2020 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees and Winners

MTV TRICON AWARD

Winner: Lady Gaga

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Winner: The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights”
Billie Eilish – “Everything I Wanted”
Eminem (featuring Juice WRLD) – “Godzilla”
Future (featuring Drake) – “Life Is Good”
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain on Me”
Taylor Swift – “The Man”

SONG OF THE YEAR

Winner: Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain on Me”
Doja Cat – “Say So”
Billie Eilish – “Everything I Wanted”
Megan Thee Stallion – “Savage”
Post Malone – “Circles”
Roddy Ricch – “The Box”

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Winner: Lady Gaga
Justin Bieber
DaBaby
Megan Thee Stallion
Post Malone
The Weeknd

BEST GROUP

Winner: BTS
5 Seconds of Summer
Blackpink
Chloe x Halle
CNCO
Little Mix
Monsta X
Now United
The 1975
Twenty One Pilots

PUSH BEST NEW ARTIST

Winner: Doja Cat
Lewis Capaldi
Yungblud

BEST COLLABORATION

Winner: Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain on Me”
Black Eyed Peas (featuring J Balvin) – “Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life)”
Future (featuring Drake) – “Life Is Good”
Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber – “Stuck with U”
Karol G (featuring Nicki Minaj) – “Tusa”
Ed Sheeran (featuring Khalid) – “Beautiful People”

BEST POP

Winner: BTS – “On”
Justin Bieber (featuring Quavo) – “Intentions”
Halsey – “You Should Be Sad”
Jonas Brothers – “What a Man Gotta Do”
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain on Me”
Taylor Swift – “Lover”

BEST HIP HOP

Winner: Megan Thee Stallion – “Savage”
DaBaby – “Bop”
Eminem (featuring Juice Wrld) – “Godzilla”
Future (featuring Drake) – “Life Is Good”
Roddy Ricch – “The Box”
Travis Scott – “Highest in the Room”

BEST R&B

Winner: The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights”
Chloe x Halle – “Do It”
H.E.R. (featuring YG) – “Slide”
Alicia Keys – “Underdog”
Khalid (featuring Summer Walker) – “Eleven”
Lizzo – “Cuz I Love You”

BEST K-POP

Winner: BTS – “On”
Exo – “Obsession”
(G)I-dle – “Oh My God”
Monsta X – “Someone’s Someone”
Red Velvet – “Psycho”
TXT – “9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)”

BEST LATIN

Winner: Maluma (featuring J Balvin) – “Qué Pena”
Anuel AA (featuring Daddy Yankee, Ozuna, Karol G and J Balvin) – “China”
Bad Bunny – “Yo Perreo Sola”
J Balvin – “Amarillo”
Black Eyed Peas (featuring Ozuna and J. Rey Soul) – “Mamacita”
Karol G (featuring Nicki Minaj) – “Tusa”

BEST ROCK

Winner: Coldplay – “Orphans”
blink-182 – “Happy Days”
Evanescence – “Wasted on You”
Fall Out Boy (featuring Wyclef Jean) – “Dear Future Self (Hands Up)”
Green Day – “Oh Yeah!”
The Killers – “Caution”

BEST ALTERNATIVE

Winner: Machine Gun Kelly – “Bloody Valentine”
The 1975 – “If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)”
All Time Low – “Some Kind of Disaster”
Lana Del Rey – “Doin’ Time”
FINNEAS – “Let’s Fall in Love for the Night”
twenty one pilots – “Level of Concern”

BEST MUSIC VIDEO FROM HOME

Winner: Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber – “Stuck with U”
5 Seconds of Summer – “Wildflower”
blink-182 – “Happy Days”
Drake – “Toosie Slide”
John Legend – “Bigger Love”
twenty one pilots – “Level of Concern”

BEST QUARANTINE PERFORMANCE

Winner: CNCO – MTV Unplugged at Home
Chloe x Halle – “Do It” (from MTV Prom-Athon)
DJ D-Nice – Club MTV Presents: #DanceTogether
Lady Gaga – “Smile” (from One World: Together At Home)
John Legend – #TogetherAtHome Concert Series
Post Malone – “Nirvana Tribute”

VIDEO FOR GOOD

Winner: H.E.R. – “I Can’t Breathe”
Billie Eilish – “All the Good Girls Go to Hell”
Lil Baby – “The Bigger Picture”
Demi Lovato – “I Love Me”
Anderson Paak – “Lockdown”
Taylor Swift – “The Man”

