The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards returned to New York on Sunday. Doja Cat hosted the live broadcast, which aired on MTV.
Justin Bieber took home the Artist of the Year and Best Pop awards while Olivia Rodrigo won the Song of the Year award and Lil Nas X received the coveted Video of the Year award.
Check out CBS News coverage of the program here as it happened. The following is a complete list of winners and nominees:
Video of the year
- “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” – Lil Nas X, Columbia Records – Winner
- “WAP” – Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion, Atlantic Records
- “Popstar” – DJ Khaled with Drake (starring Justin Bieber) OVO / We The Best / Epic Records
- “Kiss Me More” – Doja Cat with SZA, Kemosabe Records / RCA Records
- “Bad Habits” – Ed Sheeran, Atlantic Records
- “Save Your Tears”: The Weeknd, XO / Republic Records
Artist of the Year
- Justin Bieber: winner
- Ariana Grande
- Gat Doja
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Taylor Swift
Song of the year
- “Driving License” – Olivia Rodrigo, Geffen Records – Winner
- “Mood”: 24 carat gold Iann Dior, Records LLC / Columbia Records
- “Leave the Door Open” – Bruno Mars, Anderson. Paak, Silk Sonic, Aftermath Entertainment / Atlantic Records
- “Dynamite”: BTS, Bighit Music
- “WAP” – Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion, Atlantic Records
- “Levitant” – Dua Lipa, Warner Records
Best New Artist
- Olivia Rodrigo – Winner
- 24kOr
- Giveon
- The boy Laroi
- Polo G
- Saweetie
Push Performance of the Year
- “Driving License” – Olivia Rodrigo, Geffen Records – Winner
- “Are you still bored?” – Wallows, Atlantic Records
- “Daisy” – Ashnikko, Warner Records
- “Magnificent”: Saint Jhn, Godd Complexx / HITCO
- “Coco” – 24kGoldn, Records LLC / Columbia Records
- “Break My Heart” – JC Stewart, Electric Music Group
- “Sex Lies” – Latto, RCA Records
- “Selfish”: Madison Beer, Epic Records / Sing It Loud
- “Without You” – The Kid Laroi, Columbia Records
- “Serotonin”: Girl in Red, World in Red / AWAL
- “My Slime” – Fousheé, RCA Records
- “Think of Me” – Jxdn, DTA Records / Electric Music Group
Better collaboration
- “Kiss Me More” – Doja Cat with SZA, Kemosabe Records / RCA Records – Winner
- “Mood”: 24 carat gold Iann Dior, Records LLC / Columbia Records
- “WAP” – Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion, Atlantic Records
- “Laugh Now Cry Later” – Drake with Lil Durk, OVO / Republic Records
- “Peaches” – Justin Bieber with Daniel Caesar, Giveon, Def Jam
- “Prisoner” – Miley Cyrus with Dua Lipa, RCA Records
Best pop
- “Peaches”: Justin Bieber with Daniel Caesar, Giveon and Def Jam – Winner
- “Positions” – Ariana Grande, Republic Records
- “So I Am” – Billie Eilish, Darkroom / Interscope Records
- “Butter” – BTS, Bighit Music
- “Treat People Kindly” – Harry Styles, Columbia Records
- “Good 4 U” – Olivia Rodrigo, Geffen Records
- “Wonder” – Shawn Mendes, Island Records
- “Willow” – Taylor Swift, Republic Records
Best Hip-Hop
- “Franchise” – Travis Scott with Young Thug and MIA, Cactus Jack / Epic Records – Winner
- “WAP” – Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion, Atlantic Records
- “Laugh Now Cry Later” – Drake with Lil Durk, OVO / Republic Records
- “On Me (remix)” – Lil Baby with Megan Thee Stallion, quality control / Motown
- “Said Sum”: Moneybagg Yo, N-Less Entertainment / Interscope Records
- “Rapstar” – Polo G, Columbia Records
Best alternative
- “My Ex’s Best Friend” – Machine Gun Kelly with Blackbear, Bad Boy / Interscope Records – Winner
