Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande & Billie Eilish Lead 2019 MTV VMA Nominations!

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• 21 Savage ft. J. Cole –  “a lot”
• Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy”
• Ariana Grande – “thank u, next”
• Jonas Brothers – “Sucker”
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)”
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

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

SONG OF THE YEAR

• Drake – “In My Feelings”
• Ariana Grande – “thank u, next”
• Jonas Brothers – “Sucker”
• Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow”
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)”
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”

BEST NEW ARTIST

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

BEST COLLABORATION

• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)”
• Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow”
• Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita”
• Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco – “ME!”
• Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber – “I Don’t Care”
• BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv”

PUSH ARTIST OF THE YEAR

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

BEST POP

• 5 Seconds of Summer – “Easier”
• Cardi B & Bruno Mars – “Please Me”
• Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy”
• Khalid – “Talk”
• Ariana Grande – “thank u, next”
• Jonas Brothers – “Sucker”
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”

BEST HIP HOP

• 2 Chainz ft. Ariana Grande – “Rule the World”
• 21 Savage ft. J. Cole –  “a lot”
• Cardi B – “Money”
• DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend – “Higher”
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)”
• Travis Scott ft. Drake – “SICKO MODE”

BEST R&B

• Anderson .Paak ft. Smokey Robinson – “Make It Better”
• Childish Gambino – “Feels Like Summer”
• H.E.R. ft. Bryson Tiller – “Could’ve Been”
• Alicia Keys – “Raise A Man”
• Ella Mai – “Trip”
• Normani ft. 6lack – “Waves”

BEST K-POP

• BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv”
• BLACKPINK – “Kill This Love”
• Monsta X ft. French Montana – “Who Do You Love”
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER – “Cat & Dog”
• NCT 127 – “Regular”
• EXO – “Tempo”

BEST LATIN

• Anuel AA, Karol G – “Secreto”
• Bad Bunny ft. Drake – “MIA”
• benny blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez, J Balvin – “I Can’t Get Enough”
• Daddy Yankee ft. Snow – “Con Calma”
• Maluma – “Mala Mía”
• ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho – “Con Altura”

BEST DANCE

• The Chainsmokers ft. Bebe Rexha – “Call You Mine”
• Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato – “Solo”
• DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B – “Taki Taki”
• David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J Balvin – “Say My Name”
• Marshmello & Bastille – “Happier”
• Silk City & Dua Lipa – “Electricity”

BEST ROCK

• 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 GOOD

• Halsey – “Nightmare”
• The Killers – “Land of the Free”
• Jamie N Commons, Skylar Grey ft. Gallant – “Runaway Train”
• John Legend – “Preach”
• Lil Dicky – “Earth”
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down”

BEST DIRECTION

• Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” – Directed by Dave Meyers
• FKA twigs – “Cellophane” – Directed by Andrew Thomas Huang
• Ariana Grande – “thank you, next” Directed by Hannah Lux Davis
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Directed by Calmatic?
• LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo – “No New Friends” – Directed by Dano Cerny?
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Directed by Drew Kirsch & Taylor Swift

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Billie Eilish – “when the party’s over” – Visual Effects by Ryan Ross, Andres Jaramillo
• FKA twigs – “Cellophane” – Visual Effects by Matt Chandler, Fabio Zaveti for Analog
• Ariana Grande – “God is a Woman” – Visual Effects by Fabrice Lagayette, Kristina Prilukova & Rebecca Rice for Mathematic
• DJ Khaled ft. SZA – “Just Us” – Visual Effects by Sergii Mashevskyi?
• LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo – “No New Friends” – Visual Effects by Ethan Chancer?
• Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco – “ME!” – Visual Effects by Loris Paillier & Lucas Salton for BUF VFX?

BEST EDITING

• Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Tints” – Editing by Elias Talbot
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Editing by Calmatic?
• Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” – Editing by Billie Eilish
• Ariana Grande – “7 Rings” – Editing by Hannah Lux Davis & Taylor Walsh
• Solange – “Almeda” – Editing by Solange Knowles, Vinnie Hobbs, Jonathon Proctor
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Editing by Jarrett Fijal

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BEST ART DIRECTION

• BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv” – Art Direction by JinSil Park, BoNa Kim (MU:E)
• Ariana Grande – “7 Rings” – Art Direction by John Richoux?
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – Art Direction by Itaru Dela Vegas
• Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita” – Art Direction by Tatiana Van Sauter?
• Taylor Swift – “You Need to Calm Down” – Art Direction by Brittany Porter
• Kanye West and Lil’ Pump ft. Adele Givens – “I Love It” – Art Direction by Tino Schaedler

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BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

• FKA twigs – “Cellophane” – Choreography by Kelly Yvonne
• ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho – “Con Altura” – Choreography by Charm La’Donna?
• LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo – “No New Friends” – Choreography by Ryan Heffington?
• Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita” – Choreography by Calvit Hodge, Sara Biv
• Solange – “Almeda” – Choreography by Maya Taylor, Solange Knowles
• BTS ft. Halsey – “Boy With Luv” – Choreography by Rie Hata

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Tints” – Cinematography by Elias Talbot
• Billie Eilish – “hostage” – Cinematography by Pau Castejon
• Ariana Grande – “thank you, next” – Cinematography by Christopher Probst?
• Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita” – Cinematography by Scott Cunningham
• Solange – “Almeda” – Cinematography by Chayse Irvin, Ryan Marie Helfant, Justin Hamilton
• Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco – “ME!” – Cinematography by Starr Whitesides