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There are 19 gender-neutral categories for the VMA awards. Here are the nominees in each.<\/p>\n
Best new artist<\/strong><\/p>\n Alex Warren<\/p>\n Ella Langley<\/p>\n Gigi Perez<\/p>\n Lola Young<\/p>\n Sombr<\/p>\n The Mar\u00edas<\/p>\n Best pop artist<\/strong><\/p>\n Ariana Grande<\/p>\n Charli XCX<\/p>\n Justin Bieber<\/p>\n Lorde<\/p>\n Miley Cyrus<\/p>\n Sabrina Carpenter<\/p>\n Tate McRae<\/p>\n MTV push performance of the year<\/strong><\/p>\n Ayra Starr \u2014 \u201cLast Heartbreak Song\u201d<\/p>\n Damiano David \u2014 \u201cNext Summer\u201d<\/p>\n Dasha \u2014 \u201cBye Bye Bye\u201d<\/p>\n Gigi Perez \u2014 \u201cSailor Song\u201d<\/p>\n Jordan Adetunji \u2014 \u201cKehlani\u201d<\/p>\n Katseye \u2014 \u201cTouch\u201d<\/p>\n Lay Bankz \u2014 \u201cGraveyard\u201d<\/p>\n Leon Thomas \u2014 \u201cYes It Is\u201d<\/p>\n Livingston \u2014 \u201cShadow\u201d<\/p>\n Mark Ambor \u2014 \u201cBelong Together\u201d<\/p>\n Role Model \u2014 \u201cSally, When the Wine Runs Out\u201d<\/p>\n Shaboozey \u2014 \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d<\/p>\n Best collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n Bailey Zimmerman & Luke Combs \u2014 \u201cBackup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)\u201d<\/p>\n Kendrick Lamar & SZA \u2014 \u201cLuther\u201d<\/p>\n Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars \u2014 \u201cDie With a Smile\u201d<\/p>\n Post Malone featuring Blake Shelton \u2014 \u201cPour Me a Drink\u201d<\/p>\n Ros\u00e9 & Bruno Mars \u2014 \u201cAPT.\u201d<\/p>\n Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco \u2014 \u201cSunset Blvd\u201d<\/p>\n Best pop<\/strong><\/p>\n Alex Warren \u2014 \u201cOrdinary\u201d<\/p>\n Ariana Grande \u2014 \u201cBrighter Days Ahead\u201d<\/p>\n Ed Sheeran \u2014 \u201cSapphire\u201d<\/p>\n Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars \u2014 \u201cDie With a Smile\u201d<\/p>\n Ros\u00e9 & Bruno Mars \u2014 \u201cAPT.\u201d<\/p>\n Sabrina Carpenter \u2014 \u201cManchild\u201d<\/p>\n Best hip-hop<\/strong><\/p>\n Doechii \u2014 Anxiety<\/p>\n Drake \u2014 Nokia<\/p>\n Eminem featuring Jelly Roll \u2014 Somebody Save Me<\/p>\n Glorilla featuring Sexyy Red \u2014 Whatchu Kno About Me<\/p>\n Kendrick Lamar \u2014 Not Like Us<\/p>\n LL Cool J featuring Eminem \u2014 Murdergram Deux<\/p>\n Travis Scott \u2014 4×4<\/p>\n Best R&B<\/strong><\/p>\n Chris Brown \u2014 Residuals<\/p>\n Leon Thomas & Freddie Gibbs \u2014 Mutt (Remix)<\/p>\n Mariah Carey \u2014 Type Dangerous<\/p>\n PartyNextDoor \u2014 No Chill<\/p>\n Summer Walker \u2014 Heart of a Woman<\/p>\n SZA \u2014 Drive<\/p>\n The Weeknd & Playboi Carti \u2014 Timeless<\/p>\n Best alternative<\/strong><\/p>\n Gigi Perez \u2014 Sailor Song<\/p>\n Imagine Dragons \u2014 Wake Up<\/p>\n Lola Young \u2014 Messy<\/p>\n MGK & Jelly Roll \u2014 Lonely