• MTV VMAs 2024: Tyla Wins Best Afrobeats, Complete List of Winners

    Taylor Swift and Post Malone bagged the most awards.

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    The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards went down on Wednesday, September 11, at New York’s UBS Arena. Taylor Swift and Post Malone bagged the most nominations and emerged as the night’s biggest winners at the award ceremony. 

    Meanwhile, South Africa’s Tyla won the MTV VMA’s category for Best Afrobeats with her smash record, Water.

    MTV VMAs 2024: Tyla Wins Best Afrobeats, Complete List of Winners

    But who else won big? We compiled a complete list of the MTV VMAs 2024 winners below:

    Artist of The Year  

    Ariana Grande – Republic Records

    Bad Bunny – Rimas Entertainment

    Eminem – Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records

    Sabrina Carpenter – Island

    SZA – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records

    WINNER: Taylor Swift – Republic Records

    Video of The Year

    Ariana Grande – “We can’t be friends (wait for your love)” – Republic Records

    Billie Eilish – “Lunch” – Darkroom / Interscope Records

    Doja Cat – “Paint the Town Red” – Kemosabe Records / RCA Records

    Eminem – “Houdini” – Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records

    SZA – “Snooze” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records

    WINNER: Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight” – Republic Records

    Song of The Year

    Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ‘Em” – Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records

    Jack Harlow – “Lovin on Me” – Generation Now / Atlantic Records

    Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – pgLang, under exclusive license to Interscope Records

    WINNER: Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso” – Island

    Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight” – Republic Records

    Teddy Swims – “Lose Control” – Warner Records

    Best New Artist

    WINNER: Chappell Roan – Island

    Gracie Abrams – Interscope Records

    Tyla – Epic Records

    Best Collaboration

    Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA – “Rich Baby Daddy “ – OVO / Republic Records

    GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion – “Wanna Be” – CMG / Interscope Records

    Jessie Murph feat. Jelly Roll – “Wild Ones” – Columbia Records

    Jung Kook feat. Latto – “Seven” – BIGHIT MUSIC / Geffen Records

    Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen – “I Had Some Help” – Mercury / Republic / Big Loud

    WINNER: Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight” – Republic Records

    Best Pop

    Camila Cabello – Geffen / Interscope Records

    Dua Lipa – Warner Records

    Olivia Rodrigo – Geffen Records

    Sabrina Carpenter – Island

    Tate McRae – RCA Records

    WINNER: Taylor Swift – Republic Records

    Best Hip-hop

    Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA – “Rich Baby Daddy “ – OVO / Republic Records

    WINNER: Eminem – “Houdini” – Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records

    GloRilla – “Yeah Glo!” – CMG / Interscope Records

    Gunna – “fukumean” – Young Stoner Life Records / 300 Entertainment

    Megan Thee Stallion – “BOA” – Hot Girl Productions

    Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti – “FE!N” – Cactus Jack / Epic Records

    Best R&B

    Alicia Keys – “Lifeline” – AK Records, under exclusive license to gamma.

    Muni Long – “Made for Me” – Def Jam

    WINNER: SZA – “Snooze” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records

    Tyla – “Water” – FAX Records / Epic Records

    Usher, Summer Walker, 21 Savage – “Good Good” – mega / gamma.

    Victoria Monét – “On My Mama” – Lovett Music / RCA Records

    Best Alternative

    WINNER: Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things” – Night Street Records, Inc. / Warner Records

    Bleachers – “Tiny Moves” – Dirty Hit

    Hozier – “Too Sweet” – Columbia Records

    Imagine Dragons – “Eyes Closed” – KIDinaKorner / Interscope Records

    Linkin Park – “Friendly Fire” – This Compilation / Warner Records

    Teddy Swims – “Lose Control (Live)” – Warner Records

    Best Rock

    Bon Jovi – “Legendary” – Island

    Coldplay – “feelslikeimfallinginlove” – Atlantic Records

    Green Day – “Dilemma” – Reprise Records / Warner Records

    Kings of Leon – “Mustang” – Capitol Records

    WINNER: Lenny Kravitz – “Human” – ℗© 2024 Roxie Records Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management GmbH

