2024 MTV Video Music Awards: Espresso, sung by Sabrina Carpenter, took home the Song of the Year title. The first prize for greatest collaboration at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards went to Taylor Swift and Post Malone. Women dominated the awards ceremony, with Chappell Roan’s inventive, medieval set being as the prime example. (Also Read | VMA 2024 highlights: Sabrina Carpenter, BLACKPINK Lisa, and Taylor Swift jam out to Eminem while remembering 9/11.)
As the first-ever host, Megan Thee Stallion greeted the audience and made a joke about how the VMAs now stand for the “voluptuous Megan awards.” Later on, she gave a performance. LISA of BLACKPINK made her debut on the VMA stage as a solo performer, soaring through her two brand-new tracks, Rockstar and New Woman. After much anticipation, Shawn Mendes returned.
View the complete list of winners (updated in real time) here: Year’s Best Video
Republic Records – Ariana Grande – We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)
Billie Eilish, “Lunch,” Interscope/Darkroom Records
Paint the Town Red by Doja Cat, released by Kemosabe Records and RCA Records
Eminem / Aftermath / Interscope Records / Houdini / Shady
RCA Records / Top Dawg Entertainment / SZA – Snooze
WINNER: Post Malone and Taylor Swift’s “Fortnight” via Republic Records
Year’s Best Artist
Ariana Grande – Record Label Republic
Rimas Entertainment – Bad Bunny Shady
by Eminem, Aftermath, and Interscope Records
Island’s Sabrina Carpenter
SZA – RCA Records / Top Dawg Entertainment
Republic Records’ Taylor Swift won the song of the year award.
Columbia Records / Parkwood Entertainment / Beyoncé – Texas Hold ‘Em
Jack Harlow, “Lovin on Me,” Atlantic Records, Generation Now
The song “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar is exclusively licensed to Interscope Records.
Sabrina Carpenter of Espresso, Island is the winner.
Post Malone and Taylor Swift – Fortnight – Republic Records
Teddy Swims Warner Records, “Lose Control”
finest new musician
Chappell Roan, Island, is the winner.
Interscope Records / Gracie Abrams
Best collaboration
Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA – Rich Baby Daddy– OVO / Republic Records
GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion – Wanna Be– CMG / Interscope Records
Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll – Wild Ones– Columbia Records
Jung Kook feat. Latto – Seven– BIGHIT MUSIC / Geffen Records
Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen – I Had Some Help– Mercury / Republic / Big Loud
greatest cooperation
Rich Baby Daddy by Drake, Sexyy Red, and SZA – OVO / Republic Records
Megan Thee Stallion & GloRilla – Wanna Be – CMG / Interscope Records
Columbia Records / Jessie Murph featuring Jelly Roll – Wild Ones
Latto and Jung Kook – Seven – BIGHIT MUSIC / Geffen Records
I Had Some Help by Post Malone with Morgan Wallen – Mercury / Republic / Big Loud
WINNER: Post Malone and Taylor Swift’s “Fortnight” on Republic Records
greatest pop
Camila Cabello – Interscope/Geffen Records
Warner Records / Dua Lipa
Olivia Rodrigo – Record Label Geffen
Island’s Sabrina Carpenter
WINNER: Republic Records’ Taylor Swift
Top hip-hop
Rich Baby Daddy by Drake, Sexyy Red, and SZA – OVO / Republic Records
WINNER: Interscope Records / Aftermath / Houdini / Shady / Eminem
GloRilla – Glo, indeed!- Interscope/CMG Records
Young Stoner Life Records / 300 Entertainment / Gunna – fukumean
Hot Girl Productions – BOA – Megan Thee Stallion
Playboi Carti and Travis Scott – FE!N / Cactus Jack / Epic Records
SZA – Sleep – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records – Winner
Epic Records / FAX Records / Tyla – Water
Usher, Summer Walker, and 21 Savage – Mega/gamma/Good Good.
