Two of the night’s best awards, Artist of the Year and Song of the Year, went to Lady Gaga as well. See the full list of winners at 2020 MTV Video Music Awards.
See the full list of nominees and winners at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) compiled by Lifestyle UG, a member of Now & Then Entertainment Media.
- Gaga took to the stage several times, winning the airwaves’ first award for best collaboration with the hit single “Rain on Me” with Grande.
- Two of the night’s best awards, Artist of the Year and Song of the Year, went to Lady Gaga as well.
- The BTS, a K-Pop Super Group has won several VMAs at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards.
An epidemic is imminent, but it did not stop MTV from awarding the 2020 Video Music Awards winners.
It did not stop MTV in the months leading up to the VMAs, ranging from plans to hold awards at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to the news that artists from hotspot states are being exempted from New York’s compulsory 14-day isolation.
After all, the awards finally took place: live, almost across New York City. Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Korean BTS led the night, with Gaga and Grande each taking home four moon people each after entering with nine nominations.
Lady Gaga also took home the first MTV Tricon Award, while The Weeknd won this year’s video for “Blinding Lights”. MTV also presented the New Contagion Awards for Best Music Video.
Taylor Swift won the best direction and sent the acceptance video message from home. This year’s video, Best VMA, went to The Weeknd for his successful “Blinding Lights”. He opened the show with a single performance.
The full list of nominees and winners at 2020 MTV Video Music Awards is as follows.
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- Billie Eilish — “everything i wanted”
- Eminem ft. Juice WRLD — “Godzilla”
- Future ft. Drake — “Life Is Good”
- Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande — “Rain On Me”
- Taylor Swift — “The Man”
- The Weeknd — “Blinding Lights” *WINNER
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- DaBaby
- Justin Bieber
- Lady Gaga *WINNER
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Post Malone
- The Weeknd
SONG OF THE YEAR
- Billie Eilish — “everything i wanted”
- Doja Cat — “Say So”
- Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande — “Rain On Me” *WINNER
- Megan Thee Stallion — “Savage”
- Post Malone — “Circles”
- Roddy Ricch — “The Box”
BEST COLLABORATION
- Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber — “Stuck with U”
- Black Eyed Peas ft. J Balvin — “RITMO (Bad Boys For Life)”
- Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — “Beautiful People”
- Future ft. Drake — “Life Is Good”
- Karol G ft. Nicki Minaj — “Tusa”
- Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande — “Rain On Me” *WINNER
PUSH BEST NEW ARTIST
- Doja Cat *WINNER
- Jack Harlow
- Lewis Capaldi
- Roddy Ricch
- Tate McRae
- YUNGBLUD
BEST POP
- BTS — “On” *WINNER
- Halsey — “You should be sad”
- Jonas Brothers — “What a Man Gotta Do”
- Justin Bieber ft. Quavo — “Intentions”
- Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande — “Rain On Me”
- Taylor Swift — “Lover”
BEST HIP-HOP
- DaBaby — “BOP”
- Eminem ft. Juice WRLD — “Godzilla”
- Future ft. Drake — “Life Is Good”
- Megan Thee Stallion — “Savage” *WINNER
- Roddy Ricch — “The Box”
- Travis Scott — “HIGHEST IN THE ROOM”
BEST ROCK
- blink-182 — “Happy Days”
- Coldplay — “Orphans” *WINNER
- Evanescence — “Wasted On You”
- Fall Out Boy ft. Wyclef Jean — “Dear Future Self (Hands Up)”
- Green Day — “Oh Yeah!”
