The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards took place on Sunday, looking a little different than usual amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Instead of taking place at a packed Barclays Center, artists took the stage in audience-less locations around New York City, while adhering to social distancing guidelines. “Hustlers” star Keke Palmer served as host.
Those performers included BTS, The Black Eyed Peas, DaBaby, The Weeknd, Doja Cat, Maluma with Latin American boy band CNCO, and Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande.
Opening the annual ceremony, Palmer stated that the show was dedicated to Chadwick Boseman, who died Friday at the age of 43 after privately battling colon cancer for four years.
Palmer described Boseman as “an actor whose talent and passion is a true inspiration to all the fans he touched, and everyone he encountered.”
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The VMAs also recognized essential workers at the frontlines of the outbreak and handed out trophies to Grande, Justin Bieber, and CNCO for music recorded during coronavirus lockdowns.
Gaga cleaned house at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, in which she won five honors, most of them for her No. 1 hit with Grande, “Rain on Me,” which they performed live for the first time along with a number of background dancers, all wearing masks.
She also accepted awards like artist of the year, song of the year, and the MTV Tricon award.
Gaga prioritized style and safety at the VMAs, stepping out in nine high-fashion face masks throughout the show.
“Wear a mask. It’s a sign of respect,” Gaga said during one of her several appearances onstage
She also called for Justice for Jacob Blake and Breonna Taylor.
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Meanwhile, The Weeknd took home the biggest prize of the night, "video of the year" for “Blinding Lights,” which he performed in the opening.
The pop star also tackled important messages to viewers about the current state of the world: “Wear a mask” and “Justice for Jacob Blake and Breonna Taylor.”
Other big winners included BTS “best pop, best K-pop, best group and best choreography”, Taylor Swift “best direction”, Doja Cat “best new artist”, Megan Thee Stallion “best hip-hop”, and Blackpink “song of the summer”.
The unusual circumstances had also inspired two new quarantine-specific categories: best music video from home, which went to Grande and Bieber for “Stuck With U,” and best quarantine performance, which was given to CNCO. See the list of all the Winners.
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights” (Winner)
Billie Eilish – “everything i wanted”
Eminem ft. Juice WRLD – “Godzilla”
Future ft. Drake – “Life Is Good”
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me”
Taylor Swift – “The Man”
PUSH BEST NEW ARTIST
Doja Cat (Winner)
Jack Harlow
Lewis Capaldi
Roddy Ricch
Tate McRae
YUNGBLUD
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Lady Gaga (Winner)
DaBaby
Justin Bieber
Megan Thee Stallion
Post Malone
The Weeknd
SONG OF THE YEAR
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me” (Winner)
Billie Eilish – “everything i wanted”
Doja Cat – “Say So”
Megan Thee Stallion – “Savage”
Post Malone – “Circles”
BEST HIP-HOP
Megan Thee Stallion – “Savage” (Winner)
DaBaby – “BOP”
Eminem ft. Juice WRLD – “Godzilla”
Future ft. Drake – “Life Is Good”
Roddy Ricch – “The Box”
Travis Scott – “Highest in the room"
VIDEO FOR GOOD
H.E.R. – ”I Can’t Breathe” (Winner)
Anderson .Paak – “Lockdown”
Billie Eilish – “all the good girls go to hell”
Demi Lovato – “I Love Me”
Lil Baby – “The Bigger Picture”
Taylor Swift – “The Man”
BEST R&B
The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights” (Winner)
Alicia Keys – “Underdog”
Chloe x Halle – “Do It”
H.E.R. ft. YG – “Slide”
Khalid ft. Summer Walker – “Eleven”
Lizzo – “Cuz I Love You”
BEST POP
BTS – “On” (Winner)
Halsey – “You should be sad”
Jonas Brothers – “What a Man Gotta Do”
Justin Bieber ft. Quavo – “Intentions”
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me”
