MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS 2019 NOMINATION!!!

The nominees for most categories were revealed on July 23, 2019. Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift had the most nominations with ten,^[7] followed by Billie Eilish with nine while Lil Nas X received eight. Two new categories were included: Best K-Pop and Video for Good (Previously Video with a Message).^[4]

Video of the YearEdit

• 21 Savage (featuring J. Cole) — "A Lot"
• Billie Eilish — "Bad Guy"
• Ariana Grande — "Thank U, Next"
• Jonas Brothers — "Sucker"
• Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)"
• Taylor Swift — "You Need to Calm Down"

Artist of the YearEdit

• Cardi B
• Billie Eilish
• Ariana Grande
• Halsey
• Jonas Brothers
• Shawn Mendes

Song of the YearEdit

• Drake – "In My Feelings"
• Ariana Grande — "Thank U, Next"
• Jonas Brothers — "Sucker"
• Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – "Shallow"
• Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)"
• Taylor Swift — "You Need to Calm Down"

Best GroupEdit

• 5 Seconds of Summer
• Backstreet Boys
• BLACKPINK
• BTS
• CNCO
• Jonas Brothers
• PRETTYMUCH
• Why Don't We

Best New ArtistEdit

• Ava Max
• Billie Eilish
• H.E.R.
• Lil Nas X
• Lizzo
• Rosalía

Best CollaborationEdit

• BTS (featuring Halsey) – "Boy with Luv"
• Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – "Shallow"
• Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)"
• Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello – "Señorita"
• Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber – "I Don't Care"
• Taylor Swift (featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco) – "Me!"

Push Artist of the YearEdit

• Bazzi
• CNCO
• Billie Eilish
• H.E.R.
• Lauv
• Lizzo

Best PopEdit

• 5 Seconds of Summer – "Easier"
• Cardi B and Bruno Mars – "Please Me"
• Billie Eilish — "Bad Guy"
• Ariana Grande — "Thank U, Next"
• Jonas Brothers — "Sucker"
• Khalid — "Talk"
• Taylor Swift — "You Need to Calm Down"

Best Hip HopEdit

• 2 Chainz (featuring Ariana Grande) – "Rule the World"
• 21 Savage (featuring J. Cole) — "A Lot"
• Cardi B — "Money"
• DJ Khaled (featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend) — "Higher"
• Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)"
• Travis Scott (featuring Drake) — "Sicko Mode"

Best R&BEdit

• Childish Gambino — "Feels Like Summer"
• H.E.R. (featuring Bryson Tiller) – "Could’ve Been"
• Alicia Keys – "Raise a Man"
• Ella Mai – "Trip"
• Normani (featuring 6lack) – "Waves"
• Anderson .Paak (featuring Smokey Robinson) — "Make It Better"

Best K-PopEdit

• BLACKPINK – "Kill This Love"
• BTS (featuring Halsey) – "Boy with Luv"
• Exo – "Tempo"
• Monsta X (featuring French Montana) – "Who Do You Love?"
• NCT 127 – "Regular"
• TXT – "Cat & Dog"

Best LatinEdit

• Anuel AA and Karol G – "Secreto"
• Bad Bunny (featuring Drake) – "Mia"
• Benny Blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez and J Balvin – "I Can't Get Enough"
• Daddy Yankee (featuring Snow) – "Con Calma"
• Maluma – "Mala Mía"
• Rosalía and J Balvin (featuring El Guincho) – "Con altura"

Best DanceEdit

• The Chainsmokers (featuring Bebe Rexha) – "Call You Mine"'
• Clean Bandit (featuring Demi Lovato) – "Solo"
• DJ Snake (featuring Selena Gomez, Ozunaand 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 RockEdit

• 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 GoodEdit

• Jamie N Commons and Skylar Grey(featuring Gallant) – "Runaway Train"
• Halsey – "Nightmare"
• The Killers – "Land of the Free".
• John Legend – "Preach"
• Lil Dicky – "Earth"
• Taylor Swift — "You Need to Calm Down"

