilish and The Weeknd were nominated for six.  In addition, the VMAs added two new categories, honouring music that was created during the pandemic: ‘Best Music Video from Home’ and ‘Best Quarantine Performance.’

 

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Lady Gaga also won the first ever VMA Tricon Award.

 

 

Below is the full list of winners from this year’s VMAs.

 

Song of the Year

Billie Eilish: “everything i wanted”
Doja Cat: “Say So”
WINNER: Lady Gaga / Ariana Grande: “Rain on Me”
Megan Thee Stallion: “Savage”
Post Malone: “Circles”
Roddy Ricch: “The Box”

Video of the Year

Billie Eilish: “everything i wanted”
Eminem: “Godzilla” [ft. Juice WRLD]
Future: “Life Is Good” [ft. Drake]
Lady Gaga / Ariana Grande: “Rain on Me”
Taylor Swift: “The Man”
WINNER: The Weeknd: “Blinding Lights”

 

Best Editing

Halsey: “Graveyard” 
James Blake: “Can’t Believe the Way We Flow” 
Lizzo: “Good as Hell” 
WINNER:Miley Cyrus: “Mother’s Daughter” 
Rosalía: “A Palé” 
The Weeknd: “Blinding Lights”

 

Best Quarantine Performance

Chloe & Halle: “Do It” from MTV’s Prom-athon
WINNER: CNCO: Unplugged at Home
DJ D-Nice: Club MTV presents #DanceTogether
John Legend: #togetherathome Concert Series
Lady Gaga: “Smile” from One World: Together at Home
Post Malone: Nirvana Tribute

Best R&B

Alicia Keys: “Underdog”
Chloe x Halle: “Do It”
H.E.R.: “Slide” [ft. YG]
Khalid: “Eleven” [ft. Summer Walker]
Lizzo: “CUZ I LOVE YOU”
WINNER: The Weeknd: “Blinding Lights”

Best Art Direction

A$AP Rocky: “Babushka Boi” 
Dua Lipa: “Physical” 
Harry Styles: “Adore You” 
WINNER: Miley Cyrus: “Mother’s Daughter” 
Selena Gomez: “Boyfriend” 
Taylor Swift: “Lover” 

Best Rock

blink-182: “Happy Days”
WINNER: Coldplay: “Orphans”
Evanescence: “Wasted on You”
Fall Out Boy: “Dear Future Self (Hands Up)” [ft. Wyclef Jean]
Green Day: “Oh Yeah!”
The Killers: “Caution”

Best Cinematography

5 Seconds of Summer: “Old Me” 
Camila Cabello: “My Oh My” [ft. DaBaby] 
Billie Eilish: “all the good girls go to hell” 
Katy Perry: “Harleys in Hawaii” 
WINNER: Lady Gaga / Ariana Grande: “Rain on Me” 
The Weeknd: “Blinding Lights” 

Best Visual Effects

Billie Eilish: “all the good girls go to hell” 
Demi Lovato: “I Love Me” 
WINNER: Dua Lipa: “Physical” 
Harry Styles: “Adore You” 
Lady Gaga / Ariana Grande: “Rain on Me” 
Travis Scott: “HIGHEST IN THE ROOM”

 

Best Hip-Hop

DaBaby: “BOP”
Eminem: “Godzilla” [ft. Juice WRLD]
Future: “Life Is Good” [ft. Drake]
WINNER: Megan Thee Stallion: “Savage”
Roddy Ricch: “The Box”
Travis Scott: “HIGHEST IN THE ROOM”

 

PUSH Best New Artist, Presented by Chime Banking

WINNER: Doja Cat
Jack Harlow
Lewis Capaldi
Roddy Ricch
Tate McRae
YUNGBLUD

 

Video for Good

Anderson .Paak: “Lockdown”
Billie Eilish: “all the good girls go to hell”
Demi Lovato: “I Love Me”
WINNER: H.E.R.: “I Can’t Breathe”
Lil Baby: “The Bigger Picture”
Taylor Swift: “The Man”

 

Artist of the Year

DaBaby
Justin Bieber
WINNER: Lady Gaga
Megan Thee Stallion
Post Malone
The Weeknd

Best Pop

WINNER: BTS: “ON”
Halsey: “You should be sad”
Jonas Brothers: “What a Man Gotta Do”
Justin Bieber: “Intentions” [ft. Quavo]
Lady Gaga / Ariana Grande: “Rain on Me”
Taylor Swift: “Lover”

Best Music Video From Home

5 Seconds of Summer: “Wildflower”
WINNER: Ariana Grande / Justin Bieber: “Stuck with U”
blink-182: “Happy Days”
Drake: “Toosie Slide”
John Legend: “Bigger Love”
twenty one pilots: “Level of Concern”

Best Latin

Anuel: “China” [ft. Daddy Yankee, Ozuna, KAROL G and J Balvin]
Bad Bunny: “Yo Perreo Sola”
Black Eyed Peas: “MAMACITA” [ft. Ozuna and J. Rey Soul]
KAROL G: “Tusa” [ft. Nicki Minaj]
WINNER: Maluma: “Qué Pena” [ft. J Balvin]

Best Alternative

The 1975: “If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)”
All Time Low: “Some Kind of Disaster”
FINNEAS: “Let’s Fall in Love for the Night”
Lana Del Rey: “Doin’ time”
WINNER: Machine Gun Kelly: “Bloody Valentine”
twenty one pilots: “Level of Concern”

Best Choreography

WINNER: BTS: “ON” 
CNCO / Natti Natasha: “Honey Boo”
DaBaby: “BOP” 
Dua Lipa: “Physical” 
Lady Gaga / Ariana Grande: “Rain on Me” 
Normani: “Motivation” 

Best Direction

Billie Eilish: “xanny” 
Doja Cat: “Say So” 
Dua Lipa: “Don’t Start Now” 
Harry Styles: “Adore You” 
WINNER: Taylor Swift: “The Man”
The Weeknd: “Blinding Lights” 

 

Best Collaboration

Ariana Grande / Justin Bieber: “Stuck with U”
Black Eyed Peas: “RITMO (Bad Boys for Life)” [ft. J Balvin]
Ed Sheeran: “Beautiful People” [ft. Khalid]
Future: “Life Is Good” [ft. Drake]
KAROL G: “Tusa” [ft. Nicki Minaj]
WINNER: Lady Gaga / Ariana Grande: “Rain on Me”

Best K-Pop

(G)I-DLE: “Oh My God”
WINNER: BTS: “ON”
EXO: “Obsession”
Monsta X: “SOMEONE’S SOMEONE”
Tomorrow X Together: “9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)”
Red Velvet: “Psycho”

Best Group

5 Seconds of Summer
The 1975
BLACKPINK
WINNER: BTS
Chloe x Halle
CNCO
Little Mix
MONSTA X
Now United
twenty one pilots

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