The MTV Video Music Awards took place on Sunday night at the Brooklyn Barclays Centre in New York and every moment of the annual event popped off, from the performances of the night to the red carpet style.
The 2021 VMA’s were hosted by Doja Cat, and Lil Nas X as well as Olivia Rodrigo are the artists who walked off with the most awards for the night followed by Justin Bieber who won Artist of the Year and Best Pop Award for his Peaches collab.
Below we have included the complete list of winners as well as our favourite performances of the night featuring Doja Cat, Chlöe Bailey’s debut solo performance and Justin Bieber’s first VMA performance since 2015.
Chlöe Bailey performs Have Mercy
undefinedDoja Cat Performs Been Like This and You Right
Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow perform Industry Baby and Montero
Alicia Keys & Swae Lee Perform LaLa and Empire State of Mind
Justin Bieber & The Kid LAROI Perform Stay and Ghost
Normani Performs Wild Side
undefinedOlivia Rodrigo Performs good 4 u
Busta Rhymes and Spliff Star Perform a Medley of Hits
The MTV Video Music Award Winners
Best Editing - Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic: "Leave the Door Open" – Aftermath Entertainment/Atlantic Records – Editing by: Troy Charbonnet
Best Choreography - Harry Styles – "Treat People With Kindness" – Columbia Records
Best Visual Effects - Lil Nas X: "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" – Columbia Records – Visual Effects by: Mathematic
Best Art Direction - Saweetie ft. Doja Cat: "Best Friend" – Warner Records – Art Direction by: Alec Contestabile
Best Cinematography - Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, WizKid: "Brown Skin Girl" – Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records – Cinematography by: Benoit Soler, Malik H. Sayeed, Mohammaed Atta Ahmed, Santiago Gonzalez, Ryan Helfant
Best Direction - Lil Nas X: "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" – Columbia Records – Directed by: Lil Nas X and Tanu Muino
Video for Good - Billie Eilish: "Your Power" – Darkroom/Interscope Records
Best K-Pop - BTS – "Butter" – Bighit Music
Best R&B - Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic: "Leave the Door Open" – Aftermath Entertainment/Atlantic Records
Best Latin - Billie Eilish & Rosalía: "Lo Vas A Olvidar" – Darkroom/Interscope Records
Best Alternative - Machine Gun Kelly ft. Blackbear: "My Ex's Best Friend" – Bad Boy/Interscope Records
Best Rock - John Mayer: "Last Train Home" – Columbia Records
Best Hip-Hop - Travis Scott ft. Young Thug & M.I.A.: "Franchise" – Cactus Jack/Epic Records
Best Pop - Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon: "Peaches" – Def Jam
Best Collaboration - Doja Cat ft. SZA: "Kiss Me More" – Kemosabe Records/RCA Records
Push Performance of the Year - Olivia Rodrigo: "Drivers License" – Geffen Records
Best New Artist - Olivia Rodrigo – Geffen Records
Song of the Year- Olivia Rodrigo: "Drivers License" – Geffen Records
Artist of the Year - Justin Bieber – Def Jam
Video of the Year - Lil Nas X: "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" – Columbia Records
Global Icon Award - Foo Fighters
Group of the Year - BTS