Best DirectionEdit

• Billie Eilish — "Bad Guy" (Director: Dave Meyers)
• FKA Twigs – "Cellophane" (Director: Andrew Thomas Huang)
• Ariana Grande — "Thank U, Next" (Director: Hannah Lux Davis)
• Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)" (Director: Calmatic)
• LSD – "No New Friends" (Director: Dano Cerny)
• Taylor Swift — "You Need to Calm Down" (Director: Taylor Swift and Drew Kirsch)

Best Visual EffectsEdit

• DJ Khaled (featuring SZA) – "Just Us" (Visual Effects: GloriaFX, Sergii Mashevskyi and Anatolii Kuzmytskyi)
• Billie Eilish – "When the Party's Over" (Visual Effects: Bryan Fugal of Centralfugal Productions, 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)
• Taylor Swift (featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco) – "Me!" (Visual Effects: Loris Paillier and Lucas Salton for BUF VFX)

Best EditingEdit

• Billie Eilish — "Bad Guy" (Editor: Billie Eilish)
• Ariana Grande – "7 Rings" (Editor: Hannah Lux Davis and Taylor Walsh)
• Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)" (Editor: Calmatic)
• Anderson .Paak (featuring 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 DirectionEdit

• BTS (featuring Halsey) – "Boy with Luv" (Art Directors: JinSil Park and BoNa Kim (MU:E))
• Ariana Grande – "7 Rings" (Art Director: John Richoux)
• Lil Nas X (featuring 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 (featuring Adele Givens) – "I Love It" (Art Director: Tino Schaedler)

Best ChoreographyEdit

• BTS (featuring 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)
• Rosalía and J Balvin (featuring El Guincho) – "Con altura" (Choreographer: Charm La’Donna)
• Solange – "Almeda" (Choreographers: Maya Taylor and Solange Knowles)

Best CinematographyEdit

• Billie Eilish – "Hostage" (Director of Photography: Pau Castejón)
• Ariana Grande — "Thank U, Next" (Director of Photography: Christopher Probst)
• Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello – "Señorita" (Director of Photography: Scott Cunningham)
• Anderson .Paak (featuring Kendrick Lamar) – "Tints" (Director of Photography: Elias Talbot)
• Solange – "Almeda" (Directors of Photography: Chayse Irvin, Ryan Marie Helfant and Justin Hamilton)
• Taylor Swift (featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco) – "Me!" (Director of Photography: Starr Whitesides)

Best Power AnthemEdit

• Miley Cyrus — "Mother's Daughter"
• DJ Khaled (featuring Cardi B and 21 Savage) — "Wish Wish"
• Ariana Grande — "7 Rings"
• Halsey — "Nightmare"
• Lizzo (featuring Missy Elliott) — "Tempo"
• Megan Thee Stallion (featuring Nicki Minajand Ty Dolla Sign) — "Hot Girl Summer"
• Maren Morris — "GIRL"
• Taylor Swift — "You Need to Calm Down"

Song of SummerEdit

• The Chainsmokers (featuring Bebe Rexha) — "Call You Mine"
• Miley Cyrus — "Mother's Daughter"
• DaBaby — "Suge"
• Billie Eilish — "Bad Guy"
• Ariana Grande and Social House — "Boyfriend"
• Jonas Brothers — "Sucker"
• Khalid — "Talk"
• Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) — "Old Town Road (Remix)"
• Lil Tecca — "Ransom"
• Lizzo — "Truth Hurts"
• Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello – "Señorita"
• Post Malone (featuring Young Thug) — "Goodbyes"
• Rosalía and J Balvin (featuring El Guincho) — "Con altura"
• Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber – "I Don't Care"
• Taylor Swift — "You Need to Calm Down"
• Young Thug (featuring J. Cole and Travis Scott) — "The London"

Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
Missy ElliotEdit