Exactly 19 years after Madonnas iconic onstage kiss with Britney Spears, the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards aired on Sunday night, hoping to recapture the magic and unpredictability of ceremonies past.

Hosted by LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow, the awards show kicked off at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, to honor the biggest and boldest names in music over the past year.

Harlow, Kendrick Lamar and Lil Nas X led the pack with seven nominations each, followed closely behind by Doja Cat and Harry Styles with six. The artists faced off against Drake, Ed Sheeran, Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift for the coveted Moon Person trophy for Video of the Year.

The Evermore singer ultimately prevailed, picking up the award for her All Too Well short film and announcing that fans can expect a new album in October during her acceptance speech.

Minaj, a 17-time VMAs nominee and five-time VMAs winner, received MTVs Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the ceremony, in addition to delivering a medley of her greatest hits on stage in her first performance at the show since 2018. She also took home the award in the Best Hip-Hop category for her collaboration with Lil Baby, Do We Have a Problem?

And while the night proved to be historic for some Swift broke the record for most VOTY wins the VMAs were, of course, all about performances.

Performers on the mainstage included Lizzo, Anitta, Bad Bunny, J Balvin, Blackpink, Mneskin, Marshmallow and Khalid, Panic! At The Disco, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Harlow, who brought out Fergie to perform First Class. There was also a star-studded collab between Snoop Dogg and Eminem, which, for some reason, was set in the metaverse .

Check out the full list of nominees and winners below.

Video Of The Year

Doja Cat Woman Kemosabe Records / RCA Records

Drake ft. Future & Young Thug Way 2 Sexy OVO/Republic

Ed Sheeran Shivers Atlantic Records

Harry Styles As It Was Columbia Records

Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow Industry Baby Columbia Records

Olivia Rodrigo brutal Geffen Records

WINNER: Taylor Swift All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylors Version) Republic Records

Artist Of The Year

WINNER: Bad Bunny Rimas Entertainment

Drake OVO/Republic

Ed Sheeran Atlantic Records

Harry Styles Columbia Records

Jack Harlow Generation Now / Atlantic Records

Lil Nas X Columbia Records

Lizzo Atlantic Records

Song Of The Year

Adele Easy on Me Columbia Records

WINNER: Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever Darkroom / Interscope Records

Doja Cat Woman Kemosabe Records / RCA Records

Elton John & Dua Lipa Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) EMI / Interscope Records

Lizzo About Damn Time Atlantic Records

The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber Stay Columbia Records

Best New Artist

Baby Keem Columbia Records

WINNER: Dove Cameron Disruptor Records / Columbia Records

GAYLE Atlantic Records / Arthouse Records

Latto Streamcut / RCA Records

Maneskin Arista Records

Seventeen PLEDIS Entertainment/Geffen Records

Album Of The Year

Adele 30

Bad Bunny Un Verano Sin Ti

Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever

Drake Certified Lover Boy

WINNER: Harry Styles Harrys House

Push Performance Of The Year

Griff One Night Warner Records

Remi Wolf Sexy Villain Island Records

Nessa Barrett i hope ur miserable until ur dead Warner Records

WINNER: SEVENTEEN Rock With You PLEDIS Entertainment / Geffen Records

Mae Muller Better Days Capitol Records UK

GAYLE abcdefu Atlantic Records / Arthouse Records

Sheneesa R U That Rich Immigrants / Interscope Records

Omar Apollo Tamagotchi Warner Records

Wet Leg Chaise Longue Domino Recording Company

Muni Long Baby Boo Supergiant Records LLC / Def Jam Recording

Doechii Persuasive Top Dog Entertainment / Capitol Records

Best Collaboration

Drake ft. Future & Young Thug Way 2 Sexy OVO/Republic

Elton John & Dua Lipa Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) EMI / Interscope Records

WINNER: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow INDUSTRY BABY Columbia Records

Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa Sweetest Pie 300 Entertainment

Post Malone & The Weeknd One Right Now Mercury Records / Republic Records

ROSALA ft. The Weeknd LA FAMA Columbia Records

The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber STAY Columbia Records

Best Pop

Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever Darkroom / Interscope Records

Doja Cat Woman Kemosabe Records / RCA Records

Ed Sheeran Shivers Atlantic Records

WINNER: Harry Styles As It Was Columbia Records

Lizzo About Damn Time Atlantic Records

Olivia Rodrigo traitor Geffen Records

Best Hip-Hop

Eminem & Snoop Dogg From The D 2 The LBC Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records

Future ft. Drake, Tems WAIT FOR U Freebandz / Epic Records

Kendrick Lamar N95 pgLang / Top Dawg Entertainment / Aftermath / Interscope Records

Latto Big Energy Streamcut / RCA Records

WINNER: Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Baby Do We Have A Problem? Young Money / Cash Money / Republic Records

Pusha T Diet Coke G.O.O.D. Music / Def Jam

Best Rock

Foo Fighters Love Dies Young RCA Records

Jack White Taking Me Back Third Man Records

Muse Wont Stand Down Warner Records

WINNER: Red Hot Chili Peppers Black Summer Warner Records

Shinedown Planet Zero Elektra Music Group

Three Days Grace So Called Life RCA Records

Best Alternative

Avril Lavigne ft. blackbear Love It When You Hate Me Elektra Music Group / DTA Records

Imagine Dragons x JID Enemy KIDinaKORNER / Interscope Records

Machine Gun Kelly ft. WILLOW emo girl Bad Boy / Interscope Records

WINNER: Maneskin I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE Arista Records

