2018 MTV VMA WINNERS

And the winners... are in Bold below!

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” 
• Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)”
• Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana” [winner]
• The Carters – “APES**T” 
• Childish Gambino – “This Is America” 
• Drake – “God's Plan” 

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Ariana Grande
• Bruno Mars
• Camila Cabello [winner]
• Cardi B
• Drake
• Post Malone

SONG OF THE YEAR

• Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)”
• Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana” 
• Drake – “God's Plan” 
• Dua Lipa – “New Rules”
• Ed Sheeran – “Perfect” 
• Post Malone ft. 21 Savage – “rockstar” [winner]

BEST NEW ARTIST (Presented by Taco Bell®)

• Bazzi
• Cardi B [winner]
• Chloe x Halle
• Hayley Kiyoko
• Lil Pump
• Lil Uzi Vert

BEST COLLABORATION

• Bebe Rexha ft. Florida Georgia Line – “Meant to Be”
• Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)” 
• The Carters – “APES**T”
• Jennifer Lopez ft. DJ Khaled & Cardi B – “Dinero” [winner]
• Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid – “1-800-273-8255”
• N.E.R.D & Rihanna – “Lemon”

BEST POP

• Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” [winner]
• Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana”
• Demi Lovato – “Sorry Not Sorry”
• Ed Sheeran – “Perfect”
• P!nk – “What About Us” 
• Shawn Mendes – “In My Blood”

BEST HIP HOP

• Cardi B ft. 21 Savage – “Bartier Cardi” 
• The Carters – “APES**T”
• Drake – “God's Plan” 
• J. Cole – “ATM” 
• Migos ft. Drake – “Walk It Talk It” 
• Nicki Minaj – “Chun-Li” [winner]

BEST LATIN

• Daddy Yankee – “Dura” 
• J Balvin, Willy William – “Mi Gente” [winner]
• Jennifer Lopez ft. DJ Khaled & Cardi B – “Dinero” 
• Luis Fonsi, Demi Lovato – “Échame La Culpa” 
• Maluma – “Felices los 4” 
• Shakira ft. Maluma – “Chantaje” 

BEST DANCE

• Avicii ft. Rita Ora – “Lonely Together” [winner]
• Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – “One Kiss” 
• The Chainsmokers – “Everybody Hates Me” 
• David Guetta & Sia – “Flames”
• Marshmello ft. Khalid – “Silence”
• Zedd & Liam Payne – “Get Low (Street Video)” 

BEST ROCK

• Fall Out Boy – “Champion”
• Foo Fighters – “The Sky Is A Neighborhood” 
• Imagine Dragons – “Whatever It Takes” [winner]
• Linkin Park – “One More Light” 
• Panic! At The Disco – “Say Amen (Saturday Night)” 
• Thirty Seconds to Mars – “Walk On Water” 

VIDEO WITH A MESSAGE

• Childish Gambino – “This Is America” [winner]
• Dej Loaf and Leon Bridges – “Liberated” 
• Drake – ‘God’s Plan”
• Janelle Monáe – “PYNK” 
• Jessie Reyez – “Gatekeeper” 
• Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid – “1-800-273-8255” 

PUSH ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• JULY 2018 – Chloe x Halle – Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records
• JUNE 2018 – Sigrid – Island Records
• MAY 2018 – Lil Xan – Columbia Records
• APRIL 2018 – Hayley Kiyoko – Atlantic Records [winner]
• MARCH 2018 – Jessie Reyez – Island Records
• FEBRUARY 2018 – Tee Grizzley – 300 Entertainment
• JANUARY 2018 – Bishop Briggs – Island Records
• DECEMBER 2017 – Grace VanderWaal – Syco Music/Columbia Records
• NOVEMBER 2017 – Why Don’t We – Atlantic Records
• OCTOBER 2017 – PRETTYMUCH – Syco Music/Columbia Records
• SEPTEMBER 2017 – SZA – TDE/Aftermath/Interscope Records
• AUGUST 2017 – Kacy Hill – Def Jam Recordings
• JULY 2017 – Khalid – RCA Records
• JUNE 2017 – Kyle – Atlantic Records
• MAY 2017 – Noah Cyrus – Records

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES

BEST ART DIRECTION               

• The Carters – “APES**T” – Art Direction by Jan Houlevigue [winner]
• Childish Gambino – “This Is America” –  Art Direction by Jason Kisvarday
• J. Cole – “ATM” –   Art Direction by Miles Mullin
• Janelle Monáe – “Make Me Feel” –  Art Direction by Pepper Nguyen
• SZA – “The Weekend” –  Art Direction by SZA and Solange
• Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do” –  Art Direction by Brett Hess

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

• Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)” –  Choreography by Phil Tayag & Bruno Mars
• Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana” –  Choreography by Calvit Hodge and Sara Bivens
• The Carters – “APES**T” –  Choreography by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Jaquel Knight
• Childish Gambino – “This Is America” –  Choreography by Sherrie Silver [winner]
• Dua Lipa – “IDGAF” –  Choreography by Marion Motin
• Justin Timberlake – “Filthy” –  Choreography by Marty Kudelka, AJ Harpold, Tracy Phillips, and Ivan Koumaev

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Alessia Cara – “Growing Pains” – Cinematography by Pau Castejón
• Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” –  Cinematography by Scott Cunningham
• The Carters – “APES**T” –  Cinematography by Benoit Debie [winner]
• Childish Gambino – “This Is America” –  Cinematography by Larkin Seiple
• Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran – “River” – Cinematography by Frank Mobilio & Patrick Meller
• Shawn Mendes – “In My Blood” – Cinematography by Jonathan Sela

BEST DIRECTION

• The Carters – “APES**T” –  Directed by Ricky Saiz
• Childish Gambino – “This Is America” –  Directed by Hiro Murai [winner]
• Drake – “God's Plan” –  Directed by Karena Evans
• Ed Sheeran – “Perfect” –  Directed by Jason Koenig
• Justin Timberlake ft. Chris Stapleton – “Say Something” –  Directed by Arturo Perez Jr.
• Shawn Mendes – “In My Blood” – Directed by Jay Martin

BEST EDITING

• Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)” –  Editing by Jacquelyn London
• The Carters – “APES**T” –  Taylor Ward and Sam Ostrove
• Childish Gambino – “This Is America” –  Editing by Ernie Gilbert
• Janelle Monáe – “Make Me Feel” – Editing by Deji LaRay
• N.E.R.D & Rihanna – “Lemon” –  Editing by Taylor Ward [winner]
• Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do” –  Editing by Chancler Haynes for Cosmo

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” –  Visual Effects by Vidal and Loris Paillier for Buf
• Avicii ft. Rita Ora – “Lonely Together” –  Visual Effects by KPP
• Eminem ft. Beyoncé – “Walk On Water” –  Visual Effects Supervisor Rich Lee for Drive Studios
• Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “All The Stars” –  Visual Effects by Loris Paillier for BUF Paris [winner]
• Maroon 5 – “Wait” – Visual Effects by TIMBER
• Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do” – Visual Effects by Ingenuity Studios