There are 19 gender-neutral categories for the VMA awards. Here are the nominees in each.
Best new artist
Alex Warren
Ella Langley
Gigi Perez
Lola Young
Sombr
The Marías
Best pop artist
Ariana Grande
Charli XCX
Justin Bieber
Lorde
Miley Cyrus
Sabrina Carpenter
Tate McRae
MTV push performance of the year
Ayra Starr — “Last Heartbreak Song”
Damiano David — “Next Summer”
Dasha — “Bye Bye Bye”
Gigi Perez — “Sailor Song”
Jordan Adetunji — “Kehlani”
Katseye — “Touch”
Lay Bankz — “Graveyard”
Leon Thomas — “Yes It Is”
Livingston — “Shadow”
Mark Ambor — “Belong Together”
Role Model — “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out”
Shaboozey — “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Best collaboration
Bailey Zimmerman & Luke Combs — “Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)”
Kendrick Lamar & SZA — “Luther”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die With a Smile”
Post Malone featuring Blake Shelton — “Pour Me a Drink”
Rosé & Bruno Mars — “APT.”
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco — “Sunset Blvd”
Best pop
Alex Warren — “Ordinary”
Ariana Grande — “Brighter Days Ahead”
Ed Sheeran — “Sapphire”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars — “Die With a Smile”
Rosé & Bruno Mars — “APT.”
Sabrina Carpenter — “Manchild”
Best hip-hop
Doechii — Anxiety
Drake — Nokia
Eminem featuring Jelly Roll — Somebody Save Me
Glorilla featuring Sexyy Red — Whatchu Kno About Me
Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us
LL Cool J featuring Eminem — Murdergram Deux
Travis Scott — 4×4
Best R&B
Chris Brown — Residuals
Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs — Mutt (Remix)
Mariah Carey — Type Dangerous
PartyNextDoor — No Chill
Summer Walker — Heart of a Woman
SZA — Drive
The Weeknd & Playboi Carti — Timeless
Best alternative
Gigi Perez — Sailor Song
Imagine Dragons — Wake Up
Lola Young — Messy
MGK & Jelly Roll — Lonely Road
Sombr — Back to Friends
The Marías — Back to Me
Best rock
Coldplay — All My Love
Evanescence — Afterlife (From the Netflix Series “Devil May Cry”)
Green Day — One Eyed Bastard
Lenny Kravitz — Honey
Linkin Park — The Emptiness Machine
Twenty One Pilots — The Contract
Best Latin
Bad Bunny — Baile Inolvidable
J Balvin — Rio
Karol G — Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido
Peso Pluma — La Patrulla
Rauw Alejandro & Romeo Santos — Khé?
Shakira — Soltera
Best K-Pop
Aespa — Whiplash
Jennie — Like Jennie
Jimin — Who
Jisoo — Earthquake
Lisa featuring Doja Cat & Raye — Born Again
Stray Kids — Chk Chk Boom
Rosé — Toxic Till the End
Best Afrobeats
Asake & Travis Scott — Active
Burna Boy featuring Travis Scott — TaTaTa
Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea — Shake It to the Max (Fly) (Remix)
Rema — Baby (Is It A Crime)
Tems Featuring Asake — Get It Right
Tyla — Push 2 Start
Wizkid featuring Brent Faiyaz — Piece of My Heart
Best country
Chris Stapleton — Think I’m in Love With You
Cody Johnson & Carrie Underwood — I’m Gonna Love You
Jelly Roll — Liar
Lainey Wilson — 4x4xU
Megan Moroney — Am I Okay?
Morgan Wallen — Smile
Best album
Bad Bunny — Debí Tirar Más Fotos
Kendrick Lamar — GNX
Lady Gaga — Mayhem
Morgan Wallen — I’m the Problem
Sabrina Carpenter — Short n’ Sweet
The Weeknd — Hurry Up Tomorrow
Best long form video
Ariana Grande — Brighter Days Ahead
Bad Bunny — Debí Tirar Más Fotos (Short Film)
Damiano David — Funny Little Stories
Mac Miller — Balloonerism
Miley Cyrus — Something Beautiful
The Weeknd — Hurry Up Tomorrow
Video for good
Burna Boy — Higher
Charli XCX — Guess featuring Billie Eilish
Doechii — Anxiety
Eminem featuring Jelly Roll — Somebody Save Me
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco — Younger and Hotter Than Me
Zach Hood featuring Sasha Alex Sloan — Sleepwalking
Best direction
Ariana Grande — Brighter Days Ahead
Charli XCX — Guess featuring Billie Eilish
Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us
Lady Gaga — Abracadabra
Rosé & Bruno Mars — Apt.
Sabrina Carpenter — Manchild
Best art direction
Charli XCX — Guess featuring Billie Eilish
Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us
Lady Gaga — Abracadabra
Lorde — Man of the Year
Miley Cyrus — End of the World
Rosé & Bruno Mars — Apt.
Best cinematography
Ariana Grande — Brighter Days Ahead
Ed Sheeran — Sapphire
Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us
Lady Gaga — Abracadabra
Miley Cyrus — Easy Lover
Sabrina Carpenter — Manchild
Best editing
Charli XCX — Guess featuring Billie Eilish
Ed Sheeran — Sapphire
Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us
Lady Gaga — Abracadabra
Sabrina Carpenter — Manchild
Tate McRae — Just Keep Watching (From F1® the Movie)
Best choreography
Doechii — Anxiety
FKA twigs — Eusexua
Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us
Lady Gaga — Abracadabra
Tyla — Push 2 Start
Zara Larsson — Pretty Ugly
Best visual effects
Ariana Grande — Brighter Days Ahead
Lady Gaga — Abracadabra
Rosé & Bruno Mars — Apt.
Sabrina Carpenter — Manchild
Tate McRae — Just Keep Watching (From F1® the Movie)
The Weeknd — Hurry Up Tomorrow
Best group
Aespa
All Time Low
Backstreet Boys
Blackpink
Coldplay
Evanescence
Fuerza Regida
Grupo Frontera
Imagine Dragons
Jonas Brothers
Katseye
The Marías
My Chemical Romance
Seventeen
Stray Kids
Twenty One Pilots
Song of the summer
Addison Rae — Headphones On
Alex Warren — Ordinary
Benson Boone — Mystical Magical
BigXthaPlug & Bailey Zimmerman — All the Way
Chappell Roan — The Subway
Demi Lovato — Fast
Doja Cat — Jealous Type
Huntr/x — Golden
Jessie Murph — Blue Strips
Justin Bieber — Daisies
Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea — Shake It to the Max (Fly) (Remix)
Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae — What I Want
Ravyn Lenae featuring Rex Orange County — Love Me Not
Sabrina Carpenter — Manchild
Sombr — 12 to 12
Tate McRae — Just Keep Watching (From F1® the Movie)
