MTV tarafından yılın en iyi müzik videolarının ödüllendirildiği "MTV Video Müzik Ödülleri"nin sahipleri, bu sene 28 Ağustos'da New Jersey'deki Newark'taki Prudential Center'da gerçekleşecek olan törenle belli olacak. Kendrick Lamar, Lil Nas X ve Jack Harlow, yedişer adaylıkla en fazla aday gösterilenler arasında yer alıyor. 

Önceki sene pandemi dolayısıyla gördüğümüz "En İyi Karantina Performansı" kategorisi bu sene yerini Metaverse kategorisine bıraktı.  Adaylıkların devamı ise kategorilerine göre şu şekilde:

Yılın Videosu:

Doja Cat - Woman
Drake Featuring Future & Young Thug - Way 2 Sexy
Ed Sheeran - Shivers
Harry Styles - As It Was
Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - Industry Baby
Olivia Rodrigo - Brutal
Taylor Swift - All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)

Yılın Sanatçısı:

Bad Bunny
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles
Jack Harlow
Lil Nas X
Lizzo

Yılın Şarkısı:

Adele - Easy on Me
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
Doja Cat - Woman
Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)
Lizzo - About Damn Time
The Kid La & Jroiustin Bieber - Stay

En İyi Yeni Sanatçı:

Baby Keem
Dove Cameron
Gayle
Latto
Måneskin
Seventeen

En İyi İş Birliği:

Drake Featuring Future & Young Thug - Way 2 Sexy
Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)
Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - Industry Baby
Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa - Sweetest Pie
Post Malone & The Weeknd - One Right Now
Rosalía Featuring The Weeknd - La Fama
The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber - Stay

En İyi Pop Şarkısı:

Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
Doja Cat - Woman
Ed Sheeran - Shivers
Harry Styles - As It Was
Lizzo - About Damn Time
Olivia Rodrigo - Traitor

En İyi Hip-Hop Şarkısı:

Eminem & Snoop Dogg - From the D 2 the LBC
Future Featuring Drake & Tems - Wait for U
Kendrick Lamar - N95
Latto - Big Energy
Nicki Minaj Featuring Lil Baby - Do We Have a Problem?
Pusha T - Diet Coke

En İyi Rock Şarkısı:

Foo Fighters - Love Dies Young
Jack White - Taking Me Back
Muse - Won’t Stand Down
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Black Summer
Shinedown - Planet Zero
Three Days Grace - So Called Life

En İyi Alternatif Şarkısı:

Avril Lavigne Featuring Blackbear - Love It When You Hate Me
Imagine Dragons & J.I.D - Enemy
Machine Gun Kelly Featuring Willow - Emo Girl
Måneskin - I Wanna Be Your Slave
Panic! at the Disco - Viva las Vengeance
Twenty One Pilots - Saturday
Willow & Avril Lavigne Featuring Travis Barker - Grow

En İyi Latin Şarkısı:

Anitta - Envolver
Bad Bunny - Tití Me Preguntó
Becky G & Karol G - Mamiii
Daddy Yankee - REMIX
Farruko - Pepas
J Balvin & Skrillex - In da Getto

En İyi R&B Şarkısı:

Alicia Keys - City of Gods (Part II)
Chlöe - Have Mercy
H.E.R. - For Anyone
Normani Featuring Cardi B - Wild Side
Summer Walker, SZA & Cardi B - No Love (Extended Version)
The Weeknd - Out Of Time

En İyi K-Pop Şarkısı:

BTS - Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)
Itzy - Loco
Lisa - Lalisa
Seventeen - Hot
Stray Kids - Maniac
Twice - The Feels

En İyi Sosyal Mesaj İçeren Müzik Videosu:

Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5
Latto - P*ssy
Lizzo - About Damn Time
Rina Sawayama - This Hell
Stromae - Fils de joie

En İyi Metaverse Performansı:

Blackpink the Virtual - PUBG
BTS - Minecraft
Charli XCX - Roblox
Justin Bieber – An Interactive Virtual Experience - Wave
Rift Tour Featuring Ariana Grande - Fortnite
Twenty One Pilots Concert Experience - Roblox

En İyi Sinematografi:

Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – “family ties”
Camila Cabello ft. Ed Sheeran – “Bam Bam” 
Harry Styles – “As It Was” 
Kendrick Lamar – “N95” 
Normani ft. Cardi B – “Wild Side”
Taylor Swift – “All Too Well” (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version)

En İyi Yönetmen:

Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar - Family Ties
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
Ed Sheeran - Shivers
Harry Styles - As It Was
Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - Industry Baby
Taylor Swift - All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)

En İyi Sanat Yönetmeni:

Adele - Oh My God
Doja Cat - Get Into It (Yuh)
Drake Featuring Future & Young Thug - Way 2 Sexy
Kacey Musgraves - Simple Times
Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow  - Industry Baby
Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa - Sweetest Pie

En İyi Görsel Efektler:

Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
Coldplay & BTS - My Universe
Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5
Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - Industry Baby
Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa - Sweetest Pie
The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber - Stay

En İyi Koreografi:

BTS - Permission to Dance
Doja Cat - Woman
FKA twigs Featuring The Weeknd - Tears in the Club
Harry Styles - As It Was
Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - Industry Baby
Normani Featuring Cardi B - Wild Side

En İyi Düzenleme:

Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar - Family Ties
Doja Cat - Get Into It (Yuh)
Olivia Rodrigo - Brutal
Rosalía - Saoko
Taylor Swift - All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)
The Weeknd - Take My Breath