The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 30, Sunday, and was one of the first live-event awards show to be held ever since the COVID-19 pandemic. The show had numerous buzzworthy peformances put on by a star-studded line-up, like Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande's TV debut of "Rain On Me" and BTS's first-ever performance of their latest all-English single "Dynamite".
Keke Palmer opened the ceremony, which was held outdoors in New York City. It was hosted by A-List celebrity's Drew Barrymore and Kell Clarkson.
This year, the VMAs added two new categories, exclusive to the current state of the music industry - "Best Music Video from Home" and "Best Quarantine Performance".
Check out the full list of winners bellow:
Video of the Year:
- Taylor Swift - "The Man"
- Eminem ft. Juice WRLD - "Godzilla"
- Future ft. Drake - "Life is Good"
- Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - "Rain on Me"
- Billie Eilish - "Everything I Wanted"
- WINNER: The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"
Artist of the Year:
- DaBaby
- Justin Bieber
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Post Malone
- The Weeknd
- WINNER: Lady Gaga
Song of the Year:
- Bilie Eilish - "Everything I Wanted"
- Doja Cat - "Say So"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage"
- Post Malone - "Circles"
- Roddy Ricch - "The Box"
- WINNER: Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - "Rain on Me"
Best Collaboration:
- Ariana Grande wih Justin Bieber - "Stuck with U"
- Black Eyes Peas ft. J.Balvin - "RITMO (Bad Boys For Life)"
- Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid - "Beautiful People"
- Future ft. Drake - "Life is Good"
- Karol G ft. Nicki Minaj - "Tusa"
- WINNER: Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - "Rain on Me"
Push Best New Artist:
- Jack Harlow
- Lewis Capaldi
- Roddy Ricch
- Tate McRae
- Yungblud
- WINNER: Doja Cat
Best Pop:
- Halsey - "You Should Be Sad
- Jonas Brothers - "What a Man Gotta Do"
- Justin Bieber ft. Quavo - "Intentions"
- Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - "Rain on Me"
- Taylor Swift - "Lover"
- WINNER: BTS - "ON"
Best Hip-Hop:
- DaBaby - "BOP"
- Eminem ft. Juice WRLD - "Godzilla"
- Future ft. Drake - "Life is Good"
- Roddy Ricch - "The Box"
- Travis Scott - "Highest in the Room"
- WINNER: Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage"
Best Rock:
- Blink-182 - "Happy Days"
- Evanescence - "Wasted on You"
- Fall Out Boy ft. Wyclef Jean - "Dear Future Self (Hands Up)"
- Green Day - "Oh Yeah!"
- The Killers - "Caution"
- WINNER: Coldplay - "Orphans"
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"
- Twenty One Pilots - "Level of Concern"
- WINNER: Machine Gun Kelly - "Bloody Valentine"
Best Latin:
- Anuel AA ft. Daddy Yankee, Ozuna, Karol G & J Balvin - "China"
- Bad Bunny - "Yo Perreo Sola"
- Black Eyed Peas ft. Ozuna & J. Rey Soul - "MAMACITA"
- J.Balvin - "Amarillo"
- Karol G ft. Nicki Minaj - "Tusa"
- WINNER: Maluma ft. J Balvin - "Qué Pena"
Best R&B:
- Alicia Keys - "Underdog"
- Chloe x Halle - "Do It"
- H.E.R. ft. YG - "Slide"
- Khalid ft. Summer Walker - "Eleven"
- Lizzo - "Cuz I Love You"
- WINNER: The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"
Best K-Pop:
- (G)I-DLE - "Oh my god"
- EXO - "Obsession"
- MONSTA X - "Someone's Someone"
- Tomorrow X Together - "9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)"
- Red Velvet - "Psycho"
- WINNER: BTS - "ON"
Video For Good:
- Anderson .Paak - "Lockdown"
- Billie Eilish - "All the Good Girls Go to Hell"
- Demi Lovato - "I Love Me"
- Lil Baby - "The Bigger Picture"
- Taylor Swift - "The Man"
- WINNER: H.E.R. - "I Can't Breathe"
Best Music Video From Home:
- 5 Seconds of Summer - "Wildflower"
- Blink-182 - "Happy Days"
- Drake - "Toosie Slide"
- John Legend - "Bigger Love"
- Twenty One Pilots - "Level of Concern"
