2019 MTV Video Music Awards

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2019 MTV Video Music Awards
2019-mtv-vma-logo.png
DateMonday, August 26, 2019 (2019-08-26)
VenuePrudential Center (Newark, New Jersey)
CountryUnited States
Hosted bySebastian Maniscalco
Most awards
  • Ariana Grande
  • Taylor Swift
  • Billie Eilish (3 each)
Most nominations
  • Ariana Grande
  • Taylor Swift (12 each)
Websitemtv.com/vma
Television/radio coverage
Network

The 2019 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 26, 2019, at the Prudential Center in Newark, being the first VMA ceremony to be held in New Jersey.[1][2] Sebastian Maniscalco hosted the 36th annual ceremony.[3] Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, and Billie Eilish were the most awarded with three each. Missy Elliott became the first female rapper to win the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.[4] The show was broadcast on a variety of Viacom-owned networks, as well as their respective websites, and apps through TV Everywhere authentication.[5] 2019 MTV Video Music Awards won the 2020 Webby Award for Events in the category Social.[6]

Performances[]

List of musical performances
Artist(s) Song(s)
Pre-show
Ava Max "Torn"
"Sweet but Psycho"
CNCO "De Cero"
Megan Thee Stallion "Hot Girl Summer"
"Cash Shit"
Main show[7][8]
Taylor Swift "You Need to Calm Down"
"Lover"
Shawn Mendes "If I Can't Have You"
Lizzo "Truth Hurts"
"Good as Hell"
Jonas Brothers
(from The Stone Pony in Asbury Park) 		"Sucker"
"Only Human"
Lil Nas X "Panini"
Missy Elliott Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Medley
"Throw It Back"
"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
"Hot Boyz"
"Get Ur Freak On"
"Work It"
"Pass That Dutch"
"Lose Control" (contains excerpts from "Cool Off")
Shawn Mendes
Camila Cabello 		"Señorita"
Miley Cyrus "Slide Away"
Rosalía
Ozuna 		"A Ningún Hombre"
"Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi"
"Aute Cuture"
H.E.R. "Anti"
Normani "Motivation"
Big Sean
ASAP Ferg 		"Bezerk"
J Balvin
Bad Bunny 		"Qué Pretendes"
Queen Latifah
Naughty by Nature
Redman
Fetty Wap
Wyclef Jean 		Medley
"O.P.P"
"Trap Queen"
"Gone Till November"
"No Woman, No Cry"
"U.N.I.T.Y."
"Hip Hop Hooray"

Presenters[]

A variety of presenters appeared at the pre-show and main ceremony.[9]

Pre-show[]

  • Hayley Kiyoko – presented Push Artist of the Year
  • Terrence J and Nessa (pre-show hosts) and Zara Larsson (pre-show special correspondent) – presented Best K-Pop

Main show[]

Winners and nominees[]

