NEW YORK—The nominees for the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards were announced on Tuesday, July 23 and leading the pack of all contenders were two pop divas. Both Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande each earned 10 nominations apiece including Video of the Year. Not far behind was Billie Eilish who picked up nine nominations followed by Lil Nax X with 8 nominations.
The ceremony opened the door for two new categories: Best K-Pop (have no idea what that means) and Video For Good (isn’t that the same as inspirational video)? I feel like MTV is losing its grip, I mean the network rarely plays music videos anymore and what made the MTV VMAs so fun was sticking to its roots.
What people should be aware of is the awards will be selected by the fans, which means people you think should win and who will actual win will not be the same. A partial list of this year’s nominees can be viewed below:
Video Of The Year
-Taylor Swift “You Need to Calm Down”
-Ariana Granda “thank u, next”
-Lil Nax X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road”
-Jonas Brothers “Sucker”
-Billie Eilish “Bad Guy”
-21 Savage feat. J. Cole “a lot”
Artist of the Year
-Cardi B
-Billie Eilish
-Shawn Mendes
-Jonas Brothers
-Halse
-Ariana Grande
Song of the Year
-Drake “In My Feelings”
-Ariana Grande “thank u, next”
-Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper “Shallow”
-Lil Nax X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road”
-Taylor Swift “You Need to Calm Down”
-Jonas Brothers “Sucker”
Best New Artist
-Lizzo
-ROSALIA
-Lil Nas X
-H.E.R.
-Billie Eilish
-Ava Max
Best Pop Video
-Ariana Grande “thank u, next”
-Jonas Brothers “Sucker”
-Taylor Swift “You Need to Calm Down”
-Khalid “Talk”
-Cardi B & Bruno Mars “Please Me”
-5 Seconds of Summer “Easier”
-Billie Eilish “Bad Guy”
Best Hip-Hop Video
-2 Chainz feat. Ariana Grande “Rule the World”
-Cardi B “Money”
-DJ Khaled feat. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend “Higher”
-Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road”
-Travis Scott feat. Drake “SICKO MODE”
-21 Savage feat. J. Cole “a lot”
Best Rock Video
-Fall Out Boy “Bishops Knife Trick”
-Imagine Dragons “Natural”
-twenty one pilots “My Blood”
-Panic! At the Disco “High Hopes”
-Lenny Kravitz “Low”
-The 1975 “Love It If We Made It”
Best R&B Video
-Childish Gambino “Feels Like Summer
-H.E.R. feat. Bryson Tiller “Could’ve Been”
-Alicia Keys “Raise A Man”
-Ella Mai “Trip”
-Normani feat. 6lack “Waves”
-Anderson .Paak feat. Smokey Robinson “Make It Better
Best K-Pop Video
-Monsta X feat. French Montana “Who Do You Love”
-TOMORROW X TOGETHER “Cat & Dog”
-NCT 127 “Regular”
-EXO “Tempo”
-BLACKPINK “Kill This Love”
-BTS feat. Halsey “Boy With Luv”
Video For Good
-Taylor Swift “You Need to Calm Down”
-Lil Dicky “Earth”
-Halsey “Nightmare”
-The Killers “Land of the Free”
-Jamie N Commons, Skylar Grey feat. Gallant “Runaway Tain”
-John Legend “Preach”
Best Collaboration
-Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road”
-Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper “Shallow”
-Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At the Disco “ME!”
-BTS feat. Halsey “Boy With Luv”
-Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber “I Don’t Care”
–Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello “Senorita”
PUSH Artist of the Year
-Bazzi
-Lizzo
-Lauv
-H.E.R.
-Billie Eilish
-CNCO
The 2019 Moon Men will be handed out on Monday, August 26 from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The ceremony will air on MTV at 8 p.m. Comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco is slated to host the show.
