MTV Video Music Awards is about to get underway and that means a slew of artists will get to walk away from the night with the show's iconic statue — which underwent a name change last year — in hand.Check back for updates on the winners in the list below.
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Ariana Grande — "No Tears Left to Cry"Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B — "Finesse (Remix)" Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — "Havana" *WINNERThe Carters — "APES**T" Childish Gambino — "This Is America" Drake — "God's Plan"
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Ariana Grande Bruno Mars Camila Cabello *WINNERPost Malone
SONG OF THE YEAR
Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B — "Finesse (Remix)" Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — "Havana" Drake — "God's Plan" Dua Lipa — "New Rules" Ed Sheeran — "Perfect"Post Malone ft. 21 Savage — "rockstar" *WINNER
BEST NEW ARTIST
Cardi B *WINNERChloe x Halle Hayley Kiyoko Lil Uzi Vert
BEST COLLABORATION
Bebe Rexha ft. Florida Georgia Line — "Meant to Be"Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B — "Finesse (Remix)" The Carters — "APES**T"Jennifer Lopez ft. DJ Khaled & Cardi B — "Dinero" *WINNERLogic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid — "1-800-273-8255" N.E.R.D & Rihanna — "Lemon" Ariana Grande — "No Tears Left to Cry" *WINNERCamila Cabello ft. Young Thug — "Havana" Demi Lovato — "Sorry Not Sorry" Ed Sheeran — "Perfect" Pink — "What About Us"Shawn Mendes — "In My Blood"
BEST HIP-HOP
Cardi B ft. 21 Savage — "Bartier Cardi"The Carters — "APES**T" Drake — "God's Plan"J. Cole — "ATM"Migos ft. Drake — "Walk It Talk It"Nicki Minaj — "Chun-Li" *WINNER
BEST LATIN
Daddy Yankee — "Dura" J Balvin, Willy William — "Mi Gente" *WINNERJennifer Lopez ft. DJ Khaled & Cardi B — "Dinero" Luis Fonsi, Demi Lovato — "Échame La Culpa" Maluma — "Felices los 4" Shakira ft. Maluma — "Chantaje"
BEST DANCE
Avicii ft. Rita Ora — "Lonely Together" *WINNERCalvin Harris & Dua Lipa — "One Kiss" The Chainsmokers — "Everybody Hates Me" David Guetta & Sia — "Flames"Marshmello ft. Khalid — "Silence" Zedd & Liam Payne — "Get Low (Street Video)" Fall Out Boy — "Champion"Foo Fighters — "The Sky Is a Neighborhood"Imagine Dragons — "Whatever It Takes" *WINNERLinkin Park — "One More Light" Panic! at the Disco — "Say Amen (Saturday Night)" Thirty Seconds to Mars — "Walk on Water"
VIDEO WITH A MESSAGE
Childish Gambino — "This Is America" *WINNERDej Loaf and Leon Bridges — "Liberated"Drake — 'God's Plan" Janelle Monáe — "PYNK" Jessie Reyez — "Gatekeeper" Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid — "1-800-273-8255"
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Alessia Cara — "Growing Pains" — Cinematography by Pau CastejónAriana Grande — "No Tears Left to Cry" — Cinematography by Scott CunninghamThe Carters — "APES**T" — Cinematography by Benoit Debie *WINNERChildish Gambino — "This Is America" — mcDJ / RCA Records — Cinematography by Larkin SeipleEminem ft. Ed Sheeran — "River" — Cinematography by Frank Mobilio & Patrick MellerShawn Mendes — "In My Blood" — Cinematography by Jonathan Sela
BEST DIRECTION
The Carters — "APES**T" — Directed by Ricky SaixChildish Gambino — "This Is America" — Directed by Hiro Murai *WINNERDrake — "God's Plan" — Directed by Karena EvansEd Sheeran — "Perfect" — Directed by Jason KoenigJustin Timberlake ft. Chris Stapleton — "Say Something" — Directed by Arturo Perez Jr.Shawn Mendes — "In My Blood" — Directed by Jay Martin
BEST ART DIRECTION
The Carters — "APES**T" — Art Direction by Jan Houlevigue *WINNERChildish Gambino — "This Is America" — Art Direction by Jason KisvardayJ. Cole — "ATM" — Art Direction by Miles MullinJanelle Monáe — "Make Me Feel" — Art Direction by Pepper NguyenSZA — "The Weekend" — Art Direction by SZA and SolangeTaylor Swift — "Look What You Made Me Do" — Art Direction by Brett Hess
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