MTV VMAs 2022 Categories We're MOST Excited About

Bring connected the music, moonmen and mega manner moments. 

The hottest names successful euphony showed successful benignant up to the Prudential Center successful Newark, N.J. connected Aug. 28, for the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.

Leading the nominees battalion this twelvemonth are Harry Styles, Doja Cat and Jack Harlow—all with 8 nominations, Not acold down are Kendrick Lamar and Lil Nas X with 7 nominations and Billie Eilish and Drake with six. Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, BTS and the Weeknd also earned aggregate nominations arsenic well. Plus, the Red Hot Chili Peppers volition person the Global Icon Award.

During the star-studded evening, Nicki Minaj volition besides beryllium honored with the ultra-prestigious Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and volition slay the signifier with a montage of her biggest hits.

Ahead of the sure-to-be-wild ceremony—which will feature other powerhouse performances from the likes of Lizzo, Jack Harlow, Anitta, Blackpink, Panic! astatine the Disco, Måneskin, J Balvin, Kane Brown, Khalid and Marshmello—all eyes were on the red carpet arrivals, ranging from all-out awesome to down-right daring.