2019 VMA nominations: The complete list

BY CARLOS DE LOERA, LOS ANGELES TIMES

The nominees for the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards were announced Tuesday morning, with Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X leading the charge.

Both Swift and Grande received 10 nominations, including song and video of the year, while L.A.-bred singer Eilish has nine nominations and Lil Nas X racked up eight nods for his colossal summer hit “Old Town Road.”

This year’s show will feature two new categories: “Best K-Pop,” which this year includes nominations for both mega groups BTS and BLACKPINK, and “Video for Good,” which celebrates music videos that have a focus on social issues.

The show will air live on MTV on Monday, Aug. 26, with host Sebastian Maniscalco.

 

Video of the Year

• 21 Savage, featuring J. Cole — “a lot”
• Billie Eilish — “Bad Guy”
• Ariana Grande — “thank u, next”
• Jonas Brothers — “Sucker”
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus — “Old Town Road (Remix)”
• Taylor Swift — “You Need to Calm Down”

 

Artist of the Year

• Cardi B
• Billie Eilish
• Ariana Grande
• Halsey
• Jonas Brothers
• Shawn Mendes

 

Song of the Year

• Drake — “In My Feelings”
• Ariana Grande — “thank u, next”
• Jonas Brothers — “Sucker”
• Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — “Shallow”
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus — “Old Town Road (Remix)”
• Taylor Swift — “You Need to Calm Down”

 

Best New Artist

• Ava Max
• Billie Eilish
• H.E.R.
• Lil Nas X
• Lizzo
• ROSALÍA

 

Best Collaboration

• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus — “Old Town Road (Remix)”
• Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — “Shallow”
• Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — “Señorita”
• Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco — “ME!”
• Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — “I Don’t Care”
• BTS ft. Halsey — “Boy With Luv”

 

Push Artist of the Year

• Bazzi
• CNCO
• Billie Eilish
• H.E.R.
• Lauv
• Lizzo

 

Best Pop

• 5 Seconds of Summer — “Easier”
• Cardi B & Bruno Mars — “Please Me”
• Billie Eilish– “Bad Guy”
• Khalid — “Talk”
• Ariana Grande — “thank u, next”
• Jonas Brothers — “Sucker”
• Taylor Swift — “You Need to Calm Down”

 

Best Hip Hop

• 2 Chainz ft. Ariana Grande– “Rule the World”
• 21 Savage ft. J. Cole — “a lot”
• Cardi B — “Money”
• DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend — “Higher”
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus — “Old Town Road (Remix)”
• Travis Scott ft. Drake — “SICKO MODE”

 

Best R&B

• Anderson .Paak ft. Smokey Robinson– “Make It Better”
• Childish Gambino — “Feels Like Summer”
• H.E.R. ft. Bryson Tiller — “Could’ve Been”
• Alicia Keys — “Raise A Man”
• Ella Mai — “Trip”
• Normani ft. 6lack — “Waves”

 

Best K-Pop

• BTS ft. Halsey — “Boy With Luv”
• BLACKPINK — “Kill This Love”
• Monsta X ft. French Montana — “Who Do You Love”
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER — “Cat & Dog”
• NCT 127 — “Regular”
• EXO — “Tempo”

 

Best Latin

• Anuel AA, Karol G– “Secreto”
• Bad Bunny ft. Drake — “MIA”
• benny blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez, J Balvin — “I Can’t Get Enough”
• Daddy Yankee ft. Snow — “Con Calma”
• Maluma — “Mala Mía”
• ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho — “Con Altura”

 

Best Dance

• The Chainsmokers ft. Bebe Rexha– “Call You Mine”
• Clean Bandit ft. Demi Lovato — “Solo”
• DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B — “Taki Taki”
• David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J Balvin — “Say My Name”
• Marshmello & Bastille — “Happier”
• Silk City & Dua Lipa — “Electricity”

 

