2020 MTV Video Music Awards: BTS, Lady Gaga, The Weeknd Win Big

The winners of the highly anticipated 2020 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) were announced on Sunday and BTS and Lady Gaga turned out to be the biggest winners of the night.

South Korean boy band BTS won four trophies during the virtual ceremony, including Best Group. The group edged out bands like Blackpink, The 1975, 5 Seconds of Summer, and Twenty One Pilots to bag the award, Vulture reported.

Apart from winning in that category, the group also went on to win the Best Pop trophy for their blockbuster hit song “On.” The K-pop band defeated heavyweights like Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, and Taylor Swift to win the award.

Best K-pop and Best Choreography were the other categories in which the band won awards.

The band now has 6 VMAs to their name.

Meanwhile, pop superstar Lady Gaga won the same number of trophies as BTS. The musician was crowned Artist of the Year and also took home Song of the Year for her song “Rain On Me” with Ariana Grande.

The aforementioned song also won the Best Collaboration accolade and emerged triumphant in the Best Cinematography category.

She also won the first-ever Tricon award. Tricon award replaced MTV’s Video Vanguard award and honors artists who have become superstars in various fields like acting, music, and fashion.

On the other hand, The Weeknd won two awards during the event. His blockbuster song “Blinding Lights” emerged victorious in the Video of the Year category and also took home the Best R&B accolade.

“Blinding Lights” has been one of the best-selling songs of 2020 and recently broke the record for spending most number of weeks atop Billboard’s all-format Radio Songs airplay chart. The song has been on the number one position for 19 weeks.

Other notable winners of the night were Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Coldplay, and Megan Thee Stallion.

The "Bad Blood" hitmaker became the first solo female artist to win the Best Director award in the history of the VMAs.

"This is amazing," Swift said while accepting the award.

Apart from Swift, only two female directors have won the award in this category. Valerie Faris and Erykah Badu won the trophies in the particular category for their respective collaborations with a male counterpart.

Here’s the list of full winners:

MTV Tricon Award
Lady Gaga

Video of the Year

Billie Eilish, “everything i wanted”
Eminem ft. Juice WRLD, “Godzilla”
Future ft. Drake, “Life Is Good”
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande, “Rain On Me”
Taylor Swift, “The Man”
The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights” – Winner

Artist of the Year

DaBaby
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga - Winner
Megan Thee Stallion
Post Malone
The Weeknd

Song of the Year
Billie Eilish, “everything i wanted”
Doja Cat, “Say So”
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande, “Rain On Me” - Winner
Megan Thee Stallion, “Savage”
Post Malone, “Circles”
Roddy Ricch, “The Box”

Push Best New Artist

Doja Cat - Winner
Lewis Capaldi
YUNGBLUD

Best Pop
BTS, “On” - Winner
Halsey, “You should be sad”
Jonas Brothers, “What a Man Gotta Do”
Justin Bieber ft. Quavo, “Intentions”
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande, “Rain On Me”
Taylor Swift, “Lover”

Best R&B
Alicia Keys, “Underdog”
Chloe x Halle, “Do It”
H.E.R. ft. YG, “Slide”
Khalid ft. Summer Walker, “Eleven”
Lizzo, “Cuz I Love You”
The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights” – Winner

Best Hip-Hop
DaBaby, “BOP”
Eminem ft. Juice WRLD, “Godzilla”
Future ft. Drake, “Life Is Good”
Megan Thee Stallion, “Savage” - Winner
Roddy Ricch, “The Box”
Travis Scott, “HIGHEST IN THE ROOM”

Best Music Video From Home
5 Seconds of Summer, “Wildflower”
Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber, “Stuck with U” - Winner
blink-182, “Happy Days”
Drake, “Toosie Slide”
John Legend, “Bigger Love”
Twenty-One Pilots, “Level of Concern”

Best Collaboration
Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, “Stuck With U”
Black Eyed Peas ft. J Balvin, “RITMO (Bad Boys for Life)”
Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid, “Beautiful People”
Future ft. Drake, “Life Is Good”
Karol G ft. Nicki Minaj, “Tusa”
Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande, “Rain On Me” – Winner

Best Direction
Billie Eilish, “Xanny”: Directed by Billie Eilish
Doja Cat, “Say So”: Directed by Hannah Lux Davis
Dua Lipa, “Don’t Start Now”: Directed by Nabil
Harry Styles, “Adore You”: Directed by Dave Meyers
Taylor Swift, “The Man”: Directed by Taylor Swift - Winner
The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights”: Directed by Anton Tammi

Best Alternative
The 1975, “If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)”
All Time Low, “Some Kind Of Disaster”
FINNEAS, “Let’s Fall in Love for the Night”
Lana Del Rey, “Doin’ Time”
Machine Gun Kelly, “Bloody Valentine” - Winner
Twenty One pilots, “Level of Concern”

Best Group

5 Seconds of Summer
Blackpink
BTS - Winner
Chloe x Halle
CNCO
Little Mix
Monsta X
Now United
The 1975
Twenty One Pilots

Song of the Summer 

Blackpink, “How You Like That” - Winner
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion, “WAP”
Miley Cyrus, “Midnight Sky”
DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch, “Rockstar”
DJ Khaled ft. Drake, “Popstar”
Doja Cat, “Say So”
Jack Harlow, “Whats Poppin”
Lil Baby ft. 42 Dugg, “We Paid”
Dua Lipa, “Break My Heart”
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé, “Savage (Remix)”
Pop Smoke ft. 50 Cent and Roddy Ricch, “The Woo”
Saint Jhn, “Roses”
Saweetie, “Tap In”
Harry Styles, “Watermelon Sugar”
Taylor Swift, “Cardigan”
The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights"