Here Are All the Performers & Presenters for 2022 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards air tonight, August 28, at 8 p.m. Eastern. The show takes place in front of a live audience at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center. As always, there are going to be a ton of performances during the broadcast. Among the 2022 performers are Nicki Minaj, Jack Harlow, Lizzo, Måneskin, J Balvin, Anitta, and more.
Music’s biggest party! Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Olivia Rodrigo and more fan-favorite artists are nominated for the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.
Avril Lavigne, DJ Khaled, Latto, Bebe Rexha and Becky G, among others will present awards at the 2022 MTV Music Awards. The show is set to air live from Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Sunday, Aug. 28 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
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Bad Bunny will perform live from his tour stop at Yankee Stadium. Jack Harlow is the only video of the year nominee who is set to perform on the show.
Two collaborative performances are set – Eminem and Snoop Dogg will performing their new single “From the D2 the LBC.” Marshmello x Khalid will perform their single “Numb.”
Doja Cat, Harlow and Harry Styles are this year’s top nominees, with eight nods each. They are followed by Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Lil Nas X (seven nods each); Billie Eilish (six nods); and BTS, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Future, Lizzo, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd (five nods each). The full list is here. Voting for best new artist remains active into show.
Check out the full list of performers for the pre-show and main ceremony below. Find out how to watch and stream the 2022 VMAs here.
2022 MTV Video Music Awards performers
Anitta
Blackpink performing “Pink Venom”
Conan Gray
Dove Cameron
Eminem and Snoop Dogg
Flo Milli
J Balvin
Jack Harlow
JID
Kane Brown
Lauren Spencer Smith
Lizzo performing “2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)”
Måneskin performing “Supermodel”
Marshmello and Khalid
Nicki Minaj
Panic! at the Disco
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Saucy Santana
Yung Gravy
2022 MTV VMAs nominees
Video of the Year
Doja Cat – “Woman”
Drake (featuring Future and Young Thug) – “Way 2 Sexy”
Ed Sheeran – “Shivers”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby”
Olivia Rodrigo – “Brutal”
Taylor Swift – All Too Well: The Short Film
Song of the Year
Adele – “Easy on Me”
Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever”
Doja Cat – “Woman”
Elton John and Dua Lipa – “Cold Heart (Pnau remix)”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – “Stay”
Artist of the Year
Bad Bunny
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles
Jack Harlow
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Best New Artist
Baby Keem
Dove Cameron
Gayle
Latto
Måneskin
Seventeen
Best Collaboration
Drake (featuring Future and Young Thug) – “Way 2 Sexy”
Elton John and Dua Lipa – “Cold Heart (Pnau remix)”
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby”
Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa – “Sweetest Pie”
Post Malone and The Weeknd – “One Right Now”
Rosalía (featuring The Weeknd) – “La Fama”
The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – “Stay”
Best Pop
Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever”
Doja Cat – “Woman”
Ed Sheeran – “Shivers”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
Olivia Rodrigo – “Traitor”
Best Hip Hop
Eminem and Snoop Dogg – “From the D 2 the LBC”
Future (featuring Drake and Tems) – “Wait for U”
Kendrick Lamar – “N95”
Latto – “Big Energy”
Nicki Minaj (featuring Lil Baby) – “Do We Have a Problem?”
Pusha T – “Diet Coke”
Group of the Year
Blackpink
BTS
City Girls
Foo Fighters
Imagine Dragons
Måneskin
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Silk Sonic
Song of the Summer
Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone – “Me Porto Bonito”
Beyoncé – “Break My Soul”
Charlie Puth (featuring Jungkook) – “Left and Right”
Doja Cat – “Vegas”
Future (featuring Drake and Tems) – “Wait for U”
Harry Styles – “Late Night Talking”
Jack Harlow – “First Class”
Kane Brown – “Grand”
Latto and Mariah Carey (featuring DJ Khaled) – “Big Energy (Remix)”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
Marshmello and Khalid – “Numb”
Nicki Minaj – “Super Freaky Girl”
Nicky Youre and dazy – “Sunroof”
Post Malone (featuring Doja Cat) – “I Like You (A Happier Song)”
Rosalía – “Bizcochito”
Steve Lacy – “Bad Habit”
Best Alternative
Avril Lavigne (featuring Blackbear) – “Love It When You Hate Me”
Imagine Dragons and JID – “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 and Avril Lavigne (featuring Travis Barker) – “Grow”
And More!
Best R&B
Alicia Keys – “City of Gods (Part II)”
Chlöe – “Have Mercy”
H.E.R. – “For Anyone”
Normani (featuring Cardi B) – “Wild Side”
Summer Walker, SZA and Cardi B – “No Love” (Extended Version)
The Weeknd – “Out of Time”
Best K-Pop
BTS – “Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)”
Itzy – “Loco”
Lisa – “Lalisa”
Seventeen – “Hot”
Stray Kids – “Maniac”
Twice – “The Feels”
Best Rock
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”
Best Latin
Anitta – “Envolver”
Bad Bunny – “Tití Me Preguntó”
Becky G and Karol G – “Mamiii”
Daddy Yankee – “Remix”
Farruko – “Pepas”
J Balvin and Skrillex – “In da Getto”
Video for Good
Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 5”
Latto – “Pussy”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
Rina Sawayama – “This Hell”
Stromae – “Fils de Joie”
Best Metaverse Performance
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)
Best Choreography
BTS – “Permission to Dance” (Choreographers: Big Hit Music Performance Directing Team)
Doja Cat – “Woman” (Choreographer: “Fullout Cortland” [Cortland Brown])
FKA Twigs (featuring The Weeknd) – “Tears in the Club” (Choreographers: Sean Bankhead and Zoï Tatopoulos)
Harry Styles – “As It Was” (Choreographer: Yoann Bourgeois)
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby” (Choreographer: Sean Bankhead)
Normani (featuring Cardi B) – “Wild Side” (Choreographer: Sean Bankhead)
Best Editing
Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar – “Family Ties” (Editor: Neal Farmer)
Doja Cat – “Get Into It (Yuh)” (Editor: Mike Diva)
Olivia Rodrigo – “Brutal” (Editor: Alyssa Oh from Rock Paper Scissors)
Rosalía – “Saoko” (Editors: Valentin Petit and Jon Echeveste)
Taylor Swift – All Too Well: The Short Film (Editor: Ted Guard)
The Weeknd – “Take My Breath” (Editor: Nick Rondeau)
Best Cinematography
Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar – “Family Ties” (Director of Photography: Bruce Cole)
Camila Cabello (featuring Ed Sheeran) – “Bam Bam” (Director of Photography: David Bolen)
Harry Styles – “As It Was” (Director of Photography: Nikita Kuzmenko)
Kendrick Lamar – “N95” (Director of Photography: Adam Newport-Berra)
Normani (featuring Cardi B) – “Wild Side” (Director of Photography: Nikita Kuzmenko)
Taylor Swift – All Too Well: The Short Film (Director of Photography: Rina Yang)
Best Visual Effects
Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever” (Visual Effects: Ingenuity Studios)
Coldplay and BTS – “My Universe” (Visual Effects: AMGI, BUF, Ingenuity, Rodeo FX and Territory Studio)
Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 5” (Visual Effects: Deep Voodoo)
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow – “Industry Baby” (Visual Effects: Cameo FX)
Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa – “Sweetest Pie” (Visual Effects: Mário Dubec at UPP)
The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – “Stay” (Visual Effects: Digital Axis)
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