Victoria Monét / Lovett Music / RCA Records – On My Mama
WINNER: Benson Boone, Night Street Records, Inc. / Warner Records, “Beautiful Things”
Bleachers: Small Motions: Unclean Hit
Columbia Records, “Too Sweet” by Hozier
Imagine Dragons / KIDinaKorner / Interscope Records – Eyes Closed
Warner Records / Linkin Park – Friendly Fire – This Compilation
Teddy Swims Warner Records – Lose Control (Live)
Best of rock
Island’s Legendary Bon Jovi
Feels Like I’m Falling in Love by Coldplay – Atlantic Records
Warner Records / Reprise Records / Green Day – Dilemma
Capitol Records – Mustang by Kings of Leon
WINNER: Republic Records/Universal Music Latin Entertainment/Anitta-Mil Veces-Floresta Records
Monaco’s Bad Bunny – Rimas Entertainment
Karol G – Bichota / Interscope Records – Mi Ex Tenía Razón
Myke Towers – Warner Music Latina – LaLa
Peso Pluma & Anitta – Double P Records – Bellakeo
Top Afrobeats Songs
The Last Heartbreak Song – Mavin / Republic – featuring Ayra Starr and Giveon
Atlantic Records / Burna Boy – City Boys – Spaceship / Bad Habit
Sensational – Chris Brown Entertainment / RCA Records ft. Davido & Lojay
Tems – Love Me JeJe / RCA Records – Since ’93
WINNER: RCA Records / LISA – Rockstar – Loud Co.
Smoothie by NCT Dream, SM Entertainment, a division of Virgin Music Group
Super Shy by NewJeans / ADOR / Geffen Records
JYP Entertainment / Imperial / Republic Records – Stray Kids – LALALALA
Republic Records / TOMORROW X TOGETHER – Deja vu – BIGHIT MUSIC / IMPERIAL
WINNER: Darkroom / Interscope Records’ “What Was I Made For (From Barbie)” by Billie Eilish
Feels Like I’m Falling in Love by Coldplay – Atlantic Records
Joyner Lucas & Jelly Roll – Best for Me- Twenty Nine Music Group
RAYE – Genesis – Human Origins
In Your Love by Tyler Childers, released by RCA Records and Hickman Holler Records
MTV’s annual push performance
August 2023: Area Codes for Kaliii in Atlantic Records
GloRilla – Lick or Sum – CMG / Interscope Records, September 2023
October 2023: Warner Records / Night Street Records, Inc. / Benson Boone – In the Stars
November 2023: Def Jam – Coco Jones – ICU
December 2023: RCA Records/Lovett Music / Victoria Monét – On My Mama
Columbia Records – Jessie Murph – Wild Ones (January 2024)
Teddy Swims, “Lose Control,” Warner Records, February 2024
March 2024: Island of Chappell Roan, Red Wine Supernova
Flyana Boss – yeaaa – vnclm_/ Atlantic Records April 2024
Laufey – Goddess – Laufey / AWAL, May 2024
June 2024: Geffen Records / LE SSERAFIM – EASY-SOURCE MUSIC
July 2024: Republic Records / The Warning – Automatic Sun – Lava
The VMAs’ Most Memorable Performance
Beyoncé (2011) – Love on Top
Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Missy Elliott, Britney Spears – Like a Virgin & Hollywood (2003)
The Real Slim Shady & The Way I Am by Eminem (2000)
WINNER: Roar (2013) by Katy Perry
Lady Gaga – The Paparazzi
Like a Virgin by Madonna (1984)
You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift (2009)
Top-Trending Video
Columbia Records / Parkwood Entertainment / Beyoncé – Texas Hold ‘Em
I Luv It by Camila Cabello and Playboi Carti is available through Geffen/Interscope Records.
UMG Recordings, Inc.’s Amusement Records and Island Records are the labels of Chappell Roan’s song “Hot to Go!”
Charli XCX – Atlantic Records – Apple
WINNER: Mamushi-Hot Girl Productions’ Megan Thee Stallion with Yuki Chiba
Nasty-Nice Life Recording Company – Tinashe
Top Group
*NSYNC – Record Company
Coldplay – Atlantic Records
Imagine Dragons / Interscope Records – KIDinaKorner
Virgin Music Group / SM Entertainment / NCT Dream
ADOR / Geffen Records / NewJeans
Geffen Records / PLEDIS Entertainment Presents SEVENTEEN
Republic Records / TOMORROW X TOGETHER – BIGHIT MUSIC / Imperial
Eleven Pilots – Driven by Ramen
Summer Song
Republic Records – Ariana Grande – We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)
Benson Boone / Warner Records / Night Street Records, Inc. – Beautiful Things
Billie Eilish – Darkroom / Interscope Records – Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan – Best of luck, my love!A part of UMG Recordings, Inc. is Amusement Records / Island Records.
