MTV Video Music Awards 2019

MTV Video Music Awards 2019
Awarded for	MTV Video Music Awards
date	26th August 2019
Moderation	Sebastian Maniscalco
Loan location	Prudential Center , Newark , New Jersey
Country	United States
Awarded by	MTV
Most of the nominations	Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift (10 each)
website	mtv.com/vma

The 2019 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony took place on August 26, 2019 at the Prudential Center in Newark . It was the first to be presented in New Jersey. Sebastian Maniscalco hosted the 36th award ceremony .

The nominations were announced on July 23, 2019. Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande received most of them with ten each. Other top artists were Billie Eilish with nine and Lil Nas X with eight nominations.

For the first time since 2006 a Moonman was awarded for Best R&B Video . Best K-Pop and Video for Good were added to the new categories .

Winners and nominees

Best hip hop

Cardi B - Money

2 Chainz (feat. Ariana Grande ) - Rule the World
21 Savage (feat. J. Cole ) - A Lot
DJ Khaled (feat. Nipsey Hussle and John Legend ) - Higher
Lil Nas X (feat.Billy Ray Cyrus ) - Old Town Road (Remix)
Travis Scott (feat. Drake ) - Sicko Mode

Best R&B

Normani (feat. 6lack ) - Waves

Childish Gambino - Feels Like Summer
HER ( feat.Bryson Tiller ) - Could've Been
Alicia Keys - Raise a Man
Ella Mai - Trip
Anderson .Paak (feat. Smokey Robinson ) - Make It Better

Best K-Pop

BTS (feat. Halsey ) - Boy with Luv

Blackpink - Kill This Love
Exo - pace
Monsta X (feat. French Montana ) - Who Do You Love?
NCT 127 - Regular
TXT - Cat & Dog

Best Latin

Rosalía and J Balvin (feat. El Guincho ) - Con altura

Anuel AA and Karol G - Secreto
Bad Bunny (feat. Drake ) - Mia
Benny Blanco , Tainy , Selena Gomez and J Balvin - I Can't Get Enough
Daddy Yankee (feat. Snow ) - Con Calma
Maluma - Mala Mía

Best dance

The Chainsmokers ( feat.Bebe Rexha ) - Call You Mine

Clean Bandit (feat. Demi Lovato ) - Solo
DJ Snake ( feat.Selena Gomez , Ozuna and Cardi B ) - Taki Taki
David Guetta , Bebe Rexha and J Balvin - Say My Name
Marshmello and Bastille - Happier
Silk City and Dua Lipa - Electricity

Best rock

Panic! at the Disco - High Hopes

The 1975 - Love It If We Made It
Fall Out Boy - Bishop's Knife Trick
Imagine Dragons - Natural
Lenny Kravitz - Low
Twenty One Pilots - My Blood

Video for Good

Taylor Swift - You Need to Calm Down

Jamie N Commons and Skylar Gray (feat. Gallant ) - Runaway Train
Halsey - Nightmare
The Killers - Land of the Free
John Legend - Preach
Lil Dicky - Earth

Best Direction

Lil Nas X ( feat.Billy Ray Cyrus ) - Old Town Road (Remix) (Director: Calmatic)

Billie Eilish - Bad Guy (Director: Dave Meyers )
FKA Twigs - Cellophane (Director: Andrew Thomas Huang )
Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (Director: Hannah Lux Davis )
LSD - No New Friends (Director: Dano Cerny )
Taylor Swift - You Need to Calm Down (Directors: Taylor Swift and Drew Kirsch )

Best visual effects

Taylor Swift (feat. Brendon Urie from Panic! At the Disco ) - Me! (Visual Effects: Loris Paillier and Lucas Salton for BUF VFX )

DJ Khaled ( feat.SZA ) - Just Us (Visual Effects: GloriaFX, Sergii Mashevskyi and Anatolli Kuzmytskyi)
Billie Eilish - When the Party's Over (Visual Effects: Ryan Ross and Andres Jaramillo)
FKA Twigs - Cellophane (Visual Effects: Analog)
Ariana Grande - God Is a Woman (Visual Effects: Fabrice Lagayette at Mathematic)
LSD - No New Friends (Visual Effects: Ethan Chancer)

Best editing

Billie Eilish - Bad Guy (Editor: Billie Eilish)

Ariana Grande - 7 Rings (Editor: Hannah Lux Davis and Taylor Walsh)
Lil Nas X ( feat.Billy Ray Cyrus ) - Old Town Road (Remix) (Editor: Calmatic)
Anderson .Paak ( feat.Kendrick Lamar ) - Tints (Editor: Vinnie Hobbs)
Solange - Almeda (Editors: Solange Knowles, Vinnie Hobbs and Jonathon Proctor)
Taylor Swift - You Need to Calm Down (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)

Best Art Direction

Ariana Grande - 7 Rings (Art Director: John Richoux)

BTS (feat. Halsey ) - Boy with Luv (Art Directors: JinSil Park and BoNa Kim (MU: E))
Lil Nas X ( feat.Billy Ray Cyrus ) - Old Town Road (Remix) (Art Director: Christian Zollenkopf for Prettybird)
Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello - Señorita (Art Director: Tatiana Van Sauter)
Taylor Swift - You Need to Calm Down (Art Director: Brittany Porter)
Kanye West and Lil Pump ( feat.Adele Givens ) - I Love It (Art Director: Tino Schaedler )

Best choreography

Rosalía and J Balvin ( feat.El Guincho ) - Con altura (Choreographer: Charm La'Donna)

BTS (feat. Halsey ) - Boy with Luv (Choreographers: Son Sungdeuk and Quick Crew)
FKA Twigs - Cellophane (Choreographer: Kelly Yvonne)
LSD - No New Friends (Choreographer: Ryan Heffington)
Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello - Señorita (Choreographer: Calvit Hodge)
Solange - Almeda (Choreographers: Maya Taylor and Solange Knowles)

Best Cinematography

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello - Señorita (camera: Scott Cunningham)

Billie Eilish - Hostage (Camera: Pau Castejón)
Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (Camera: Christopher Probst)
Anderson .Paak (feat. Kendrick Lamar ) - Tints (camera: Elias Talbot)
Solange - Almeda (Kameray: Chayse Irvin, Ryan Marie Helfant and Justin Hamilton)
Taylor Swift ( feat.Brendon Urie of Panic! At the Disco ) - Me! (Camera :: Starr Whitesides)