The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) 2022 is all set to start from August 28 at 8 pm (ET/PT), where Dave Cameron, Saucy Santana and Yung Gravy will storm the stage with their pre-show musical performances. Avril Lavigne, DJ Khaled, Latto, Bebe Rexha, and Becky G will present trophies at the 2022 MTV Music Awards. 

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The award show will be hosted by the rockstars of the music industry- Nicki Minaj, Jack Harlow and LL Cool J at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.  The Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award will be given to Minaj. Cheech & Chong will honour Red Hot Chili Peppers with the Global Icon Award.

Video of the year

According to Vegas Insider, Taylor Swift, who is presently tied with Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Eminem, might become the first and only artist in history to win three Video of the Year awards. She previously won VOTY for the songs You Need To Calm Down (2015) and Bad Blood (2019).

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She might also be the first artist to ever win a Video of the Year award for a video she directed herself. Swift co-directed You Need To Calm Down in 2019 and won the Best Director VMA award for The Man in 2020.

Lil Nas X, who was nominated for Industry Baby feat. Jack Harlow who won for “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” last year, may become the first artist to ever win Video of the Year two years in a row.

Best in Hip Hop

Nicki Minaj, who has already won for Anaconda in 2015 and Chun-Li in 2018, is nominated this year for Do We Have a Problem. The video features a chance to overtake Drake (two wins) and take the lead as the most decorated artist in the Hip Hop category with three wins.

Drake could break his tie with Nicki Minaj (two wins) and become the most awarded artist in the Hip Hop category with three wins. He had previously won for Hold On, We’re Going Home in 2014 and Hotline Bling in 2016 and he is nominated this year for his feature on Future’s Wait For U.

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Best K-pop

BTS could increase the number of victories they have in the K-Pop genre (four). Since the award’s inception in 2019, winners of Boy With Luv (2019), On (2020), and Butter (2021) have won three times each. Yet To Come has been nominated for this category in 2022.