UPDATE: Taylor Swift is set to perform at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, marking her first live performance on the ceremony since playing Bad Blood in 2015. Other performers include Bad Bunny, Camila Cabello, J Balvin, Lil Nas X, Lizzo, Rosala and Shawn Mendes.
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Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X lead the nominees for the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards. The ceremony will air live from New Jerseys Prudential Center on Monday, August 26th at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Grande and Swift tied for the most nominations with 10 each. Swifts ME! featuring Panic! At the Discos Brendon Urie was nominated for Best Collaboration, while the songs video received nods for Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematography. The pop stars vibrant LGBT-themed hit You Need to Calm Down received seven nominations: Video of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop, Video for Good, Best Direction, Best Editing and Best Art Direction.
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Grandes Thank U, Next swept up four nominations: Video of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop and Best Cinematography. Grande was also tapped for Artist of the Year and earned nominations for Best Hip Hop (Rule the World featuring 2 Chainz), Best Visual Effects (God is a Woman) and Best Editing and Best Art Direction (7 Rings).
First-time nominee Billie Eilish followed with nine nods, including Push Artist of the Year, Best Pop, Best Direction and Best Editing (Bad Guy), Best Visual Effects (When the Partys Over) and Best Cinematography (Hostage). Lil Nas Xs Old Town Road (Remix) featuring Billy Ray Cyrus was nominated for Song of the Year, Video of the Year, Best Collaboration, Best Hip Hop, Best Direction, Best Editing and Best Art Direction. Both Eilish and Lil Nas X were also nominated for Best New Artist.
Halsey followed with six nods, including Artist of the Year, Video for Good (Nightmare), Best Collaboration, Best Art Direction, Best Choreography and Best K-Pop (Boys with Luv featuring BTS). Shawn Mendes received five nominations, including Artist of the Year, Best Collaboration, Best Art Direction, Best Choreography and Best Cinematography (Seorita with Camila Cabello).
Cabello took home Artist of the Year and Video of the Year for Havana at the 2018 VMAs ceremony. The night closed with Aerosmith, 21 Savage and Post Malone singing Toys in the Attic.
2019 MTV VMA Nominees
Video of the Year
21 Savage ft. J. Cole a lot Epic Records
Billie Eilish Bad Guy Darkroom/Interscope Records
Ariana Grande thank u, next Republic Records
Jonas Brothers Sucker Republic Records
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus Old Town Road (Remix) Columbia Records
Taylor Swift You Need to Calm Down Republic Records
Artist of the Year
Cardi B Atlantic Records
Billie Eilish Darkroom/Interscope Records
Ariana Grande Republic Records
Halsey Astralwerks/Capitol Records
Jonas Brothers Republic Records
Shawn Mendes Island Records
Song of the Year
Drake In My Feelings Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records
Ariana Grande thank u, next Republic Records
Jonas Brothers Sucker Republic Records
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper Shallow Interscope Records
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus Old Town Road (Remix) Columbia Records
Taylor Swift You Need to Calm Down Republic Records
Best New Artist
Ava Max Atlantic Records
Billie Eilish Darkroom/Interscope Records
H.E.R. MBK/RCA Records
Lil Nas X Columbia Records
Lizzo Atlantic Records
ROSALA Columbia Records
Best Collaboration
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus Old Town Road (Remix) Columbia Records
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper Shallow Interscope Records
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello Seorita Island Records
Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco ME! Republic Records
Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber I Dont Care Atlantic Records
BTS ft. Halsey Boy With Luv Columbia Records
Push Artist of the Year
Bazzi Atlantic Records
CNCO RCA Records
Billie Eilish Darkroom/Interscope Records
H.E.R. MBK/RCA Records
Lauv LAUV/AWAL
Lizzo Atlantic Records
Best Pop
5 Seconds of Summer Easier Interscope Records
Cardi B & Bruno Mars Please Me Atlantic Records
Billie Eilish Bad Guy Darkroom/Interscope Records
Ariana Grande thank u, next Republic Records
Jonas Brothers Sucker Republic Records
Taylor Swift You Need to Calm Down Republic Records
Khalid Talk Right Hand Music Group/RCA Records
Best Hip-Hop
2 Chainz ft. Ariana Grande Rule the World 2 Chainz Ps/Def Jam
21 Savage ft. J. Cole a lot Epic Records
Cardi B Money Atlantic Records
DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend Higher We The Best/Epic Records
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus Old Town Road (Remix) Columbia Records
Travis Scott ft. Drake SICKO MODE Epic Records/Grand Hustle/Cactus Jack
Best R&B
Anderson .Paak ft. Smokey Robinson Make It Better Aftermath Ent/12 Tone Music
Childish Gambino Feels Like Summer RCA Records
H.E.R. ft. Bryson Tiller Couldve Been MBK/RCA Records
Alicia Keys Raise A Man RCA Records
Ella Mai Trip 10 Summers/Interscope Records
Normani ft. 6lack Waves Keep Cool/RCA Records
Best K-Pop
BTS ft. Halsey Boy With Luv Columbia Records