Taylor Swift – “Lover”
BEST MUSIC VIDEO FROM HOME
Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber – “Stuck with U” (Winner)
5 Seconds of Summer – “Wildflower”
blink-182 – “Happy Days”
Drake – “Toosie Slide”
John Legend – “Bigger Love”
Twenty one pilots – “Level of Concern”
BEST LATIN
Maluma ft. J Balvin – “Qué Pena” (Winner)
Anuel AA ft. Daddy Yankee, Ozuna, Karol G & J Balvin – “China”
Bad Bunny – “Yo Perreo Sola”
Black Eyed Peas ft. Ozuna & J. Rey Soul – “Mamacita"
J Balvin – “Amarillo”
Karol G ft. Nicki Minaj – “Tusa”
BEST DIRECTION
Taylor Swift – “The Man” (Winner)
Billie Eilish – “xanny”
Doja Cat – “Say So”
Dua Lipa – “Don’t Start Now”
Harry Styles – “Adore You”
The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights”
BEST COLLABORATION
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me” (Winner)
Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber – “Stuck with U”
Black Eyed Peas ft. J Balvin – “RITMO (Bad Boys For Life)”
Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid – “Beautiful People”
Future ft. Drake – “Life Is Good”
Karol G ft. Nicki Minaj – “Tusa”
BEST K-POP
BTS – “On” (Winner)
(G)I-DLE – “Oh My God”
EXO – “Obsession”
Monsta X – “SOMEONE’S SOMEONE”
Tomorrow X Together – “9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)”
Red Velvet – “Psycho”
BEST GROUP
BTS (Winner)
5 Seconds of Summer
The 1975
BLACKPINK
Chloe x Halle
CNCO
Little Mix
MONSTA X
Now United
Twenty one pilots
BEST ALTERNATIVE
Machine Gun Kelly – “Bloody Valentine” (Winner)
The 1975 – “If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)”
All Time Low – “Some Kind Of Disaster”
FINNEAS – “Let’s Fall in Love for the Night”
Lana Del Rey – “Doin’ Time
Twenty one pilots – “Level of Concern”
BEST ROCK
Coldplay – “Orphans” (Winner)
Blink-182 – “Happy Days”
Evanescence – “Wasted On You”
Fall Out Boy ft. Wyclef Jean – “Dear Future Self (Hands Up)”
Green Day – “Oh Yeah!”
The Killers – “Caution”
BEST QUARANTINE PERFORMANCE
CNCO – Unplugged At Home (Winner)
Chloe & Halle – “Do It” from MTV’s Prom-athon
DJ D-Nice – Club MTV presents #DanceTogether
John Legend – #togetherathome Concert Series
Lady Gaga – “Smile” from One World: Together At Home
Post Malone – Nirvana Tribute
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me” (Winner)
5 Seconds of Summer – “Old Me”
Camila Cabello ft. DaBaby – “My Oh My”
Billie Eilish – “all the good girls go to hell”
Katy Perry – “Harleys In Hawaii”
The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights”
BEST ART DIRECTION
Miley Cyrus – “Mother’s Daughter” (Winner)
A$AP Rocky – “Babushka Boi”
Dua Lipa – “Physical”
Harry Styles – “Adore You”
Selena Gomez – “Boyfriend”
Taylor Swift – “Lover”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dua Lipa – “Physical” (Winner)
Billie Eilish – “all the good girls go to hell”
Demi Lovato – “I Love Me”
Harry Styles – “Adore You”
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me”
Travis Scott – “Highest in the room"
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
BTS – “On” (Winner)
CNCO & Natti Natasha – “Honey Boo”
DaBaby – “BOP”
Dua Lipa – “Physical”
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me”
Normani – “Motivation”
BEST EDITING
Miley Cyrus – “Mother’s Daughter” (Winner)
Halsey – “Graveyard”
James Blake – “Can’t Believe the Way We Flow”
Lizzo – “Good As Hell”
ROSALÍA – “A Palé”
The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights”
SONG OF THE SUMMER
BLACKPINK “How You Like That” (Winner)
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion – “WAP”
DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch “Rockstar”
DJ Khaled ft. Drake “Popstar”
Doja Cat – “Say So”
Dua Lipa – “Break My Heart”
Harry Styles –“Watermelon Sugar”
Jack Harlow – “Whats Poppin”
Lil Baby ft. 42 Dugg – “We Paid”
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé – “Savage (Remix)”
Miley Cyrus – “Midnight Sky”
Pop Smoke ft. 50 Cent & Roddy Ricch – “The Woo”
SAINt JHN – “Roses”
Saweetie – “Tap In”
Taylor Swift – “cardigan”
The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights”
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