The nominees for the 2019 MTV VMAs have been announced. Ariana Grande (10), Taylor Swift (10), Billie Eilish (9), and Lil Nas X (8) have the most nominations. Kanye West, Travis Scott, Cardi B, Solange, ROSALÍA, Drake, FKA twigs, Lizzo, BTS, J Balvin, Anderson .Paak, Lady Gaga, and more are also nominated. Find the full list of nominees below. This year's VMAs will take place on August 26 and will air live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey
Video of the Year
21 Savage: "a lot" [ft. J. Cole]
Billie Eilish: "bad guy"
Ariana Grande: thank u, next"
Jonas Brothers: "Sucker"
Lil Nas X: "Old Town Road (Remix)" [ft. Billy Ray Cyrus]
Taylor Swift: "You Need to Calm Down"
Artist of the Year
Cardi B
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
Halsey
Jonas Brothers
Shawn Mendes
Song of the Year
Drake: "In My Feelings"
Ariana Grande: "thank u, next"
Jonas Brothers: "Sucker"
Lady Gaga / Bradley Cooper: "Shallow"
Lil Nas X: "Old Town Road (Remix)" [ft. Billy Ray Cyrus]
Taylor Swift: "You Need to Calm Down"
Best New Artist presented by Taco Bell
Ava Max
Billie Eilish
H.E.R.
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
ROSALÍA
Best Collaboration
Lil Nas X: "Old Town Road (Remix)" [ft. Billy Ray Cyrus]
Lady Gaga / Bradley Cooper: "Shallow"
Shawn Mendes / Camila Cabello: "Señorita"
Taylor Swift: "ME!" [ft. ft. Brendon Urie]
Ed Sheeran / Justin Bieber: "I Don't Care"
BTS: "Boy With Luv" [ft. Halsey]
Push Artist of the Year
Bazzi
CNCO
Billie Eilish
H.E.R.
Lauv
Lizzo
Best Pop
5 Seconds of Summer: "Easier"
Cardi B / Bruno Mars: "Please Me"
Billie Eilish: "bad guy"
Khalid: "Talk"
Ariana Grande: "thank u, next"
Jonas Brothers: "Sucker"
Taylor Swift: "You Need to Calm Down"
Best Hip-Hop
2 Chainz: "Rule the World"[ft. Ariana Grande]
21 Savage: "a lot" [ft. J. Cole]
Cardi B: "Money"
DJ Khaled: "Higher" [ft. Nipsey Hussle and John Legend]
Lil Nas X: "Old Town Road (Remix)" [ft. Billy Ray Cyrus]
Travis Scott: "SICKO MODE" [ft. Drake]
Best R&B
Anderson .Paak: "Make It Better" [ft. Smokey Robinson]
Childish Gambino: "Feels Like Summer"
H.E.R.: "Could've Been" [ft. Bryson Tiller]
Alicia Keys: "Raise a Man"
Ella Mai: "Trip"
Normani: "Waves" [ft. 6LACK]
Best K-Pop
BTS: "Boy With Luv" [ft. Halsey]
BLACKPINK: "Kill This Love"
Monsta X: "Who Do You Love" [ft. French Montana]
TOMORROW X TOGETHER: "Cat & Dog"
NCT 127: "Regular"
EXO: "Tempo"
Best Latin
Anuel AA / Karol G: "Secreto"
Bad Bunny: "MIA" [ft. Drake]
benny blanco / Tainy / Selena Gomez / J Balvin: "I Can't Get Enough"
Daddy Yankee: "Con Calma" [ft. Snow]
Maluma: "Mala Mía"
ROSALÍA / J Balvin: "Con Altura" [ft. El Guincho]
Best Dance
The Chainsmokers: "Call You Mine" [ft. Bebe Rexha]
Clean Bandit: "Solo" [ft. Demi Lovato]
DJ Snake: "Taki Taki" [ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B]
David Guetta / Bebe Rexha / J Balvin: "Say My Name"
Marshmello / Bastille: "Happier"
Silk City / Dua Lipa: "Electricity"
Best Rock
The 1975: "Love It If We Made It"
Fall Out Boy: "Bishops Knife Trick"
Imagine Dragons: "Natural"
Lenny Kravitz: "Low"
Panic! At the Disco: "High Hopes"
twenty one pilots: "My Blood"
Video for Good