- “Stop Making This Hurt” – Bleachers, RCA Records
- “Heat Waves”: Glass Animals, Republic Records
- “Follow You”: Imagine Dragons, Kidinakorner / Interscope Records
- “Shy Away”: Twenty Ramen-driven pilots
- “Transparent Soul” – Willow with Travis Barker, MSFTSMusic / Roc Nation
Best R&B
- “Leave the Door Open” – Bruno Mars, Anderson. Paak, Silk Sonic, Aftermath Entertainment / Atlantic Records – Winner
- “Brown Skin Girl” – Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, Saint Jhn, WizKid, Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records
- “Go Crazy”: Chris Brown and Young Thug, Chris Brown Entertainment / RCA Records
- “Heartbreak Anniversary” – Giveon, Epic Records / Not so fast
- “Come Through”: HIS ft. Chris Brown, MBK Entertainment / RCA Records
- “Good Days”: SZA, Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records
Best K-pop
- “Butter” – BTS, Bighit Music – Winner
- “Dumdi Dumdi” – G) I-DLE, Republic Records
- “Ice Cream”: Blackpink and Selena Gomez, YG Entertainment / Interscope Records
- “Player”: Monsta X, Starship Entertainment
- “Ready to Love” – Seventeen, Pledis Entertainment
- “No Alcohol”: Twice, JYP Entertainment Company
Video definitely
- “Your Power” – Billie Eilish, Darkroom / Interscope Records – Winner
- “Dancing with the Devil” – Demi Lovato, Island
- “Fight For You”: HER, MBK Entertainment / RCA Records
- “Worldwide Beautiful” – Kane Brown, Sony Music Nashville / RCA Records
- “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” – Lil Nas X, Columbia Records
- “Entrepreneur” – Pharrell Williams with Jay-Z, Columbia Records
Best direction
- “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” – Lil Nas X directed by: Lil Nas X and Tanu Muino, Columbia Records – Winner
- “Your Power” – Billie Eilish, Direction: Billie Eilish, Darkroom / Interscope Records
- “Popstar (starring Justin Bieber)” – DJ Khaled with Drake, Direction: Julien Christian Lutz also known as Director X, OVO / We The Best / Epic Records
- “Willow” – Taylor Swift, Direction: Taylor Swift, Republic Records
- “Franchise” – Travis Scott with Young Thug and MIA, Direction: Travis Scott, Cactus Jack / Epic Records
- “Lumberjack”: Tyler, The Creator, Direction: Wolf Haley, Columbia Records
Best photography
- “Brown Skin Girl”: Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINT JHN, WizKid, photography by: Benoit Soler, Malik H. Sayeed, Mohammaed Atta Ahmed, Santiago González, Ryan Helfant, Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia Records – Winner
- “So I Am” – Billie Eilish, photography by: Rob Witt, Darkroom / Interscope Records
- “Shame Shame” – Foo Fighters, photo by: Santiago González, Roswell Records / RCA Records
- “Holy” – Justin Bieber with Chance The Rapper, photo by: Elias Talbot, RBMG / Def Jam
- “911” – Lady Gaga, photo by: Jeff Cronenweth, Interscope Records
- “Solar Power” – Lorde, photo by: Andrew Stroud, LAVA / Republic Records
Best choreography
- “Treat People Kindly” – Harry Styles, Columbia Records – Winner
- “34 + 35” – Ariana Grande, Choreography by: Brian Nicholson and Scott Nicholson, Republic Records
- “Butter” – BTS, Choreography by: Son Sung with BHM Performance Director Team, Bighit Music
- “Bad Habits” – Ed Sheeran, Choreography by: Natricia Bernard, Atlantic Records
- “Shame Shame” – Foo Fighters, Choreography by: Nina McNeely, Roswell Records / RCA Records
- “Be Kind” – Marshmello and Halsey, Choreography by: Dani Vitale, Astralwerks / Capitol Records
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