At this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, the not-so-regular degular shmegular Cardi B—who started the show in her first public appearance since giving birth a little more than a month ago—ruled the nominations, racking up 10 total including Artist of the Year and Best New Artist, and for “Bartier Cardi” and her Bruno Mars collab “Finesse (Remix).”
The next most-nominated musician after Cardi was The Carters at eight, followed by seven each for Drake and Childish Gambino’s “This Is America”, which earned nods for Video With a Message, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Choreography (and for a taste of that, watch Donald Glover’s choreographer Sherrie Silver break down some moves for Vogue), Best Art Direction, and Video of the Year, a category also filled by Cardi B and Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, Drake, and Beyoncé and Jay-Z as The Carters.
Jennifer Lopez won the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award—and A-Rod’s undying love. MTV included some changes to the 2018 ceremony, replacing the Fight Against the System category with this year’s Video With a Message (a category for which Childish Gambino, DeJ Loaf and Leon Bridges, Drake, Janelle Monáe, Jessie Reyez, and Logic with Alessia Cara and Khalid were all nominated), as well as presenting a new award for Best Latin Video and a new category known as Push Artist of the Year, intended to highlight emerging artists; Sigrid, Chloe x Halle, Khalid, and SZA were among the fifteen artists nominated.
Below, all of the videos that won at this year’s MTV VMAs:
Video of the Year
Camila Cabello – Havana (Official Music VIdeo) ft. Young Thug
Preorder the new album “Camila” at: Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/Camila_AM iTunes: http://smarturl.it/Camila_iTunes Spotify: http://smarturl.it/Camila_PreSave Google Play: http://smarturl.it/Camila_GP Guest starring: LeLe Pons LuJuan James Find Camila Here: Twitter: @camila_cabello IG: @camila_cabello Facebook: @97camilacabello Website: www.camilacabello.com (C) 2017 Simco Ltd.
Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug—“Havana”
Artist of the Year
Camila Cabello
Song of the Year
Post Malone – rockstar ft. 21 Savage
rockstar ft. 21 Savage (Official Video) Song Available Here: https://PostMalone.lnk.to/rsYD Connect with Post Malone: https://www.facebook.com/postmalone https://twitter.com/postmalone https://instagram.com/postmalone https://soundcloud.com/postmalone http://www.postmalone.com Director: Emil Nava Producer: MaryAnn Tanedo Director Of Photography: Kramer Morgenthau Editor: Sean Fazende For Rojas Vision Music video by Post Malone performing rockstar ft. 21 Savage.
Post Malone ft. 21 Savage—“Rockstar”
Best New Artist
Cardi B
Best Collaboration
Jennifer Lopez – Dinero ft. DJ Khaled, Cardi B
“Dinero” Available at: Spotify: http://smarturl.it/DineroJL/spotify iTunes: http://smarturl.it/DineroJL/itunes Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/DineroJL/applemusic Amazon: http://smarturl.it/DineroJL/az Google Play: http://smarturl.it/DineroJL/googleplay Follow JLO! Official Site: http://www.jenniferlopez.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenniferlopez Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jlo Twitter: https://twitter.com/jlo (C) 2018 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jennifer Lopez ft. DJ Khaled and Cardi B—“Dinero”
Push Artist of the Year
Hayley Kiyoko
Best Pop
Nicki Minaj – Chun-Li
Chun-Li (Official Video) Song Available Here: https://nickiminaj.lnk.to/clYD Connect with Nicki https://www.mypinkfriday.com https://www.instagram.com/nickiminaj https://twitter.com/nickiminaj https://facebook.com/nickiminaj Director: Steven Klein Production Company: Good Company Pictures, LLC Producers: Keith Brown & Stephen Holtzhauser Editor: Benjamin Rodriguez Jr. Director Of Photography: Janusz Kaminski Music video by Nicki Minaj performing Chun-Li.
Ariana Grande—“No Tears Left to Cry”
Best Hip-Hop
Nicki Minaj – Chun-Li
Chun-Li (Official Video) Song Available Here: https://nickiminaj.lnk.to/clYD Connect with Nicki https://www.mypinkfriday.com https://www.instagram.com/nickiminaj https://twitter.com/nickiminaj https://facebook.com/nickiminaj Director: Steven Klein Production Company: Good Company Pictures, LLC Producers: Keith Brown & Stephen Holtzhauser Editor: Benjamin Rodriguez Jr. Director Of Photography: Janusz Kaminski Music video by Nicki Minaj performing Chun-Li.
Nicki Minaj—“Chun-Li”
Best Latin
J Balvin, Willy William – Mi Gente (Official Video)
J BALVIN & WILLY WILLIAM “MI GENTE” https://UMLE.lnk.to/-Rc9DFp Connect with J Balvin: https://www.facebook.com/JBalvinOficial/ https://www.instagram.com/jbalvin/ https://twitter.com/JBALVIN Connect with Willy William: https://www.facebook.com/willywilliamofficiel/ https://www.instagram.com/willywilliamofficiel/ https://twitter.com/willy_william Music video by J. Balvin, Willy William performing Mi Gente. (C) 2017 Scorpio Music Under Exclusive License To Universal Music Latin Entertainment http://vevo.ly/cRfYgm #JBalvin #MiGente #Vevo #LatinPop #OfficialMusicVideo
J Balvin and Willy William—“Mi Gente”
Best Dance
Avicii – Lonely Together ft. Rita Ora
Listen to Avicii’s latest single “SOS” here: https://Avicii.lnk.to/SOS Agency: Black Dalmatian Films Production Company: OPA PEOPLE Director: Levan Tsikurishvili Co-Director: Phillip R. Lopez Producers: @unkowngenius and Dasha Deriagina (2332 Films) Jonathan Waldefeldt Co-producers: Cara Scott and Rob Healy Music video by Avicii performing Lonely Together.