Road<\/p>\n Sombr \u2014 Back to Friends<\/p>\n The Mar\u00edas \u2014 Back to Me<\/p>\n Best rock<\/strong><\/p>\n Coldplay \u2014 All My Love<\/p>\n Evanescence \u2014 Afterlife (From the Netflix Series \u201cDevil May Cry\u201d)<\/p>\n Green Day \u2014 One Eyed Bastard<\/p>\n Lenny Kravitz \u2014 Honey<\/p>\n Linkin Park \u2014 The Emptiness Machine<\/p>\n Twenty One Pilots \u2014 The Contract<\/p>\n Best Latin<\/strong><\/p>\n Bad Bunny \u2014 Baile Inolvidable<\/p>\n J Balvin \u2014 Rio<\/p>\n Karol G \u2014 Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido<\/p>\n Peso Pluma \u2014 La Patrulla<\/p>\n Rauw Alejandro & Romeo Santos \u2014 Kh\u00e9?<\/p>\n Shakira \u2014 Soltera<\/p>\n Best K-Pop<\/strong><\/p>\n Aespa \u2014 Whiplash<\/p>\n Jennie \u2014 Like Jennie<\/p>\n Jimin \u2014 Who<\/p>\n Jisoo \u2014 Earthquake<\/p>\n Lisa featuring Doja Cat & Raye \u2014 Born Again<\/p>\n Stray Kids \u2014 Chk Chk Boom<\/p>\n Ros\u00e9 \u2014 Toxic Till the End<\/p>\n Best Afrobeats<\/strong><\/p>\n Asake & Travis Scott \u2014 Active<\/p>\n Burna Boy featuring Travis Scott \u2014 TaTaTa<\/p>\n Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea \u2014 Shake It to the Max (Fly) (Remix)<\/p>\n Rema \u2014 Baby (Is It A Crime)<\/p>\n Tems Featuring Asake \u2014 Get It Right<\/p>\n Tyla \u2014 Push 2 Start<\/p>\n Wizkid featuring Brent Faiyaz \u2014 Piece of My Heart<\/p>\n Best country<\/strong><\/p>\n Chris Stapleton \u2014 Think I\u2019m in Love With You<\/p>\n Cody Johnson & Carrie Underwood \u2014 I\u2019m Gonna Love You<\/p>\n Jelly Roll \u2014 Liar<\/p>\n Lainey Wilson \u2014 4x4xU<\/p>\n Megan Moroney \u2014 Am I Okay?<\/p>\n Morgan Wallen \u2014 Smile<\/p>\n Best album<\/strong><\/p>\n Bad Bunny \u2014 Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos<\/p>\n Kendrick Lamar \u2014 GNX<\/p>\n Lady Gaga \u2014 Mayhem<\/p>\n Morgan Wallen \u2014 I\u2019m the Problem<\/p>\n Sabrina Carpenter \u2014 Short n\u2019 Sweet<\/p>\n The Weeknd \u2014 Hurry Up Tomorrow<\/p>\n Best long form video<\/strong><\/p>\n Ariana Grande \u2014 Brighter Days Ahead<\/p>\n Bad Bunny \u2014 Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos (Short Film)<\/p>\n Damiano David \u2014 Funny Little Stories<\/p>\n Mac Miller \u2014 Balloonerism<\/p>\n Miley Cyrus \u2014 Something Beautiful<\/p>\n The Weeknd \u2014 Hurry Up Tomorrow<\/p>\n Video for good<\/strong><\/p>\n Burna Boy \u2014 Higher<\/p>\n Charli XCX \u2014 Guess featuring Billie Eilish<\/p>\n Doechii \u2014 Anxiety<\/p>\n Eminem featuring Jelly Roll \u2014 Somebody Save Me<\/p>\n Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco \u2014 Younger and Hotter Than Me<\/p>\n Zach Hood featuring Sasha Alex Sloan \u2014 Sleepwalking<\/p>\n Best direction<\/strong><\/p>\n Ariana Grande \u2014 Brighter Days Ahead<\/p>\n Charli XCX \u2014 Guess featuring Billie Eilish<\/p>\n Kendrick Lamar \u2014 Not Like Us<\/p>\n Lady Gaga \u2014 Abracadabra<\/p>\n Ros\u00e9 & Bruno Mars \u2014 Apt.