Taylor Swift was the top winner at the 2022 MTV EMAs, held on Sunday (November 13) at the PSD Bank Dome in Dusseldorf, Germany. Swift received four awards – Best Artist, Best Video, Best Pop, and Best Long Form Video for “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”.
This is Swift’s second win for Best Video. She won three years ago for her ME! collaboration with Brendon Urie.
Nicki Minaj, David Guetta and SEVENTEEN each won two awards. Minaj won Best Song for “Super Freaky Girl” and Best Hip-Hop. Guetta won Best Collaboration for “I’m Good (Blue)”, a collaboration with Bebe Rexha, and Best Electronic Music. SEVENTEEN was awarded Best Newcomer and Best Push.
Harry Styles, who was this year’s top nominee with seven nominations, only won one award – Best Live. The category was reintroduced after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.
Rita Ora and Taika Waititi co-hosted the show, which featured several of the night’s winners – Guetta and Rexha, Muse (Best Rock) and Gorillaz (Best Alternative).
OneRepublic performed “I Ain’t Worried” from the blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick, following a video introduction by the film’s star, Tom Cruise. The show also featured appearances from Ava Max; Stormzy with Debbie; GAYLE; Lewis Capaldi; Tate McRae; SPINALL, Ayanna and Nasty C; Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra and Thundercat (who performed with Gorillaz).
Up-and-coming West Philadelphia rapper Armani White performed his hit song “Billie Eilish.” during the EMA Red Carpet Show.
There were two new categories this year – Best Long Form Video (which went to Swift) and Best Metaverse Performance (which went to BLACKPINK).
Co-host Ora received a special award for Best Personal Style Look.
This year’s MTV EMA Generation Change Award went to three Ukrainian women – Lina Deshvar, Anna Kutova and Anfisa Yankovina – for their fight for the welfare and rights of those affected by the humanitarian crisis in that country. MTV Entertainment Group selected the award winners in partnership with Choose Love, a humanitarian non-profit organization that provides relief and care to refugees around the world. This award was established in 2018. The recipients were honored during the MTV EMA Red Carpet Show.
The show also featured performances by Lauren Spencer Smith, David Hasselhoff, Julian Lennon and Sam Ryder, among others.
The MTV EMAs aired on November 13 across MTV’s global network in more than 170 countries and on Pluto TV in select territories in the United States, Latin America and Europe, and on Comedy Central in Germany. It will be available worldwide on Paramount+ and Pluto TV starting November 14th.
This year the show took place in Germany for the sixth time. Bruce Gilmer and Richard Godfrey were executive producers. Debbie Phillips and Chloe Mason were producers.
Here is a full list of nominees with verified winners:
best song
Bad Bunny, Chencho Corleone – “Me Porto Bonito”
Harry Styles – “The Way It Was”
Jack Harlow – “First Class”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
WINNER: Nicki Minaj – “Super Freaky Girl”
Rosalía – “Despechá”
best video
BLACKPINK – “Pink Poison”
Doja Cat – “woman”
Harry Styles – “The Way It Was”
Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 5”
Nicki Minaj – “Super Freaky Girl”
WINNER: Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”
Best Artist
Adele
beyonce
Harry Styles
Nicky Minaj
Rosalia
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Best new
baby keem
Dove Cameron
Gayle
WINNER: Seventeen
Stefan Sanchez
times
Best cooperation
Bad Bunny, Chencho Corleone – “Me Porto Bonito”
WINNER: David Guetta & Bebe Rexha – “I’m Good (Blue)”
DJ Khaled ft. Drake & Lil Baby – “Staying Alive”
Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa – “Sweetest Cake”
Post Malone with Doja Cat – “I Like You (A Happier Song)”
Shakira, Rauw Alejandro – “Te Felicito”
Tiësto & Ava Max – “The Motto”
Best live
cold play
Ed Sheeran
WINNER: Harry Styles
Kendrick Lamar
Lady Gaga
the weekend
best pop
Billie Eilish
doja cat
Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles
Lizzo
WINNER: Taylor Swift
Best K-Pop
BLACK PINK
bts
Itzi
WINNER: Lisa
Seventeen
Twice
Best Latin
WINNER: Anita
bad bunny
Becky G
j Balvin
Rosalia
Shakira
Best electronics
CalvinHarris
WINNER: David Guetta
DJ snake
marshmello
Swedish house mafia
Tiesto
Best Hip Hop
drake
future
Jack Harlow
Kendrick Lamar
Little baby
Megan Thee Stallion
WINNER: Nicki Minaj
best skirt
foo fighter
liam gallagher
maneskin
WINNER: Muse
red hot chili peppers
The murderers
Best alternative
WINNER: Gorillaz
Imagine dragons
Panic! At the disco
Tame impala
Twenty-one pilots
youngblood
Best R&B
WINNER: Chloe
Giveon
YOU
Khaled
Summer walkers
SZA
Best Longform Video
Foo Fighters – “Studio 666”
Rosalía – “Motomami” (Rosalía TikTok Live Performance)
Stormzy – “Mel made me do it”
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert, Wembley Stadium, London
WINNER: Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”
video for good
Ed Sheeran – “2step” (feat. Lil Baby)
Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 5”
Latto – “P*ssy”
Lizzo – “About Damn Time”
WINNER: Sam Smith – “Unholy” (feat. Kim Petras)
Stromae – “fils de joie”
Biggest fan
BLACK PINK
WINNER: BTS
Harry Styles
Lady Gaga
Nicky Minaj
Taylor Swift
Best Boost
Nessa beret
WINNER: Seventeen
Mae Mueller
Gayle
Shensea
Omar Apollo
wet leg
Moon long
Doechii
Naughty Santana
Stefan Sanchez
JVKE
Best Metaverse Achievement
WINNER: BLACKPINK The Virtual | PUBG
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