MTV VMAs 2022: Complete List of Winners and Nominees

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Music’s biggest party! Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Olivia Rodrigo and more fan-favorite artists are nominated for the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow are set to cohost the ceremony at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Sunday, August 28.

Along with emceeing the event, the “Starships” rapper, 39, will be honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.“Nicki has broken barriers for women in hip-hop with her versatility and creative artistry,” Bruce Gillmer, president of music, music talent, programming and events at Paramount+ said in a statement ahead of the awards show. “She has shifted the music industry and cemented her status as a global superstar with her crossover appeal, genre-defying style and continuing to be unapologetically ‘Nicki.'”Minaj went on to celebrate her accomplishment via social media. “I’m receiving the Video Vanguard Award at the 2022 #VMAs!” she wrote via Instagram after the news was announced. “You DO NOT !!!!

I REPEAT!!!! You do NOTTTTTT want to miss my performance.”Harlow, 24, is also anticipated to have a big night. The “First Class” rapper is tied with Styles, 28, for the highest number of nominations at the 2022 ceremony.

The musicians each have eight opportunities to take home a coveted Moon Person trophy and are going head to head in the Artist of the Year category. Billie Eilish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, The Weeknd and Swift, 32, follow closely behind with five nominations each.The “Fearless” songstress, who dropped her new and improved version of 2012’s Red last year, has the chance to win Best Longform Video, Best Direction and Best Cinematography for All Too Well: The Short Film.