New Delhi: The nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards were announced on Tuesday. Jack Harlow, Kendrick Lamar, and Lil Nas X lead the pack with seven nominations each, closely followed by Doja Cat and Harry Styles with six nods, and Billie Eilish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, and The Weeknd with five nominations. 


Madonna earned her 69th nomination for ‘Madame X’ and became the only artist to be nominated in each of the VMAs' five decades (1980s-2020s). She is also the most-awarded artist in MTV history with 20 wins, 


K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s Lisa has created history by becoming the only K-pop soloist to get nominated at the VMAs. 


K-pop band BTS is nominated in four categories and K-pop group SEVENTEEN has been nominated in three categories.  


MTV Video Music Awards will be telecast on August 28 from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Voting by fans for their favourites across 22 gender-neutral categories started on Tuesday, July 26. They can cast their vote by visiting vote.mtv.com up until Friday, August 19, but voting for 'Best New Artist' will remain active well into the show on August 28. 


Here is the list of all the nominees: 


VIDEO OF THE YEAR 


Doja Cat – Woman 


Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – Way 2 Sexy  


Ed Sheeran – Shivers 


Harry Styles – As It Was 


Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – INDUSTRY BABY 


Olivia Rodrigo – brutal 


Taylor Swift – All Too Well 


ARTIST OF THE YEAR 


Bad Bunny 


Drake 


Ed Sheeran  


Harry Styles  


Jack Harlow  


Lil Nas X  


Lizzo  


SONG OF THE YEAR 


Adele – Easy On Me 


Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever 


Doja Cat – Woman 


Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) 


Lizzo – About Damn Time  


The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – STAY 


BEST NEW ARTIST 


Baby Keem  


Dove Cameron  


GAYLE 


Latto 


Måneskin  


SEVENTEEN  


PUSH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR 


September 2021: Griff – One Night  


October 2021: Remi Wolf – Sexy Villain 


November 2021: Nessa Barrett – i hope ur miserable until ur dead 


December 2021: SEVENTEEN – Rock With You 


January 2021: Mae Muller – Better Days 


February 2022: GAYLE – abcdefu 


March 2022: Sheneesa – R U That 


April 2022: Omar Apollo – Tamagotchi 


May 2022: Wet Leg – Chaise Longue 


June 2022: Muni Long – Baby Boo 


July 2022: Doechii – Persuasive 


BEST COLLABORATION 


Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – Way 2 Sexy 


Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) 


Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – INDUSTRY BABY 


Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa – Sweetest Pie 


Post Malone & The Weeknd – One Right Now 


ROSALÍA ft. The Weeknd – LA FAMA 


The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – STAY 


BEST POP 


Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever 


Doja Cat – Woman 


Ed Sheeran – Shivers 


Harry Styles – As It Was 


Lizzo – About Damn Time 


Olivia Rodrigo – traitor 


BEST HIP-HOP 


Eminem & Snoop Dogg – From The D 2 The LBC 


Future ft. Drake, Tems – WAIT FOR U 


Kendrick Lamar – N95 


Latto – Big Energy 


Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Baby – Do We Have A Problem? 


Pusha T – Diet Coke 


BEST ROCK 


Foo Fighters – Love Dies Young 


Jack White – Taking Me Back 


Muse – Won’t Stand Down 


Red Hot Chili Peppers – Black Summer 


Shinedown – Planet Zero 


Three Days Grace – So Called Life 


BEST ALTERNATIVE 


Avril Lavigne ft. blackbear – Love It When You Hate Me 


Imagine Dragons x JID – Enemy 


Machine Gun Kelly ft. WILLOW – emo girl 


Måneskin – I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE 


Panic! At The Disco – Viva Las Vengeance 


Twenty One Pilots  – Saturday 


WILLOW, Avril Lavigne ft. Travis Barker – G R O W 


BEST LATIN 


Anitta – Envolver 


Bad Bunny – Tití Me Preguntó 


Becky G X KAROL G – MAMIII 


Daddy Yankee – REMIX 


Farruko – Pepas 


J Balvin & Skrillex – In Da Getto 


BEST R&B 


Alicia Keys – City of Gods (Part II) 


Chlöe – Have Mercy 


H.E.R. – For Anyone 


Normani ft. Cardi B – Wild Side 


Summer Walker, SZA & Cardi B – No Love (Extended Version) 


The Weeknd – Out Of Time 


BEST K-POP 


BTS – Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment) 


ITZY – LOCO 


LISA – LALISA 


SEVENTEEN – HOT 


Stray Kids – MANIAC 


TWICE – The Feels 


VIDEO FOR GOOD 


Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5 


Latto – P*ssy 


Lizzo – About Damn Time 


Rina Sawayama – This Hell 


Stromae – Fils de joie 


BEST METAVERSE PERFORMANCE 


BLACKPINK The Virtual | PUBG – YG Entertainment / Interscope Records 


BTS | Minecraft – BIGHIT Music / Geffen Records 


Charli XCX | Roblox – Atlantic Records 


Justin Bieber – An Interactive Virtual Experience | Wave – Def Jam 


Rift Tour ft. Ariana Grande | Fortnite – Republic Records 


Twenty One Pilots Concert Experience | Roblox – Fueled By Ramen / Elektra Music Group 


BEST LONGFORM VIDEO 


Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles 


Foo Fighters – Studio 666 


Kacey Musgraves – star-crossed 


Madonna – Madame X  


Olivia Rodrigo – driving home 2 u 


Taylor Swift – All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) 


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 


Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – family ties 


Camila Cabello ft. Ed Sheeran – Bam Bam 


Harry Styles – As It Was 


Kendrick Lamar – N95 


Normani ft. Cardi B – Wild Side 


Taylor Swift – All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)  


BEST DIRECTION 


Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – family ties 


Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever 


Ed Sheeran – Shivers 


Harry Styles – As It Was 


Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – INDUSTRY BABY 


Taylor Swift – All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)  


BEST ART DIRECTION 


Adele – Oh My God 


Doja Cat – Get Into It (Yuh) 


Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – Way 2 Sexy 


Kacey Musgraves – simple times 


Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – INDUSTRY BABY 


Megan Thee Stallion ft. Dua Lipa – Sweetest Pie 


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS 


Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever 


Coldplay X BTS – My Universe 


Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5 


Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – INDUSTRY BABY 


Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa – Sweetest Pie 


The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – STAY 


BEST CHOREOGRAPHY 


BTS – Permission to Dance 


Doja Cat – Woman 


FKA twigs ft. The Weeknd – Tears In The Club 


Harry Styles – As It Was 


Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – INDUSTRY BABY 


Normani ft. Cardi B – Wild Side 


BEST EDITING 


Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – family ties 


Doja Cat – Get Into It (Yuh) 


Olivia Rodrigo – brutal 


ROSALÍA – SAOKO 


Taylor Swift – All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)  


The Weeknd – Take My Breath 


(With inputs from IANS)