Avicii ft. Rita Ora—“Lonely Together”
Best Rock
Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes
Get Imagine Dragons’ new album Evolve, out now: http://smarturl.it/EvolveID Shop Imagine Dragons: http://smarturl.it/ImagineDragonsShop Catch Imagine Dragons on tour: http://imaginedragonsmusic.com/tour Follow Imagine Dragons: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ImagineDragons/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Imaginedragons Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imaginedragons Directed by Matt Eastin and Aaron Hymes. Special thanks to the Bellagio Las Vegas and Cirque Du Soleil.
Imagine Dragons—“Whatever It Takes”
Video With a Message
Childish Gambino – This Is America (Official Video)
“This is America” by Childish Gambino http://smarturl.it/TcIgA Director: Hiro Murai Producer: Jason Cole of Doomsday with Ibra Ake and Fam Rothstein of Wolf + Rothstein tour tickets and merchandise available at childishgambino.com
Childish Gambino—“This Is America”
Best Cinematography
APES**T – THE CARTERS
“EVERYTHING IS LOVE” is Available Now: http://www.smarturl.it/TheCarters_EIL Beyoncé: https://www.Beyonce.com https://www.instagram.com/Beyonce https://www.facebook.com/Beyonce https://twitter.com/Beyonce JAY-Z: https://www.facebook.com/JAYZ https://twitter.com/S_C_ Roc Nation: https://www.RocNation.com https://www.instagram.com/RocNation https://www.facebook.com/RocNation https://twitter.com/RocNation
The Carters (cinematography by Benoît Debie)—“APES**T”
Best Direction
Childish Gambino – This Is America (Official Video)
“This is America” by Childish Gambino http://smarturl.it/TcIgA Director: Hiro Murai Producer: Jason Cole of Doomsday with Ibra Ake and Fam Rothstein of Wolf + Rothstein tour tickets and merchandise available at childishgambino.com
Childish Gambino (directed by Hiro Murai)—“This Is America”
Best Art Direction
APES**T – THE CARTERS
“EVERYTHING IS LOVE” is Available Now: http://www.smarturl.it/TheCarters_EIL Beyoncé: https://www.Beyonce.com https://www.instagram.com/Beyonce https://www.facebook.com/Beyonce https://twitter.com/Beyonce JAY-Z: https://www.facebook.com/JAYZ https://twitter.com/S_C_ Roc Nation: https://www.RocNation.com https://www.instagram.com/RocNation https://www.facebook.com/RocNation https://twitter.com/RocNation
The Carters (art direction by Jan Houlevigue)—“APES**T”
Best Visual Effects
Kendrick Lamar, SZA – All The Stars
Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By available on all digital platforms & in stores now http://smarturl.it/BlackPantherAlbum Directed by Dave Meyers & the little homies Music video by Kendrick Lamar, SZA performing All The Stars. (C) 2018 Aftermath Records http://vevo.ly/nzzt7e
Kendrick Lamar and SZA (visual effects by Loris Paillier for BUF Paris)—“All the Stars”
Best Choreography
Childish Gambino – This Is America (Official Video)
“This is America” by Childish Gambino http://smarturl.it/TcIgA Director: Hiro Murai Producer: Jason Cole of Doomsday with Ibra Ake and Fam Rothstein of Wolf + Rothstein tour tickets and merchandise available at childishgambino.com
Childish Gambino (choreography by Sherrie Silver)—“This Is America”
Best Editing
N.E.R.D & Rihanna – Lemon (Official Music Video)
“Lemon” performed by N.E.R.D and Rihanna Get the new album “NO_ONE EVER REALLY DIES” now: http://smarturl.it/nerd?IQid=youtube Directors: Todd Tourso + Scott Cudmore Creative Director i am OTHER: Phi Hollinger Executive Producer: Brian Welsh + Jonathan Lia Producer: Stacey Thiel Director of Photography: Malik Sayeed Choreographer: JaQuel Knight LA Production Designer: Brandon Mendez NY Production Designer: Bryan Norvelle Actor: Mette Towley Stylist: Shirley Kurata Glam: Olive Meyer Editor: Taylor Ward Join: http://nooneeverreallydies.com/signup Follow N.E.R.D: http://nooneeverreallydies.com http://facebook.com/nerd http://twitter.com/nerdarmy http://instagram.com/nerd http://smarturl.it/nerdapple http://smarturl.it/nerdspotify #NERD #Lemon #Vevo #HipHop #OfficialMusicVideo #Rihanna
N.E.R.D and Rihanna (editing by Taylor Ward)—“Lemon”