Halsey: "Nightmare"
The Killers: "Land of the Free"
Jamie N Commons / Skylar Grey: "Runaway Train" [ft. Gallant]
John Legend: "Preach"
Lil Dicky: "Earth"
Taylor Swift: "You Need to Calm Down"
Best Direction
Billie Eilish: "bad Guy" (dir. Dave Meyers)
FKA twigs: "Cellophane" (dir. Andrew Thomas Huang)
Ariana Grande: "thank u, next" (dir. Hannah Lux Davis)
Lil Nas X: "Old Town Road (Remix)" [ft. Billy Ray Cyrus] (dir. Calmatic)
LSD: "No New Friends" (dir. Dano Cerny)
Taylor Swift: "You Need to Calm Down" (dir. Drew Kirsch and Taylor Swift)
Best Visual Effects
Billie Eilish: "when the party's over" (visual effects: Ryan Ross, Andres Jaramillo)
FKA twigs: "Cellophane" (visual effects: Matt Chandler, Fabio Zaveti for Analog)
Ariana Grande: "God is a woman" (visual effects: Fabrice Lagayette, Kristina Prilukova & Rebecca Rice for Mathematic)
DJ Khaled: "Just Us" [ft. SZA] (visual effects: Sergii Mashevskyi)
LSD: "No New Friends" (visual effects: Ethan Chancer)
Taylor Swift: "ME!" [ft. Brendon Urie] (visual effects: Loris Paillier & Lucas Salton for BUF VFX)
Best Editing
Anderson .Paak: "Tints" [ft. Kendrick Lamar] (editing: Elias Talbot)
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – "Old Town Road (Remix)" (editing: Calmatic)
Billie Eilish: "bad guy" (editing: Billie Eilish)
Ariana Grande: "7 rings" (editing: Hannah Lux Davis & Taylor Walsh)
Solange: "Almeda" (editing: Solange Knowles, Vinnie Hobbs, Jonathon Proctor)
Taylor Swift: "You Need to Calm Down" (editing: Jarrett Fijal)
Best Art Direction
BTS: "Boy With Luv" [ft. Halsey] (art direction: JinSil Park, BoNa Kim (MU:E))
Ariana Grande: "7 rings" (art direction: John Richoux)
Lil Nas X: "Old Town Road (Remix)" [ft. Billy Ray Cyrus] (art direction: Itaru Dela Vegas)
Shawn Mendes / Camila Cabello: "Señorita" (art direction: Tatiana Van Sauter)
Taylor Swift: "You Need to Calm Down" (art direction: Brittany Porter)
Kanye West / Lil Pump: "I Love It" [ft. Adele Givens] (art direction: Tino Schaedler)
Best Choreography
FKA twigs: "Cellophane" (choreography: Kelly Yvonne)
ROSALÍA / J Balvin: "Con Altura" [ft. El Guincho] (choreography: Charm La'Donna)
LSD: "No New Friends" (choreography: Ryan Heffington)
Shawn Mendes / Camila Cabello: "Señorita" (choreography: Calvit Hodge, Sara Biv)
Solange: "Almeda" (choreography: Maya Taylor, Solange Knowles)
BTS: "Boy With Luv" [ft. Halsey] (choreography: Rie Hata)
Best Cinematography
Anderson .Paak: "Tints" [ft. Kendrick Lamar] (cinematography: Elias Talbot)
Billie Eilish: "hostage" (cinematography: Pau Castejon)
Ariana Grande: "thank u, next" (cinematography: Christopher Probst)
Shawn Mendes / Camila Cabello: "Señorita" (cinematography: Scott Cunningham)
Solange: "Almeda" (cinematography: Chayse Irvin, Ryan Marie Helfant, Justin Hamilton)
Taylor Swift: "ME!" [ft. Brendon Urie] (cinematography: Starr Whitesides)
https://pitchfork.com/news/mtv-vmas-2019-see-the-full-list-of-nominees-here/
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I think they're fine
Taylor being tied with Ariana for most nominations for those 2 terrible songs/videos
:uhh:
The music industry is so shit :dead:
