Here's a recap of the night’s biggest honors:
Video of the Year
Ariana Grande — we can’t be friends (wait for your love)
Billie Eilish — Lunch
Doja Cat — Paint The Town Red
Eminem — Houdini
SZA — Snooze
Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight
Best New Artist
Benson Boone
Chappell Roan
Gracie Abrams
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Tyla
Song of Summer
Ariana Grande — we can’t be friends (wait for your love)
Benson Boone — Beautiful Things
Billie Eilish — BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Chappell Roan — Good Luck, Babe!
Charli XCX & Billie Eilish — Guess featuring Billie Eilish
Eminem — Houdini
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar — Like That
GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion — Wanna Be
Hozier — Too Sweet
Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us
Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen — I Had Some Help
Sabrina Carpenter — Please Please Please
Shaboozey — A Bar Song (Tipsy)
SZA — Saturn
Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight
Tommy Richman — MILLION DOLLAR BABY
VMAs Most Iconic Performance
Beyonce — Love On Top
Eminem — The Real Slim Shady / The Way I Am
Katy Perry — Roar
Lady Gaga — Paparazzi
Madonna — Like A Virgin
Madonna, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Missy Elliott — Like A Virgin / Hollywood
Taylor Swift — You Belong With Me
Artist of the Year
Ariana Grande
Bad Bunny
Eminem
Sabrina Carpenter
SZA
Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
Beyonce — TEXAS HOLD ‘EM
Jack Harlow — Lovin On Me
Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us
Sabrina Carpenter — Espresso
Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight
Teddy Swims — Lose Control
Performance of the Year
Kaliii — Area Codes
GloRilla — Lick or Sum
Benson Boone — In The Stars
Coco Jones — ICU
Victoria Monet — On My Mama
Jessie Murph — Wild Ones
Teddy Swims — Lose Control
Chappell Roan — Red Wine Supernova
Flyana Boss — yeaaa
Laufey — Goddess
LE SSERAFIM — Easy
The Warning — Automatic Sun
Best Group
*NSYNC
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons
NCT DREAM
NewJeans
SEVENTEEN
TOMORROW X TOGETHER
Twenty One Pilots
Best Collaboration
Drake feat. Sexxy Red & SZA — Rich Baby Daddy
GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion — Wanna Be
Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll — Wild Ones
Jung Kook feat. Latto — Seven
Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen — I Had Some Help
Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight
Best Pop
Camila Cabello
Dua Lipa
Olivia Rodrigo
Sabrina Carpenter
Tate McRae
Taylor Swift
Best Hip-Hop
Drake feat. Sexxy Red & SZA — Rich Baby Daddy
Eminem — Houdini
GloRilla — Yeah Glo!
Gunner — fukumean
Megan Thee Stallion — BOA
Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti — FE!N
Best R&B
Alicia Keys — Lifeline
Muni Long — Made For Me
SZA — Snooze
Tyla — Water
USHER, Summer Walker, 21 Savage — Good Good
Victoria Monet — On My Mama
Best Alternative
Benson Boone — Beautiful Things
Bleachers — Tiny Moves
Hozier — Too Sweet
Imagine Dragons — Eyes Closed
Linkin Park — Friendly Fire
Teddy Swims — Lose Control (Live)
Best Rock
Bon Jovi — Legendary
Coldplay — feelslikeimfallinginlove
Green Day — Dilemma
Kings of Leon — Mustang
Lenny Kravitz — Human
U2 — Atomic City
Best Latin
Anitta — Mil Veces
Bad Bunny — MONACO
Karol G — MI EX TENIA RAZON
Myke Towers — LALA
Peso Pluma & Anitta — BELLAKEO
Rauw Alejandro — Touching The Sky
Shakira & Cardi B — Punteria
Best K-Pop
Jung Kook feat. Latto — Seven
Lisa — Rockstar
NCT DREAM — Smoothie
NewJeans — Super Shy
Stray Kids — LALALALA
TOMORROW X TOGETHER — Deja Vu
Best Afrobeats
Ayra Starr feat. Giveon — Last Heartbreak Song
Burna Boy — City Boys
Chris Brown feat. Davido & Lojay — Sensational
Tems — Love Me JeJe
Tyla — Water
USHER, Pheelz — Ruin
Video for Good
Alexander Stewart — if you only knew
Billie Eilish — What Was I Made For?
Coldplay — feelslikeimfallinginlove
Joyner Lucas & Jelly Roll — Best For Me
RAYE — Genesis.
Tyler Childers — In Your Love
Best Trending Video
Beyonce — TEXAS HOLD ‘EM
Camila Cabello feat. Playboi Carti — I LUV IT
Chappell Roan — Hot To Go!
Charli XCX — Apple
Megan Thee Stallion feat. Yuki Chiba — Mamushi
Tinashe — Nasty
Best Direction
we can’t be friends (wait for your love) — Ariana Grande
Tiny Moves — Bleachers
Houdini — Eminem
BOA — Megan Thee Stallion
Please Please Please — Sabrina Carpenter
Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Best Cinematography
we can’t be friends (wait for your love) — Ariana Grande
Von dutch — Charli XCX
Illusion — Dua Lipa
Obsessed — Olivia Rodrigo
Touching The Sky — Rauw Alejandro
Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Best Visual Effects
the boy is mine — Ariana Grande
Houdini — Eminem
Selfish — Justin Timberlake
BOA — Megan Thee Stallion
get him back! — Olivia Rodrigo
Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Best Choreography
Tiny Moves — Bleachers
Houdini — Dua Lipa
Rockstar — LISA
Touching The Sky — Rauw Alejandro
greedy — Tate McRae
Rush — Troye Sivan
Best Art Direction
360 — Charli XCX
Rockstar — LISA
BOA — Megan Thee Stallion
bad idea right? — Olivia Rodrigo
Please Please Please — Sabrina Carpenter
Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Best Editing
Mil Veces — Anitta
we can’t be friends (wait for your love) — Ariana Grande
Houdini — Eminem
Rockstar — LISA
Espresso — Sabrina Carpenter
Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Winner list via VARIETY