- WINNER: Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber - "Stuck with U"
Best Quarantine Performance:
- Chloe x Halle - "Do It" from MTV's Prom-athon
- 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
- WINNER: CNCO - Unplugged at Home
Best Direction:
- Billie Eilish - "Xanny" - Directed by Billie Eilish
- Doja Cat - "Say So" - Directed by Hannah Lux Davis
- Dua Lipa - "Don't Start Now" - Directed by Nabil
- Harry Styles - "Adore You" - Directed by Dave Meyers
- The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights" - Directed by Anton Tammi
- WINNER: Taylor Swift - "The Man" - Directed by Taylor Swift
Best Cinematography:
- 5 Seconds of Summer - "Old Me" -Cinematography by Kieran Fowler
- Camila Cabello ft. DaBaby - "My Oh My" -Cinematography by Dave Meyers
- Billie Eilish - "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" - Cinematography by Christopher Probst
- Katy Perry -"Harleys in Hawaii" - Cinematography by Arnau Valls
- The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights" - Cinematography by Oliver Millar
- WINNER: Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - "Rain on Me" - Cinematography by Thomas Kloss
Best Art Direction:
- A$AP Rocky - "Babushka Boi" - Art Direction by A$AP Rocky & Nadia Lee Cohen
- Dua Lipa - "Physical" - Art Direction by Anna Colomé Nogu ́
- Harry Styles - "Adore You" - Art Direction by Laura Ellis Cricks
- Selena Gomez - "Boyfriend" - Art Direction by Tatiana Van Sauter
- Taylor Swift - "Lover" - Art Direction by Ethan Tobman
- WINNER: Miley Cyrus - "Mother's Daughter" - Art Direction by Christian Stone
Best Visual Effects:
- Demi Lovato - "I Love Me" - Visual Effects by Hoody FX
- Harry Styles -"Adore You" - Visual Effects by Mathematic
- Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - "Rain on Me" - Visual Effects by Ingenuity Studios
- Travis Scott - "Highest in the Room" - Visual Effects by Artjail, Scissor Films & Frender
- WINNER: Dua Lipa - "Physical" - Visual Effects by EIGHTY4
Best Choreography:
- CNCO & Natti Natasha - "Honey Boo" - Choreography by Kyle Hanagami
- DaBaby - "Bop" - Choreography by Dani Leigh and Cherry
- Dua Lipa - "Physical" - Choreography by Charm La'Donna
- Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande - "Rain on Me"- Choreography by Richy Jackson
- Normani - "Motivation" - Choreography by Sean Bankhead
- WINNER: BTS - "ON"- Choreography by Son Sung Deuk, Lee Ga Hun, Lee Byung Eun
Best Editing:
- Halsey - "Graveyard"- Edited by Emilie Aubry, Janne Vartia & Tim Montana
- James Blake - "Can't Believe the Way We Flow" - Edited by Frank Lebon
- Lizzo - "Good as Hell" - Atlantic Records - Edited by Russell Santos & Sofia Kerpan
- Rosalía - "A Palé" - Edited by Andre Jones
- The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights" - Edited by Janne Vartia & Tim Montana
- WINNER: Miley Cyrus - "Mother's Daughter" - Edited by Alexandre Moors, Nuno Xico
Best Group:
- BLACKPINK
- MONSTA X
- Little Mix
- 5 Seconds of Summer
- The 1975
- Chloe x Halle
- CNCO
- Now United
- Twenty One Pilots
- WINNER: BTS
Song of the Summer:
- Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion - "WAP"
- DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch - "Rockstar"
- DJ Khaled ft. Drake - "Popstar"
- Doja Cat - "Say So"
- Dua Lipa - "Break My Heart"
- Harry Styles - "Watermelon Sugar"
- Jack Harlow - "Whats Poppin"
- Lil Baby ft. 42 Dugg - "We Paid"
- Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé - "Savage (Remix)"
- Miley Cyrus - "Midnight Sky"
- Pop Smoke ft. 50 Cent & Roddy Ricch -"The Woo"
- SAINt JHN - "Roses"
- Saweetie - "Tap In"
- Taylor Swift - "cardigan"
- The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"
- WINNER: BLACKPINK - "How You Like That"
TRICON Award:
- Lady Gaga
Congratulatons to all the winners!
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