And this Best Hip-Hip Video category is terrible
2 Chainz? DJ Khaled? Nipsey?
:dead:
These look fine
what's the issue?
Looks fine to me
Video quality is absolutely horrible overall in 2019 but these seem to properly reflect..
Solange booked tho. She has like 3 or 4 nominations. Proud of her.
Rooting for my Latin sis Rosalia
yh solange and fka are the only deserved people here
They finally brought back Best R&B Video I see..
Nas X is gonna sweep, Taylor might get a sympathy award or 2
Bran could've had a nod if Anderson had made Jet Black the single
oh well
I hope Bey decides to perform and African up the show to piss off the Whites
Girl fuck these awards. No stars nominated once again
I find it weird that Dancing With A Stranger didn't receive any nominations.
Nas....clean up, King.
Anyway Normani is winning Best R&B cause The Nation is voting.
Quote from: Cheetah. on July 23, 2019, 01:53:22 PM
I find it weird that Dancing With A Stranger didn't receive any nominations.
The gorls are saying Camilla's manager had something to do with snubbing that song
Quote...and they're terrible
So, Nicki didn't get nominated for shit huh? :kii:
Did uth hurts get a nom, or Fantasia
r u african
Quote from: Cheetah. on July 23, 2019, 01:53:22 PM
I find it weird that Dancing With A Stranger didn't receive any nominations.
VERY strange. Camila's team and label are both disgusting!
my strap is
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx57cwzhjrz/
They don't look too terrible to me. Your fave artists aren't everyone else's faves....
Quote from: animmai. on July 23, 2019, 02:00:23 PM
Quote...and they're terrible
So, Nicki didn't get nominated for shit huh? :kii:
:plzstop:
Come on, Solange!
Book cardi and Taylor
It's nice to see they added back the R&B category
I dislike they put 2 Chainz in best hip hop because of Ariana :dead:
That could've went to J cole Middle Child/Dreamville... they been killing it this year.
These ratings are going to be a fool
BLACKPINK!
we love to see it
congrats to my other favs as well
These are the best nominations in the last few years tbh
whens the last time they had best R&B video? And I'm glad they're nominating actual hip hop artists in the category now. Not too rida's amd pitbull's and mess.
With that said, I hope HER wins nothing.
m @ Nipsey Hussle getting a nom tho
https://www.instagram.com/p/BygCx4CANFM/
Quote from: Freeruu on July 23, 2019, 05:59:48 PM
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a true dyke
Their best noms in a while tbh
other than Taylor getting too many
Quote from: LOONA. on July 23, 2019, 02:23:32 PM
Quote from: animmai. on July 23, 2019, 02:00:23 PM
Quote...and they're terrible
So, Nicki didn't get nominated for shit huh? :kii:
:plzstop:
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These suck but I don't know what else is out there/missing. Just tells you how shot this years been
looks like its time for the panel to be changed there's so much new talent out and this is who they choose
Quote from: Freeruu on July 23, 2019, 05:59:48 PM
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Why did I think this was Ci
Quote from: animmai. on July 23, 2019, 02:00:23 PM
Quote...and they're terrible
So, Nicki didn't get nominated for shit huh? :kii:
:dead: :dead: :dead: :dead:
Quote from: Lazarus on July 23, 2019, 03:34:04 PM
It's nice to see they added back the R&B category
I might watch again.