Celebrities, News | August 21, 2018

All The Big Winners At MTV’s 2018 VMAs

Celebrities, News | August 21, 2018

See the full list of winners at MTV’s 2018 VMAs, including the timeless Jennifer Lopez, who won Best Collaboration AND this year’s Vanguard Award (and became the first Latin artist to ever do so), as well as Childish Gambino, Camilla Cabello, The Carters and Cardi B, all of whom took home multiple awards.

Jennifer Lopez wears $1.7 million of platinum and diamond Tiffany & Co. jewelry to the 2018 VMAs
Jennifer Lopez wears $1.7 million of platinum and diamond Tiffany & Co. jewelry to the 2018 VMAs

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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

Bazzi
Cardi B *WINNER
Chloe x Halle
Hayley Kiyoko
Lil Pump
Lil Uzi Vert

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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” Pink — “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”

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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”

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” — mcDJ / RCA Records — Cinematography by Larkin Seiple
Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran — “River” — Cinematography by Frank Mobilio & Patrick Meller
Shawn Mendes — “In My Blood” — Cinematography by Jonathan Sela

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BEST DIRECTION

The Carters — “APES**T” — Directed by Ricky Saix 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 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 VISUAL EFFECTS

Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” Avicii ft. Rita Ora – “Lonely Together” Eminem – “Walk On Water” [ft. Beyoncé] Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “All The Stars” *WINNER  Maroon 5 – “Wait” Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do”

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Bruno Mars – “Finesse (Remix)” [ft. Cardi B] Camila Cabello – “Havana” [ft. Young Thug] The Carters – “APES**T” Childish Gambino – “This Is America” *WINNER  Dua Lipa – “IDGAF” Justin Timberlake – “Filthy”

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BEST EDITING

Bruno Mars – “Finesse (Remix)” [ft. Cardi B]
The Carters – “APES**T”
Childish Gambino – “This Is America”
Janelle Monáe – “Make Me Feel”
N.E.R.D – “Lemon” [ft. Rihanna] *WINNER 
Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do”

PUSH ARTIST OF THE YEAR

July 2018 – Chloe x Halle
June 2018 – Sigrid
May 2018 – Lil Xan
April 2018 – Hayley Kiyoko *WINNER 
March 2018 – Jessie Reyez
February 2018 – Tee Grizzley
January 2018 – Bishop Briggs
December 2017 – Grace VanderWaal
November 2017 – Why Don’t We
October 2017 – PRETTYMUCH
September 2017 – SZA
August 2017 – Kacy Hill
July 2017 – Khalid
June 2017 – Kyle
May 2017 – Noah Cyrus

SONG OF THE SUMMER

Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – “One Kiss”

DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper & Quavo – “No Brainer”
Drake – “In My Feelings”
Ella Mai – “Boo’d Up”
Juice WRLD – “Lucid Dreams”
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B – “Girls Like You”
Post Malone – “Better Now”

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