Panic! At The Disco Viva Las Vengeance Fueled By Ramen / Elektra Music Group

Twenty One Pilots Saturday Fueled By Ramen / Elektra Music Group

WILLOW, Avril Lavigne ft. Travis Barker G R O W MSFTSMusic / Roc Nation Records

Best Latin

WINNER: Anitta Envolver Warner Records

Bad Bunny Titi Me Pregunto Rimas Entertainment

Becky G X KAROL G MAMIII Kemosabe Records / Sony Music Latin / RCA Records

Daddy Yankee REMIX Republic Records

Farruko Pepas Sony Music US Latin

J Balvin & Skrillex In Da Getto Suenos Globales, LLC /Universal Music Latino / Asylum Records UK

Best R&B

Alicia Keys City of Gods (Part II) AKW

Chloe Have Mercy Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records

H.E.R. For Anyone RCA Records

Normani ft. Cardi B Wild Side Keep Cool/RCA Records

Summer Walker, SZA & Cardi B No Love (Extended Version) LVRN / Interscope Records

WINNER: The Weeknd Out Of Time XO / Republic Records

Best K-Pop

BTS Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment) BIGHIT Music / Geffen Records

ITZY LOCO JYP Entertainment

WINNER: LISA LALISA YG Entertainment / Interscope Records

SEVENTEEN HOT PLEDIS Entertainment/Geffen Records

Stray Kids MANIAC JYP Entertainment

TWICE The Feels JYP Entertainment

Group Of The Year

WINNER: Blackpink

BTS

City Girls

Foo Fighters

Imagine Dragons

Mneskin

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Silk Sonic

Song of the Summer

Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone Me Porto Bonito

Beyonc Break My Soul

Charlie Puth (featuring Jungkook) Left and Right

Doja Cat Vegas

Future (featuring Drake and Tems) Wait for U

Harry Styles Late Night Talking

WINNER: Jack Harlow First Class

Kane Brown Grand

Latto and Mariah Carey (featuring DJ Khaled) Big Energy (Remix)

Lizzo About Damn Time

Marshmello and Khalid Numb

Nicki Minaj Super Freaky Girl

Nicky Youre and dazy Sunroof

Post Malone (featuring Doja Cat) I Like You (A Happier Song)

Rosala Bizcochito

Steve Lacy Bad Habit

Video For Good

Kendrick Lamar The Heart Part 5 pgLang / Top Dawg Entertainment / Aftermath / Interscope Records

Latto P*ssy Streamcut / RCA Records

WINNER: Lizzo About Damn Time Atlantic Records

Rina Sawayama This Hell Dirty Hit

Stromae Fils de joie Mosaert Label / The Darkroom / Interscope Records

Best Metaverse Performance

WINNER: BLACKPINK The Virtual | PUBG YG Entertainment / Interscope Records

BTS | Minecraft BIGHIT Music / Geffen Records

Charli XCX | Roblox Atlantic Records

Justin Bieber An Interactive Virtual Experience | Wave Def Jam

Rift Tour ft. Ariana Grande | Fortnite Republic Records

Twenty One Pilots Concert Experience | Roblox Fueled By Ramen / Elektra Music Group

Best Longform Video

Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles Darkroom / Interscope Records

Foo Fighters Studio 666 RCA Records

Kacey Musgraves star-crossed Interscope Records / MCA Nashville

Madonna Madame X Interscope Records

Olivia Rodrigo driving home 2 u Geffen Records

WINNER: Taylor Swift All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylors Version) Republic Records

Best Cinematography

Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar family ties Columbia Records

Camila Cabello ft. Ed Sheeran Bam Bam Epic Records

WINNER: Harry Styles As It Was Columbia Records

Kendrick Lamar N95 pgLang / Top Dawg Entertainment / Aftermath / Interscope Records

Normani ft. Cardi B Wild Side Keep Cool / RCA Records

Taylor Swift All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylors Version) Republic Records

Best Direction

Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar family ties Columbia Records

Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever Darkroom / Interscope Records

Ed Sheeran Shivers Atlantic Records

Harry Styles As It Was Columbia Records

Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow INDUSTRY BABY Columbia Records

WINNER: Taylor Swift All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylors Version) Republic Records

Best Art Direction

Adele Oh My God Columbia Records

Doja Cat Get Into It (Yuh) Kemosabe Records / RCA Records

Drake ft. Future & Young Thug Way 2 Sexy OVO / Republic Records

Kacey Musgraves simple times Interscope Records / MCA Nashville

WINNER: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow INDUSTRY BABY Columbia Records

Megan Thee Stallion ft. Dua Lipa Sweetest Pie 300 Entertainment

Best Visual Effects

Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever Darkroom / Interscope Records

Coldplay X BTS My Universe Atlantic Records

Kendrick Lamar The Heart Part 5 pgLang/Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope Records

WINNER: Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow INDUSTRY BABY Columbia Records

Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa Sweetest Pie 300 Entertainment

The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber STAY Columbia Records

Best Choreography

BTS Permission to Dance BIGHIT Music/Geffen Records

WINNER: Doja Cat Woman Kemosabe Records / RCA Records

FKA twigs ft. The Weeknd Tears In The Club Atlantic Records

Harry Styles As It Was Columbia Records

Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow INDUSTRY BABY Columbia Records

Normani ft. Cardi B Wild Side Keep Cool / RCA Records

Best Editing

Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar family ties Columbia Records

Doja Cat Get Into It (Yuh) Kemosabe Records / RCA Records

Olivia Rodrigo brutal Geffen Records

WINNER: ROSALA SAOKO Columbia Records

Taylor Swift All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylors Version) Republic Records

The Weeknd Take My Breath XO / Republic Records