<\/p>\n Sabrina Carpenter \u2014 Manchild<\/p>\n Best art direction<\/strong><\/p>\n Charli XCX \u2014 Guess featuring Billie Eilish<\/p>\n Kendrick Lamar \u2014 Not Like Us<\/p>\n Lady Gaga \u2014 Abracadabra<\/p>\n Lorde \u2014 Man of the Year<\/p>\n Miley Cyrus \u2014 End of the World<\/p>\n Ros\u00e9 & Bruno Mars \u2014 Apt.<\/p>\n Best cinematography<\/strong><\/p>\n Ariana Grande \u2014 Brighter Days Ahead<\/p>\n Ed Sheeran \u2014 Sapphire<\/p>\n Kendrick Lamar \u2014 Not Like Us<\/p>\n Lady Gaga \u2014 Abracadabra<\/p>\n Miley Cyrus \u2014 Easy Lover<\/p>\n Sabrina Carpenter \u2014 Manchild<\/p>\n Best editing<\/strong><\/p>\n Charli XCX \u2014 Guess featuring Billie Eilish<\/p>\n Ed Sheeran \u2014 Sapphire<\/p>\n Kendrick Lamar \u2014 Not Like Us<\/p>\n Lady Gaga \u2014 Abracadabra<\/p>\n Sabrina Carpenter \u2014 Manchild<\/p>\n Tate McRae \u2014 Just Keep Watching (From F1\u00ae the Movie)<\/p>\n Best choreography<\/strong><\/p>\n Doechii \u2014 Anxiety<\/p>\n FKA twigs \u2014 Eusexua<\/p>\n Kendrick Lamar \u2014 Not Like Us<\/p>\n Lady Gaga \u2014 Abracadabra<\/p>\n Tyla \u2014 Push 2 Start<\/p>\n Zara Larsson \u2014 Pretty Ugly<\/p>\n Best visual effects<\/strong><\/p>\n Ariana Grande \u2014 Brighter Days Ahead<\/p>\n Lady Gaga \u2014 Abracadabra<\/p>\n Ros\u00e9 & Bruno Mars \u2014 Apt.<\/p>\n Sabrina Carpenter \u2014 Manchild<\/p>\n Tate McRae \u2014 Just Keep Watching (From F1\u00ae the Movie)<\/p>\n The Weeknd \u2014 Hurry Up Tomorrow<\/p>\n Best group<\/strong><\/p>\n Aespa<\/p>\n All Time Low<\/p>\n Backstreet Boys<\/p>\n Blackpink<\/p>\n Coldplay<\/p>\n Evanescence<\/p>\n Fuerza Regida<\/p>\n Grupo Frontera<\/p>\n Imagine Dragons<\/p>\n Jonas Brothers<\/p>\n Katseye<\/p>\n The Mar\u00edas<\/p>\n My Chemical Romance<\/p>\n Seventeen<\/p>\n Stray Kids<\/p>\n Twenty One Pilots<\/p>\n Song of the summer<\/strong><\/p>\n Addison Rae \u2014 Headphones On<\/p>\n Alex Warren \u2014 Ordinary<\/p>\n Benson Boone \u2014 Mystical Magical<\/p>\n BigXthaPlug & Bailey Zimmerman \u2014 All the Way<\/p>\n Chappell Roan \u2014 The Subway<\/p>\n Demi Lovato \u2014 Fast<\/p>\n Doja Cat \u2014 Jealous Type<\/p>\n Huntr\/x \u2014 Golden<\/p>\n Jessie Murph \u2014 Blue Strips<\/p>\n Justin Bieber \u2014 Daisies<\/p>\n Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea \u2014 Shake It to the Max (Fly) (Remix)<\/p>\n Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae \u2014 What I Want<\/p>\n Ravyn Lenae featuring Rex Orange County \u2014 Love Me Not<\/p>\n Sabrina Carpenter \u2014 Manchild<\/p>\n Sombr \u2014 12 to 12<\/p>\n Tate McRae \u2014 Just Keep Watching (From F1\u00ae the Movie)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nbcnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are 19 gender-neutral categories for the VMA awards. 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