Taylor Swift, Megan Thee Stallion Win Big At MTV Video Music Awards—Check Out The Full Winners List
So, The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards just took place at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, and let's just say, it was craaazy.
Taylor Swift stole the spotlight, taking home seven awards, including Video of the Year for Fortnight with Post Malone and Artist of the Year. She surpassed Beyoncé's record as a solo artist, clinching her 30th VMA. Beyoncé has won 26 VMAs as a solo artist, with an additional two from Destiny’s Child and two more with Jay-Z as The Carters.
Eminem snagged Best Hip-Hop and Best Visual Effects for Houdini, while Sabrina Carpenter won Song of the Year, and Chappell Roan was named Best New Artist.
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Megan Thee Stallion hosted the 2024 MTV VMAs, winning Best Art Direction for BOA and Best Trending Video for Mamushi. She recreated Britney Spears' iconic 2001 VMAs I'm a Slave 4 U look, complete with a live snake. She also performed during the show.
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Other winners included Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, Benson Boone, SZA, Billie Eilish, Lisa, Seventeen, and more. Beyoncé was notably absent from the winners' list, with her song Cowboy Carter also missing out on CMA Awards nominations.
Now guess who's back with a brand new track?
The show kicked off with Eminem performing Houdini and Somebody Save Me, bringing an army of lookalikes to the stage for a nod to his 2000 VMAs performance. Katy Perry also received this year’s Video Vanguard Award and performed a medley of her hits.
The only word to describe @katyperry's #VMAs Video Vanguard Medley is ... ICONIC 👏 #KatyVMAVanguard pic.twitter.com/R7ZW2xP8CB
— Video Music Awards (@vmas) September 12, 2024
Sabrina Carpenter’s performance was out of this world, with a medley from her latest album Short n’ Sweet. She started on a swing for Please, Please, Please, danced with an alien and astronaut during Taste, and ended with Espresso, where she was joined by a crew of dancing astronauts.
She's short, she's sweet, and she ROCKED the #VMAs stage...she's @SabrinaAnnLynn 💝 pic.twitter.com/245v0zNWSq
— Video Music Awards (@vmas) September 12, 2024
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Shawn Mendes introduced his new song Nobody Knows, and Halsey premiered her rock-inspired track Ego following Rauw Alejandro.
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Here's the complete list of winners at the 2024 MTV VMAs:
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
Winner: Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight
Artist of the Year
Ariana Grande
Bad Bunny
Eminem
Sabrina Carpenter
SZA
Winner: Taylor Swift
Best New Artist
Benson Boone
Winner: Chappell Roan
Gracie Abrams
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims
Tyla
Song of the Year
Beyonce — TEXAS HOLD ‘EM
Jack Harlow — Lovin On Me
Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us
Winner: Sabrina Carpenter — Espresso
Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight
Teddy Swims — Lose Control
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
Winner: Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight
Tommy Richman — MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Most Iconic Performance
Beyonce — Love On Top
Eminem — The Real Slim Shady / The Way I Am
Winner: 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
Best Pop
Camila Cabello
Dua Lipa
Olivia Rodrigo
Sabrina Carpenter
Tate McRae
Winner: Taylor Swift
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
Winner: LE SSERAFIM — Easy
The Warning — Automatic Sun
Best Group
*NSYNC
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons
NCT DREAM
NewJeans
Winner: SEVENTEEN
TOMORROW X TOGETHER
Twenty One Pilots
Best R&B
Alicia Keys — Lifeline
Muni Long — Made For Me
Winner: SZA — Snooze
Tyla — Water
USHER, Summer Walker, 21 Savage — Good Good
Victoria Monet — On My Mama
Best Hip-Hop
Drake feat. Sexxy Red & SZA — Rich Baby Daddy
Winner: Eminem — Houdini
GloRilla — Yeah Glo!
Gunner — fukumean
Megan Thee Stallion — BOA
Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti — FE!N
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
Winner: Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — Fortnight
Best Alternative
Winner: Benson Boone — Beautiful Things
Bleachers — Tiny Moves
Hozier — Too Sweet
Imagine Dragons — Eyes Closed
Linkin Park — Friendly Fire
Teddy Swims — Lose Control (Live)
Best Latin
Winner: 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 Rock
Bon Jovi — Legendary
Coldplay — feelslikeimfallinginlove
Green Day — Dilemma
Kings of Leon — Mustang
Winner: Lenny Kravitz — Human
U2 — Atomic City
Best K-Pop
Jung Kook feat. Latto — Seven
Winner: 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
Winner: Tyla — Water
USHER, Pheelz — Ruin
Best Trending Video
Beyonce — TEXAS HOLD ‘EM
Camila Cabello feat. Playboi Carti — I LUV IT
Chappell Roan — Hot To Go!
Charli XCX — Apple
Winner: Megan Thee Stallion feat. Yuki Chiba — Mamushi
Tinashe — Nasty
Video for Good
Alexander Stewart — if you only knew
Winner: Billie Eilish — What Was I Made For?
Coldplay — feelslikeimfallinginlove
Joyner Lucas & Jelly Roll — Best For Me
RAYE — Genesis.
Tyler Childers — In Your Love
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
Winner: Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Best Choreography
Tiny Moves — Bleachers
Winner: Houdini — Dua Lipa
Rockstar — LISA
Touching The Sky — Rauw Alejandro
greedy — Tate McRae
Rush — Troye Sivan
Best Cinematography
Winner: 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
Winner: Houdini — Eminem
Selfish — Justin Timberlake
BOA — Megan Thee Stallion
get him back! — Olivia Rodrigo
Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone
Best Art Direction
360 — Charli XCX
Rockstar — LISA
Winner: 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
Winner: Fortnight — Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone