The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) 2020 took place on Sunday with The Weeknd winning the ‘video of the year’ award for his song ‘Blinding Lights’.
While Lady Gaga won the ‘artist of the year’ and ‘song of the year’ award for ‘Rain on Me’ with Ariana Grande, BTS was named as the ‘best group’ and ‘best K-pop’.
Lady Gaga also became the recipient of the inaugural Tricon Award which honoured for her being a ‘multidimensional artist’ for her involvement in music, acting and, philanthropy.
Both, The Weeknd and Lady Gaga, sent important messages to viewers and told them to ‘wear a mask’ and demanded ‘justice for Jacob Blake and Breonna Taylor’.
The show was hosted by Keke Palmer and it aired on MTV and its 11 other sister channels and broadcasted on CW for the first time.
Here’s the complete list of winners of the 2020 VMAs:
- Artist Of The Year – Lady Gaga – Streamline / Interscope Records
- Song Of The Year- Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – ‘Rain On Me’ – Streamline / Interscope Records
- Best Collaboration- Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – ‘Rain On Me’ – Streamline / Interscope Records
- Push Best New Artist- Doja Cat – Kemosabe / RCA Records
- Best Pop – BTS – ‘On’ – Big Hit Entertainment (WINNER)
- Best Hip-Hop- Megan Thee Stallion – ‘Savage’ – 300 Entertainment
- Best Rock- Coldplay – ‘Orphans’ – Atlantic Records
- Best Alternative- Machine Gun Kelly – ‘Bloody Valentine’ – Bad Boy / Interscope Records
- Best Latin- Maluma ft. J Balvin – ‘Quei Pena’ – Sony Music Latin
- Best R&B- The Weeknd – ‘Blinding Lights’ – XO / Republic Records
- Best K-Pop- BTS – ‘On’ – Big Hit Entertainment
- Best Group- BTS
- Video For Good- H.E.R. – ‘I Can’t Breathe’ – MBK / RCA Records (WINNER)
- Best Music Video From Home- Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber – ‘Stuck with U’ – Republic Records / Def Jam
- Best Quarantine Performance- CNCO – Unplugged At Home
- Song Of Summer- BLACKPINK ‘How You Like That’
- Best Direction- Taylor Swift – ‘The Man’ – Republic Records – Directed by Taylor Swift
- Best Cinematography- Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – ‘Rain On Me’ – Streamline / Interscope Records – Cinematography by Thomas Kloss
- Best Art Direction- Miley Cyrus – ‘Mother’s Daughter’ – RCA Records – Art Direction by Christian Stone
- Best Visual Effects- Dua Lipa – ‘Physical’ – Warner Records – Visual Effects by EIGHTY4
- Best Choreography- BTS – ‘On’ – Big Hit Entertainment – Choreography by Son Sung Deuk, Lee Ga Hun, Lee Byung Eun (BTS)
- Best Editing- Miley Cyrus – ‘Mother’s Daughter’ – RCA Records – Edited by Alexandre Moors, Nuno Xico