    U2 – “Atomic City” – Interscope Records

    Best Latin

    WINNER: Anitta – “Mil Veces” – Floresta Records / Republic Records / Universal Music Latin Entertainment

    Bad Bunny – “Monaco” – Rimas Entertainment

    Karol G – “Mi Ex Tenía Razón” – Bichota / Interscope Records

    Myke Towers – “LaLa” – Warner Music Latina

    Peso Pluma & Anitta – “Bellakeo” – Double P Records

    Rauw Alejandro – “Touching the Sky” – Sony Music Latin / Duars Entertainment

    Shakira & Cardi B – “Puntería” – Sony Music US Latin

    Best Afrobeats

    Ayra Starr ft. Giveon – “Last Heartbreak Song” – Mavin / Republic

    Burna Boy – “City Boys” – Spaceship / Bad Habit / Atlantic Records

    Chris Brown ft. Davido & Lojay – “Sensational” – Chris Brown Entertainment / RCA Records

    Tems – “Love Me JeJe” – Since ’93 / RCA Records

    WINNER: Tyla – “Water” – FAX Records / Epic Records

    Usher, Pheelz – “Ruin” – mega / gamma

    Best K-pop

    Jung Kook ft. Latto – “Seven” – BIGHIT MUSIC / Geffen Records

    WINNER: LISA – “Rockstar” – Lloud Co. / RCA Records

    NCT Dream – “Smoothie” – SM Entertainment / Virgin Music Group

    NewJeans – “Super Shy” – ADOR / Geffen Records

    VMAs Most Iconic Performance

    Beyoncé – “Love on Top” (2011)

    Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Missy Elliott – “Like a Virgin” & “Hollywood” (2003)

    Eminem – “The Real Slim Shady” & “The Way I Am” (2000)

    WINNER: Katy Perry – “Roar” (2013)

    Lady Gaga – “Paparazzi” (2009)

    Madonna – “Like a Virgin” (1984)

    Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me” (2009)

    Best Trending Video

    Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ‘Em” – Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records

    Camila Cabello feat. Playboi Carti – “I Luv It” – Geffen / Interscope Records

    Chappell Roan – “Hot to Go!” – Amusement Records / Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

    Charli XCX – “Apple” – Atlantic Records

    WINNER: Megan Thee Stallion feat. Yuki Chiba – “Mamushi” – Hot Girl Productions

    Tinashe – “Nasty” – Nice Life Recording Company

    Best Group

    *NSYNC – RCA Records

    Coldplay – Atlantic Records

    Imagine Dragons – KIDinaKorner / Interscope Records

    NCT Dream – SM Entertainment / Virgin Music Group

    NewJeans – ADOR / Geffen Records

    WINNER: SEVENTEEN – PLEDIS Entertainment / Geffen Records

    TOMORROW X TOGETHER – BIGHIT MUSIC / IMPERIAL / Republic Records

    Twenty One Pilots – Fueled By Ramen

    Song of Summer

    Ariana Grande – “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” – Republic Records

    Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things” – Night Street Records, Inc. / Warner Records

    Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather” – Darkroom / Interscope Records

    Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!” – Amusement Records / Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

    Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – “Guess featuring Billie Eilish” – Atlantic Records

    Eminem – “Houdini” – Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records

    Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – “Like That” – Wilburn Holding Co. / Boominati / Epic / Republic

    GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion – “Wanna Be” – CMG / Interscope Records

    Hozier – “Too Sweet” – Columbia Records

    Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us” – pgLang, under exclusive license to Interscope Records

    Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen – “I Had Some Help” – Mercury / Republic / Big Loud

    Sabrina Carpenter – “Please Please Please” – Island

    Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – American Dogwood / EMPIRE

    SZA – “Saturn” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records

    WINNER: Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight” – Republic Records

    Tommy Richman – “Million Dollar Baby” – ISO Supremacy / PULSE Records / Concord

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