BEST DIRECTION

Winner: Taylor Swift – “The Man” (Director: Taylor Swift)
Doja Cat – “Say So” (Director: Hannah Lux Davis)
Billie Eilish – “Xanny” (Director: Billie Eilish)
Dua Lipa – “Don’t Start Now” (Director: Nabil)
Harry Styles – “Adore You” (Director: Dave Meyers)
The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights” (Director: Anton Tammi)
BEST ART DIRECTION
Winner: Miley Cyrus – “Mother’s Daughter” (Art Director: Christian Stone)
A$AP Rocky – “Babushka Boi” (Art Directors: A$AP Rocky, Nadia Lee Cohen and Brittany Porter)
Selena Gomez – “Boyfriend” (Art Director: Tatiana Van Sauter)
Dua Lipa – “Physical” (Art Director: Anna Colomé Nogu)
Harry Styles – “Adore You” (Art Director: Laura Ellis Cricks)
Taylor Swift – “Lover” (Art Director: Kurt Gefke)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Winner: BTS – “On” (Choreographers: The Lab and Son Sung Deuk)
CNCO and Natti Natasha – “Honey Boo” (Choreographer: Kyle Hanagami)
DaBaby – “Bop” (Choreographers: DaniLeigh and Cherry)
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain on Me” (Choreographer: Richy Jackson)
Dua Lipa – “Physical” (Choreographer: Charm La’Donna)
Normani – “Motivation” (Choreographer: Sean Bankhead)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Winner: Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain on Me” (Director of Photography: Michael Merriman)
5 Seconds of Summer – “Old Me” (Director of Photography: Kieran Fowler)
Camila Cabello (featuring DaBaby) – “My Oh My” (Director of Photography: Scott Cunningham)
Billie Eilish – “All the Good Girls Go to Hell” (Director of Photography: Christopher Probst)
Katy Perry – “Harleys in Hawaii” (Director of Photography: Arnau Valls)
The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights” (Director of Photography: Oliver Millar)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Winner: 1917 – Roger Deakins
The Irishman – Rodrigo Prieto
Joker – Lawrence Sher
The Lighthouse – Jarin Blaschke
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Robert Richardson

BEST EDITING

Winner: Miley Cyrus – “Mother’s Daughter” (Editors: Alexandre Moors and Nuno Xico)
James Blake – “Can’t Believe the Way We Flow” (Editor: Frank Lebon)
Halsey – “Graveyard” (Editors: Emille Aubry, Janne Vartia and Tim Montana)
Lizzo – “Good as Hell” (Editors: Russell Santos and Sofia Kerpan)
Rosalía – “A Palé” (Editor: Andre Jones)
The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights” (Editors: Janne Vartia and Tim Montana)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Winner: Dua Lipa – “Physical” (Visual Effects: EIGHTY4 and Mathematic)
Billie Eilish – “All the Good Girls Go to Hell” (Visual Effects: Drive Studio)
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain on Me” (Visual Effects: Ingenuity Studios)
Demi Lovato – “I Love Me” (Visual Effects: Hoody FX)
Travis Scott – “Highest in the Room” (Visual Effects: Ingenuity Studios)
Harry Styles – “Adore You” (Visual Effects: Mathematic)

SONG OF SUMMER

Winner: Blackpink – “How You Like That”
Cardi B (featuring Megan Thee Stallion) – “WAP”
Miley Cyrus – “Midnight Sky”
DaBaby (featuring Roddy Ricch) – “Rockstar”
DJ Khaled (featuring Drake) – “Popstar”
Doja Cat – “Say So”
Jack Harlow – “Whats Poppin”
Lil Baby (featuring 42 Dugg) – “We Paid”
Dua Lipa – “Break My Heart”
Megan Thee Stallion (featuring Beyoncé) – “Savage (Remix)”
Pop Smoke (featuring 50 Cent and Roddy Ricch) – “The Woo”
Saint Jhn – “Roses”
Saweetie – “Tap In”
Harry Styles – “Watermelon Sugar”
Taylor Swift – “Cardigan”
The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights”

EVERYDAY HEROES: FRONTLINE MEDICAL WORKERS

Jason “Tik Tok Doc” Campbell
Dr. Elvis Francois and Dr. William Robinson – “Imagine”
Jefferson University Hospital’s Swab Squad – “Level Up”
Lori Marie Key – “Amazing Grace”
Dr. Nate Wood – “Lean on Me”