Guess with Billie Eilish by Charli XCX and Billie Eilish – Atlantic Records
Eminem / Aftermath / Interscope Records / Houdini / Shady
Future, Metro Boomin, and Kendrick Lamar – Like That – Epic / Republic / Wilburn Holding Co. / Boominati
Megan Thee Stallion and GloRilla – Wanna Be – CMG / Interscope Records
Columbia Records, “Too Sweet” by Hozier
The song “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar is exclusively licensed to Interscope Records.
I Had Some Help by Post Malone with Morgan Wallen – Mercury / Republic / Big Loud
Sabrina Carpenter: Island, Please, Please,
Shaboozey – A Bar Song (Tipsy) – EMPIRE / American Dogwood
Saturn, Top Dawg Entertainment, and RCA Records present SZA.
Best direction
Christian Breslauer is the director of Ariana Grande’s Republic Records song, “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love).”
Alex Lockett and Margaret Qualley are the directors of Bleachers: Tiny Moves: Dirty Hit.
Rich Lee is the director of Eminem’s “Houdini-Shady” album on Interscope Records via Aftermath.
Daniel Iglesias Jr. is the director of BOA-Hot Girl Productions’ Megan Thee Stallion.
Sabrina Carpenter, “Please Please Please,” Island; Barbia Zeinali, director
WINNER: Taylor Swift and Post Malone, “Fortnight,” directed by Taylor Swift, released by Republic Records
Charli XCX – Von Dutch – Atlantic Records; Jeff Bierman did the cinematography
Warner Records, Dua Lipa, “Illusion”; cinematography by Nikita Nuzmenko
Geffen Records’ “Obsessed” Olivia Rodrigo, with cinematography by Marz Miller
Cinematography by Camilo Monsalve for “Touching the Sky” by Rauw Alejandro, available through Sony Music Latin and Duars Entertainment
Post Malone and Taylor Swift’s “Fortnight” (Republic Records); Rodrigo Prieto directed the film
finest rewriting
Editing by Nick Yumul; Anitta – Mil Veces – Floresta Records / Republic Records / Universal Music Latin Entertainment
Luis Caraza Peimbert edited Ariana Grande’s song “We Can’t Be Friends” (Republic Records); the song is about waiting for your love.
David Checel edited the song “Eminem – Houdini – Shady” from Aftermath/Interscope Records.
Nik Kohler edited LISA – Rockstar – Loud Co. / RCA Records.
Espresso-Island’s Sabrina Carpenter; editing by Jai Shukla
WINNER: Eminem, “Houdini-Shady,” produced by Synapse Virtual Production, Louise Lee, Rich Lee, Metaphysic, and Flawless Post; visual effects by Aftermath / Interscope Records
Justin Timberlake, “Selfish,” RCA Records; Candice Dragonas created the visual effects.
Megan Thee Stallion, BOA, Hot Girl Productions; Mathematic created the visual effects.
Olivia Rodrigo—get him back!—Geffen Records; Cooper Vacheron, Preston Mohr, Karen Arakelian, and Justin Johnson provided the visual effects.
Visual effects by Parliament; Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – Fortnight, Republic Records
Top-notch art direction
Charli XCX, “360,” Atlantic Records; Grace Surnow, art director
RCA Records / LISA – Rockstar; art directed by Pongsan Thawatwichian
WINNER: Brittany Porter served as art director for Megan Thee Stallion of BOA-Hot Girl Productions.
Olivia Rodrigo: not a good idea, huh?- Geffen Records; Nichaolas des Jardins was the art director.
Sabrina Carpenter, “Please, Please, Please”; Nicholas des Jardins, art director
Art directed by Ethan Tobman, Taylor Swift and Post Malone – Fortnight (Republic Records)