BLACKPINK Kill This Love YG Entertainment/Interscope Records
Monsta X ft. French Montana Who Do You Love Epic Records
TOMORROW X TOGETHER Cat & Dog Republic Records
NCT 127 Regular SM Entertainment
EXO Tempo SM Entertainment
Best Latin
Anuel AA, Karol G Secreto Universal Music Latino
Bad Bunny ft. Drake MIA OVO Sound/Warner Bros. Records
Benny Blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez, J Balvin I Cant Get Enough NEON16/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope Records
Daddy Yankee ft. Snow Con Calma Universal Music Latin Entertainment
Maluma Mala Ma Sony Music US Latin
ROSALA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho Con Altura Columbia Records
Best Dance
The Chainsmokers ft. Bebe Rexha Call You Mine Disruptor/Columbia Records
Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato Solo Big Beat/Atlantic Records
DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B Taki Taki DJ Snake Music Productions Ltd/Geffen
David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J Balvin Say My Name Big Beat/Atlantic Records
Marshmello & Bastille Happier Capitol Records
Silk City & Dua Lipa Electricity Columbia Records
Best Rock
The 1975 Love It If We Made It Dirty Hit/Interscope Records
Fall Out Boy Bishops Knife Trick Island Records
Imagine Dragons Natural KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records
Lenny Kravitz Low BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Panic! At The Disco High Hopes Elektra Music Group
twenty one pilots My Blood Elektra Music Group
Video for Good
Halsey Nightmare Astralwerks/Capitol Records
The Killers Land of the Free Island
Jamie N Commons, Skylar Grey ft. Gallant Runaway Train Interscope Records
John Legend Preach Columbia Records
Lil Dicky Earth Dirty Burd, Inc./Commission/BMG
Taylor Swift You Need to Calm Down Republic Records
Best Direction
Billie Eilish Bad Guy Darkroom/Interscope Records Directed by Dave Meyers
FKA twigs Cellophane Young Turks Directed by Andrew Thomas Huang
Ariana Grande thank you, next Republic Records Directed by Hannah Lux Davis
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus Old Town Road (Remix) Columbia Records Directed by Calmatic
LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo No New Friends Columbia Records Directed by Dano Cerny
Taylor Swift You Need to Calm Down Republic Records Directed by Drew Kirsch & Taylor Swift
Best Visual Effects
Billie Eilish when the partys over Darkroom/Interscope Records Visual Effects by Ryan Ross, Andres Jaramillo
FKA twigs Cellophane Young Turks Visual Effects by Matt Chandler, Fabio Zaveti for Analog
Ariana Grande God is a Woman Republic Records Visual Effects by Fabrice Lagayette, Kristina Prilukova & Rebecca Rice for Mathematic
DJ Khaled ft. SZA Just Us We The Best/Epic Records Visual Effects by Sergii Mashevskyi
LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo No New Friends Columbia Records Visual Effects by Ethan Chancer
Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco ME! Republic Records Visual Effects by Loris Paillier & Lucas Salton for BUF VFX
Best Editing
Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar Tints Aftermath Ent/12 Tone Music Editing by Elias Talbot
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus Old Town Road (Remix) Columbia Record Editing by Calmatic
Billie Eilish Bad Guy Darkroom/Interscope Records Editing by Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande 7 Rings Republic Records Editing by Hannah Lux Davis & Taylor Walsh
Solange Almeda Columbia Records Editing by Solange Knowles, Vinnie Hobbs, Jonathon Proctor
Taylor Swift You Need to Calm Down Republic Records Editing by Jarrett Fijal
Best Art Direction
BTS ft. Halsey Boy With Luv Columbia Records Art Direction by JinSil Park, BoNa Kim (MU:E)
Ariana Grande 7 Rings Republic Records Art Direction by John Richoux
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus Old Town Road (Remix) Columbia Records Art Direction by Itaru Dela Vegas
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello Seorita Island Records Art Direction by Tatiana Van Sauter
Taylor Swift You Need to Calm Down Republic Records Art Direction by Brittany Porter
Kanye West and Lil Pump ft. Adele Givens I Love It Warner Records & Def Jam Music Group Art Direction by Tino Schaedler
Best Choreography
FKA twigs Cellophane Young Turks Choreography by Kelly Yvonne
ROSALA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho Con Altura Columbia Records Choreography by Charm LaDonna
LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo No New Friends Columbia Records Choreography by Ryan Heffington
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello Seorita Island Records Choreography by Calvit Hodge, Sara Biv
Solange Almeda Columbia Records Choreography by Maya Taylor, Solange Knowles
BTS ft. Halsey Boy With Luv Columbia Records Choreography by Rie Hata
Best Cinematography
Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar Tints Aftermath Ent/12 Tone Music Cinematography by Elias Talbot
Billie Eilish hostage Darkroom/Interscope Records Cinematography by Pau Castejon
Ariana Grande thank you, next Republic Records Cinematography by Christopher Probst
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello Seorita Island Records Cinematography by Scott Cunningham
Solange Almeda Columbia Records Cinematography by Chayse Irvin, Ryan Marie Helfant, Justin Hamilton
Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco ME! Republic Records Cinematography by Starr Whitesides