The nominees for most categories were revealed on July 23, 2019. Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift had the most nominations with ten followed by Billie Eilish with nine and Lil Nas X received eight while two new categories were included: Best K-Pop and Video for Good (previously "Video with a Message").[10] On August 19, three more categories were announced: Best Group, Best Power Anthem, and Song of Summer.[11] The new categories increased the nominations for Grande and Swift to twelve each, Eilish to ten, and Lil Nas X to nine.[12][13]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Video of the Year Song of the Year
  • Taylor Swift — "You Need to Calm Down"
    • 21 Savage (featuring J. Cole) — "A Lot"
    • Billie Eilish — "Bad Guy"
    • Ariana Grande — "Thank U, Next"
    • Jonas Brothers — "Sucker"
    • Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)"
  • Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)"
    • Drake – "In My Feelings"
    • Ariana Grande — "Thank U, Next"
    • Jonas Brothers — "Sucker"
    • Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – "Shallow"
    • Taylor Swift — "You Need to Calm Down"
Artist of the Year Best Group
  • Ariana Grande
    • Cardi B
    • Billie Eilish
    • Halsey
    • Jonas Brothers
    • Shawn Mendes
Best New Artist Best Collaboration
  • Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello – "Señorita"
    • BTS (featuring Halsey) – "Boy with Luv"
    • Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – "Shallow"
    • Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)"
    • Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber – "I Don't Care"
    • Taylor Swift (featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco) – "ME!"
Push Artist of the Year Best Pop
  • Jonas Brothers — "Sucker"
    • 5 Seconds of Summer – "Easier"
    • Cardi B and Bruno Mars – "Please Me"
    • Billie Eilish — "Bad Guy"
    • Ariana Grande — "Thank U, Next"
    • Khalid — "Talk"
    • Taylor Swift — "You Need to Calm Down"
Best Hip Hop Best R&B
Best K-Pop Best Latin
  • BTS (featuring Halsey) – "Boy with Luv"
    • Blackpink – "Kill This Love"
    • Exo – "Tempo"
    • Monsta X (featuring French Montana) – "Who Do You Love?"
    • NCT 127 – "Regular"
    • TXT – "Cat & Dog"
Best Dance Best Rock
  • The Chainsmokers and Bebe Rexha – "Call You Mine"
    • Clean Bandit (featuring Demi Lovato) – "Solo"
    • DJ Snake (featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B) – "Taki Taki"
    • David Guetta, Bebe Rexha and J Balvin – "Say My Name"
    • Marshmello and Bastille – "Happier"
    • Silk City and Dua Lipa – "Electricity"
  • Panic! at the Disco — "High Hopes"
    • The 1975 — "Love It If We Made It"
    • Fall Out Boy — "Bishops Knife Trick"
    • Imagine Dragons — "Natural"
    • Lenny Kravitz — "Low"
    • Twenty One Pilots — "My Blood"
Video for Good Best Direction
Best Visual Effects Best Editing
  • Taylor Swift (featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco) – "Me!" (Visual Effects: Loris Paillier and Lucas Salton for BUF VFX)
    • DJ Khaled (featuring SZA) – "Just Us" (Visual Effects: GloriaFX, Sergii Mashevskyi and Anatolii Kuzmytskyi)
    • Billie Eilish – "When the Party's Over" (Visual Effects: Bryan Fugal of Centralfugal Productions, Ryan Ross and Andres Jaramillo)
    • FKA Twigs – "Cellophane" (Visual Effects: Analog)
    • Ariana Grande – "God Is a Woman" (Visual Effects: Fabrice Lagayette at Mathematic)
    • LSD – "No New Friends" (Visual Effects: Ethan Chancer)
Best Art Direction Best Choreography
  • Ariana Grande – "7 Rings" (Art Director: John Richoux)
    • BTS (featuring Halsey) – "Boy with Luv" (Art Directors: JinSil Park and BoNa Kim (MU:E))
    • Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)" (Art Director: Christian Zollenkopf for Prettybird)
    • Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello – "Señorita" (Art Director: Tatiana Van Sauter)
    • Taylor Swift — "You Need to Calm Down" (Art Director: Brittany Porter)
    • Kanye West and Lil Pump (featuring Adele Givens) – "I Love It" (Art Director: Tino Schaedler)
Best Cinematography Best Power Anthem
  • Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello – "Señorita" (Director of Photography: Scott Cunningham)
    • Billie Eilish – "Hostage" (Director of Photography: Pau Castejón)
    • Ariana Grande — "Thank U, Next" (Director of Photography: Christopher Probst)
    • Anderson .Paak (featuring Kendrick Lamar) – "Tints" (Director of Photography: Elias Talbot)
    • Solange – "Almeda" (Directors of Photography: Chayse Irvin, Ryan Marie Helfant and Justin Hamilton)
    • Taylor Swift (featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco) – "ME!" (Director of Photography: Starr Whitesides)
Song of Summer MTV Fashion Trailblazer Award
  • Ariana Grande and Social House — "Boyfriend"
    • The Chainsmokers and Bebe Rexha — "Call You Mine"
    • Miley Cyrus — "Mother's Daughter"
    • DaBaby — "Suge"
    • Billie Eilish — "Bad Guy"
    • Jonas Brothers — "Sucker"
    • Khalid — "Talk"
    • Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)"
    • Lil Tecca — "Ransom"
    • Lizzo — "Truth Hurts"
    • Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello – "Señorita"
    • Post Malone (featuring Young Thug) — "Goodbyes"
    • Rosalía and J Balvin (featuring El Guincho) — "Con Altura"
    • Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber – "I Don't Care"
    • Taylor Swift — "You Need to Calm Down"
    • Young Thug (featuring J. Cole and Travis Scott) — "The London"
Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
Missy Elliott

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ Spangler, Todd (April 29, 2019). "2019 MTV VMAs Sets Date for New Jersey, Will Feature Twitter Fan-Voted Live Camera Feeds". Variety. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  3. ^ Clark, Anne Victoria (June 26, 2019). "Sebastian Maniscalco Is Hosting the 2019 MTV VMAs". vulture.com. New York. Yes, on Tuesday night's episode of The Tonight Show, it was announced that Maniscalco has been selected to host the 2019 MTV VMAs.
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  8. ^ "We're Not Done Yet: Big Sean Featuring A$AP Ferg, H.E.R., Normani, And Ozuna Will Perform At The VMAs". MTV.
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