- The Killers — “Caution”
BEST ALTERNATIVE
- The 1975 — “If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)”
- All Time Low — “Some Kind Of Disaster”
- FINNEAS — “Let’s Fall in Love for the Night”
- Lana Del Rey — “Doin’ Time”
- Machine Gun Kelly — “Bloody Valentine” *WINNER
- Twenty-one pilots — “Level of Concern”
BEST LATIN
- Anuel AA ft. Daddy Yankee, Ozuna, Karol G & J Balvin — “China”
- Bad Bunny — “Yo Perreo Sola”
- Black Eyed Peas ft. Ozuna & J. Rey Soul — “MAMACITA”
- J Balvin — “Amarillo”
- Karol G ft. Nicki Minaj — “Tusa”
- Maluma ft. J Balvin — “Qué Pena” *WINNER
BEST R&B
- Alicia Keys — “Underdog”
- Chloe x Halle — “Do It”
- H.E.R. ft. YG — “Slide”
- Khalid ft. Summer Walker — “Eleven”
- Lizzo — “Cuz I Love You”
- The Weeknd — “Blinding Lights” *WINNER
BEST K-POP
- (G)I-DLE — “Oh My God”
- BTS — “On” *WINNER
- EXO — “Obsession”
- Monsta X — “SOMEONE’S SOMEONE”
- Tomorrow X Together — “9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)”
- Red Velvet — “Psycho”
VIDEO FOR GOOD
- Anderson.Paak — “Lockdown”
- Billie Eilish — “all the good girls go to hell”
- Demi Lovato — “I Love Me”
- H.E.R. – “I Can’t Breathe” *WINNER
- Lil Baby — “The Bigger Picture”
- Taylor Swift — “The Man”
BEST MUSIC VIDEO FROM HOME
- 5 Seconds of Summer — “Wildflower”
- Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber — “Stuck with U” *WINNER
- blink-182 — “Happy Days”
- Drake — “Toosie Slide”
- John Legend — “Bigger Love”
- Twenty-one pilots — “Level of Concern”
BEST GROUP
- BTS *WINNER
- 5 Seconds of Summer
- The 1975
- BLACKPINK
- Chloe x Halle
- CNCO
- Little Mix
- MONSTA X
- Now United
- Twenty-one pilots
BEST QUARANTINE PERFORMANCE
- Chloe x Halle — “Do It” from MTV’s Prom-Athon
- CNCO — MTV Unplugged At Home *WINNER
- DJ D-Nice — Club MTV Presents: #DanceTogether
- John Legend — #TogetherAtHome Concert Series
- Lady Gaga — “Smile” from One World: Together At Home
- Post Malone — Nirvana Tribute
BEST DIRECTION
- Billie Eilish — “xanny” — Directed by Billie Eilish
- Doja Cat — “Say So” — Directed by Hannah Lux Davis
- Dua Lipa — “Don’t Start Now” — Directed by Nabil
- Harry Styles — “Adore You” — Directed by Dave Meyers
- Taylor Swift — “The Man” — Directed by Taylor Swift *WINNER
- The Weeknd — “Blinding Lights” — Directed by Anton Tammi
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- 5 Seconds of Summer — “Old Me” — Cinematography by Kieran Fowler
- Camila Cabello ft. DaBaby — “My Oh My” — Cinematography by Scott Cunningham
- Billie Eilish — “all the good girls go to hell” — Cinematography by Christopher Probst
- Katy Perry — “Harleys In Hawaii” — Cinematography by Arnau Valls
- Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande — “Rain On Me” — Cinematography by Thomas Kloss *WINNER
- The Weeknd — “Blinding Lights” — Cinematography by Oliver Millar
BEST ART DIRECTION
- A$AP Rocky — “Babushka Boi” — Art Direction by A$AP Rocky & Nadia Lee Cohen
- Dua Lipa — “Physical” — Art Direction by Anna Colomé Nogu ́
- Harry Styles — “Adore You” — Art Direction by Laura Ellis Cricks
- Miley Cyrus — “Mother’s Daughter” — Art Direction by Christian Stone *WINNER
- Selena Gomez — “Boyfriend” — Art Direction by Tatiana Van Sauter
- Taylor Swift — “Lover” — Art Direction by Ethan Tobman
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- Billie Eilish — “all the good girls go to hell” — Darkroom / Interscope Records — Visual Effects by Drive Studios
- Demi Lovato — “I Love Me” — Island Records — Visual Effects by Hoody FX
- Dua Lipa — “Physical” — Warner Records — Visual Effects by EIGHTY4 *WINNER
- Harry Styles — “Adore You” — Columbia Records — Visual Effects by Mathematic
- Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande — “Rain On Me” — Streamline / Interscope Records — Visual Effects by Ingenuity Studios
- Travis Scott — “Higest in the Room” — Epic Records / Cactus Jack — Visual Effects by ArtJail, Scissor Films & Frender
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
- BTS — “On” — Choreography by Son Sung Deuk, Lee Ga Hun, Lee Byung Eun *WINNER
- CNCO & Natti Natasha — “Honey Boo” — Choreography by Kyle Hanagami
- DaBaby — “BOP” — Choreography by Dani Leigh and Cherry
- Dua Lipa — “Physical” — Choreography by Charm La’Donna
- Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande — “Rain On Me” — Choreography by Richy Jackson
- Normani — “Motivation” — Choreography by Sean Bankhead
BEST EDITING
- Halsey — “Graveyard” — Edited by Emilie Aubry, Janne Vartia & Tim Montana
- James Blake — “Can’t Believe the Way We Flow” — Edited by Frank Lebon
- Lizzo — “Good As Hell” — Edited by Russell Santos & Sofia Kerpan
- Miley Cyrus — “Mother’s Daughter” — Edited by Alexandre Moors, Nuno Xico *WINNER
- ROSALÍA — “A Palé” — Edited by Andre Jones
- The Weeknd — “Blinding Lights” — Edited by Janne Vartia & Tim Montana