Best Rock

• The 1975 — “Love It If We Made It”
• Fall Out Boy — “Bishops Knife Trick”
• Imagine Dragons — “Natural”
• Lenny Kravitz– “Low”
• Panic! At The Disco — “High Hopes”
• twenty one pilots — “My Blood”

 

Video for Good

• Halsey– “Nightmare”
• The Killers — “Land of the Free”
• Jamie N Commons, Skylar Grey ft. Gallant — “Runaway Train”
• John Legend — “Preach”
• Lil Dicky — “Earth”
• Taylor Swift — “You Need to Calm Down”

 

Best Direction

• Billie Eilish– “Bad Guy” — Directed by Dave Meyers
• FKA twigs — “Cellophane” — Directed by Andrew Thomas Huang
• Ariana Grande — “thank you, next” — Directed by Hannah Lux Davis
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus — “Old Town Road (Remix)” — Directed by Calmatic
• LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo — “No New Friends” –Directed by Dano Cerny
• Taylor Swift — “You Need to Calm Down” — Directed by Drew Kirsch & Taylor Swift

 

Best Visual Effects

• Billie Eilish– “when the party’s over” — Visual Effects by Ryan Ross, Andres Jaramillo
• FKA twigs — “Cellophane” — Visual Effects by Matt Chandler, Fabio Zaveti for Analog
• Ariana Grande — “God Is a Woman” — Visual Effects by Fabrice Lagayette, Kristina Prilukova & Rebecca Rice for Mathematic
• DJ Khaled ft. SZA — “Just Us” — Visual Effects by Sergii Mashevskyi
• LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo — “No New Friends” — Visual Effects by Ethan Chancer
• Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco — “ME!” — Visual Effects by Loris Paillier & Lucas Salton for BUF VFX

 

Best Editing

• Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar– “Tints” — Editing by Elias Talbot
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus — “Old Town Road (Remix)” — Editing by Calmatic
• Billie Eilish– “Bad Guy” — Editing by Billie Eilish
• Ariana Grande — “7 Rings” — Editing by Hannah Lux Davis & Taylor Walsh
• Solange — “Almeda” — Editing by Solange Knowles, Vinnie Hobbs, Jonathon Proctor
• Taylor Swift — “You Need to Calm Down” — Editing by Jarrett Fijal

 

Best Art Direction

• BTS ft. Halsey — “Boy With Luv” — Art Direction by JinSil Park, BoNa Kim (MU:E)
• Ariana Grande — “7 Rings” — Art Direction by John Richoux
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus — “Old Town Road (Remix)” — Art Direction by Itaru Dela Vegas
• Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — “Señorita” — Art Direction by Tatiana Van Sauter
• Taylor Swift — “You Need to Calm Down” — Art Direction by Brittany Porter
• Kanye West and Lil’ Pump ft. Adele Givens — “I Love It” — Art Direction by Tino Schaedler

 

Best Choreography

• FKA twigs — “Cellophane” — Choreography by Kelly Yvonne
• ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho — “Con Altura” — Choreography by Charm La’Donna
• LSD ft. Labrinth, Sia, Diplo — “No New Friends” — Choreography by Ryan Heffington
• Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — “Señorita” — Choreography by Calvit Hodge, Sara Biv
• Solange — “Almeda” — Choreography by Maya Taylor, Solange Knowles
• BTS ft. Halsey — “Boy With Luv” — Choreography by Rie Hata

 

Best Cinematography

• Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar– “Tints” — Cinematography by Elias Talbot
• Billie Eilish– “hostage” — Cinematography by Pau Castejon
• Ariana Grande — “thank you, next” — Cinematography by Christopher Probst
• Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — “Señorita” — Cinematography by Scott Cunningham
• Solange — “Almeda” — Cinematography by Chayse Irvin, Ryan Marie Helfant, Justin Hamilton
• Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco — “ME!” — Cinematography by Starr Whitesides