MTV VMAs 2024: The Winners List
The MTV Video Music Awards 2024 took place on September 11 at the UBS Arena in New York. Artists gathered to honour the top music videos of the year, therefore transforming the evening into one of excitement. These are the event’s highlights:
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”
- Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
Best New Artist
- Benson Boone
- Chappell Roan
- Gracie Abrams
- Shaboozey
- Teddy Swims
- Tyla
Song of the 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”
- 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”
- Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
- Tommy Richman — “Million Dollar Baby”
Best Choreography
- Bleachers — “Tiny Moves”
- Dua Lipa — “Houdini”
- LISA — “Rockstar”
- Rauw Alejandro — “Touching The Sky”
- Tate McRae — “Greedy”
- Troye Sivan — “Rush”
Best Art Direction
- Charli XCX — “360”
- LISA — “Rockstar”
- Megan Thee Stallion — “BOA”
- Olivia Rodrigo — “Bad Idea Right?”
- Sabrina Carpenter — “Please Please Please”
- Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
Best Editing
- Anitta — “Mil Veces”
- Ariana Grande — “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”
- Eminem — “Houdini”
- LISA — “Rockstar”
- Sabrina Carpenter — “Espresso”
- Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
Best Group
- *NSYNC
- Coldplay
- Imagine Dragons
- NCT DREAM
- NewJeans
- SEVENTEEN
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER
- Twenty-One Pilots
Best Pop
- Camila Cabello
- Dua Lipa
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Tate McRae
- Taylor Swift
Best Hip-Hop
- Drake feat. Sexxy Red & SZA — “Rich Baby Daddy”
- Eminem — “Houdini”
- GloRilla — “Yeah Glo!”
- Megan Thee Stallion — “BOA”
- Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti — “FE!N”
Best R&B
- Alicia Keys — “Lifeline”
- Muni Long — “Made For Me”
- SZA — “Snooze”
- Tyla — “Water”
- Usher, Summer Walker, 21 Savage — “Good Good”
- Victoria Monet — “On My Mama”
Best K-Pop
- Jung Kook feat. Latto — “Seven”
- 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”
- Tyla — “Water”
- Usher, Pheelz — “Ruin”
Video for Good
- Alexander Stewart — “If You Only Knew”
- Billie Eilish — “What Was I Made For?”
- Coldplay — “Feels Like I’m Falling in Love”
- Joyner Lucas & Jelly Roll — “Best For Me”
- RAYE — “Genesis”
- Tyler Childers — “In Your Love”
Best Trending Video
- Beyoncé — “Texas Hold ‘Em”
- Camila Cabello feat. Playboi Carti — “I Luv It”
- Chappell Roan — “Hot To Go!”
- Charli XCX — “Apple”
- Megan Thee Stallion feat. Yuki Chiba — “Mamushi”
- Tinashe — “Nasty”
Best Direction
- Ariana Grande — “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”
- Bleachers — “Tiny Moves”
- Eminem — “Houdini”
- Megan Thee Stallion — “BOA”
- Sabrina Carpenter — “Please Please Please”
- Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
Artist of the Year
- Ariana Grande
- Bad Bunny
- Eminem
- Sabrina Carpenter
- SZA
- Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
- Beyoncé — “Texas Hold ‘Em”
- Jack Harlow — “Lovin On Me”
- Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”
- Sabrina Carpenter — “Espresso”
- Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
- Teddy Swims — “Lose Control”
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”
- LE SSERAFIM — “Easy”
- The Warning — “Automatic Sun”
VMA Most Iconic Performance
- Beyoncé — “Love On Top”
- Eminem — “The Real Slim Shady / The Way I Am”
- 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 Cinematography
- Ariana Grande — “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”
- Charli XCX — “Von Dutch”
- Dua Lipa — “Illusion”
- Olivia Rodrigo — “Obsessed”
- Rauw Alejandro — “Touching The Sky”
- Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
It was a huge night for Taylor Swift, who took home several awards. Beyoncé also had a memorable performance that fans loved. The event was filled with amazing performances and unforgettable moments.