The 2019 MTV Video Awards which is an annual award to honour entertainers especially those in the music industry has come and gone, as the award ceremony held last night Monday 26th 2019, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, saw the likes of Taylor Swift and Lil Nas X winning big.
Taylor Swift on the evening, won multiple awards, including one for video of the year, while Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” earned him an award for song of the year.
See all the Winners of the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards:
2019 MTV Video Music Awards Video of the year
- 21 Savage ft. J. Cole – “a lot”
- Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy”
- Ariana Grande – “thank u, next”
- Jonas Brothers – “Sucker”
- Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)”
- WINNER: Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”
2019 MTV Video Music Awards Artist of the year
- Cardi B
- Billie Eilish
- WINNER: Ariana Grande
- Halsey
- Jonas Brothers
- Shawn Mendes
2019 MTV Video Music Awards 2019 MTV Video Music Awards Song of the year
- Drake – “In My Feelings”
- Ariana Grande – “thank u, next”
- Jonas Brothers – “Sucker”
- Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow”
- WINNER: Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)”
- Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”
2019 MTV Video Music Awards Best new artist
- Ava Max
- WINNER: Billie Eilish
- H.E.R.
- Lil Nas X
- Lizzo
- ROSALÍA
2019 MTV Video Music Awards Best collaboration
- Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)”
- Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow”
- WINNER: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita”
- Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco – “ME!”
- Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber – “I Don’t Care”
- BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv”
2019 MTV Video Music Awards Push artist of the year
- Bazzi
- CNCO
- WINNER: Billie Eilish
- H.E.R.
- Lauv
- Lizzo
2019 MTV Video Music Awards Best hip hop
- 2 Chainz ft. Ariana Grande – “Rule the World”
- 21 Savage ft. J. Cole – “a lot”
- WINNER: Cardi B – “Money”
- DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend – “Higher”
- Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)”
- Travis Scott ft. Drake – “SICKO MODE”
2019 MTV Video Music Awards Best pop
- 5 Seconds of Summer – “Easier”
- Cardi B & Bruno Mars – “Please Me”
- Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy”
- Khalid – “Talk”
- Ariana Grande – “thank u, next”
- WINNER: Jonas Brothers – “Sucker”
- Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”
2019 MTV Video Music Awards Best dance
- WINNER: The Chainsmokers ft. Bebe Rexha – “Call You Mine”
- Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato – “Solo”
- DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B – “Taki Taki”
- David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J Balvin – “Say My Name”
- Marshmello & Bastille – “Happier”
- Silk City & Dua Lipa – “Electricity”
2019 MTV Video Music Awards Best K-pop
- WINNER: BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv”
- BLACKPINK – “Kill This Love”
- Monsta X ft. French Montana – “Who Do You Love”
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER – “Cat & Dog”
- NCT 127 – “Regular”
- EXO – “Tempo”
2019 MTV Video Music Awards Best Latin
- Anuel AA, Karol G – “Secreto”
- Bad Bunny ft. Drake – “MIA”
- benny Blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez, J Balvin – “I Can’t Get Enough”
- Daddy Yankee ft. Snow – “Con Calma”
- Maluma – “Mala Mía”
- WINNER: ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho – “Con Altura”
2019 MTV Video Music Awards Best R&B
- Anderson.Paak ft. Smokey Robinson – “Make It Better”
- Childish Gambino – “Feels Like Summer”
- H.E.R. ft. Bryson Tiller – “Could’ve Been”
- Alicia Keys – “Raise A Man”
- Ella Mai – “Trip”
- WINNER: Normani ft. 6lack – “Waves”
2019 MTV Video Music Awards Best rock
- The 1975 – “Love It If We Made It”
- Fall Out Boy – “Bishops Knife Trick”
- Imagine Dragons – “Natural”
- Lenny Kravitz – “Low”
- WINNER: Panic! At The Disco – “High Hopes”
- twenty-one pilots – “My Blood”
2019 MTV Video Music Awards Video for good
- Halsey – “Nightmare”
- The Killers – “Land of the Free”
- Jamie N Commons, Skylar Grey ft. Gallant – “Runaway Train”
- John Legend – “Preach”
- Lil Dicky – “Earth”
- WINNER: Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”
Best direction
- Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” – Directed by Dave Meyers
- FKA twigs – “Cellophane” – Directed by Andrew Thomas Huang
- Ariana Grande – “thank you, next” Directed by Hannah Lux Davis
- Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Directed by Calmatic
- LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo – “No New Friends” – Directed by Dano Cerny
- Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Directed by Drew Kirsch & Taylor Swift
2019 MTV Video Music Awards Best visual effects
- Billie Eilish – “when the party’s over” – Visual Effects by Ryan Ross, Andres Jaramillo
- FKA twigs – “Cellophane” – Visual Effects by Matt Chandler, Fabio Zaveti for Analog
- Ariana Grande – “God is a Woman” – Visual Effects by Fabrice Lagayette, Kristina Prilukova & Rebecca Rice for Mathematic
- DJ Khaled ft. SZA – “Just Us” – Visual Effects by Sergii Mashevskyi
- LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo – “No New Friends” – Visual Effects by Ethan Chancer
- Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco – “ME!” – Visual Effects by Loris Paillier & Lucas Salton for BUF VFX
Best editing
- Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Tints” – Editing by Elias Talbot
- Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Editing by Calmatic
- WINNER: Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” – Editing by Billie Eilish
- Ariana Grande – “7 Rings” – Editing by Hannah Lux Davis & Taylor Walsh
- Solange – “Almeda” – Editing by Solange Knowles, Vinnie Hobbs, Jonathon Proctor
- Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Editing by Jarrett Fijal
Best art direction
- BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv” – Art Direction by JinSil Park, BoNa Kim (MU:E)
- WINNER: Ariana Grande – “7 Rings” – Art Direction by John Richoux
- Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Art Direction by Itaru Dela Vegas
- Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita” – Art Direction by Tatiana Van Sauter
- Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Art Direction by Brittany Porter
- Kanye West and Lil’ Pump ft. Adele Givens – “I Love It” – Art Direction by Tino Schaedler
Best choreography
- FKA twigs – “Cellophane” – Choreography by Kelly Yvonne
- ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho – “Con Altura” – Choreography by Charm La’Donna
- LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo – “No New Friends” – Choreography by Ryan Heffington
- Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita” – Choreography by Calvit Hodge, Sara Biv
- Solange – “Almeda” – Choreography by Maya Taylor, Solange Knowles
- BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv” – Choreography by Rie Hata
Best cinematography
- Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Tints” – Cinematography by Elias Talbot
- Billie Eilish – “hostage” – Cinematography by Pau Castejon
- Ariana Grande – “thank you, next” – Cinematography by Christopher Probst
- Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita” – Cinematography by Scott Cunningham
- Solange – “Almeda” – Cinematography by Chayse Irvin, Ryan Marie Helfant, Justin Hamilton
- Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco – “ME!” – Cinematography by Starr Whitesides