Presenters were announced on August 26.[16]Nessa Diab and Kevan Kenney hosted the 90-minute pre-show event, while
Tate McRae served as special celebrity correspondent.
Murda Beatz acted as the pre-show House DJ.[9]
Pre-show
Kevan Kenney – presented Best Alternative and Best Metaverse Performance
Tate McRae – presented Push Performance of the Year
Main show
Johnny Depp – intermittently appeared throughout the ceremony in pre-recorded segments as the Moon Person
LL Cool J and Nicki Minaj (emcees) – presented Video of the Year
Winners and nominees
Nominations were announced on July 26, 2022.
Jack Harlow,
Kendrick Lamar and
Lil Nas X had the most nominations with seven each, followed by
Doja Cat and
Harry Styles having six nominations each.[17] Nominees for Song of Summer, Group of the Year, and Album of the Year were announced on August 19.[9] Voting for Group of the Year and Song of Summer ran from August 22–25 and August 25–27 respectively, while voting for Album of the Year ran from August 27 until the show, via MTV's
Instagram stories.[9][18] After the second round of categories was announced, the nominations for Doja Cat, Harlow and Styles increased to eight each, making them the artists with the most nominations.[9][18] Harlow was the most awarded nominee with four wins, followed by Lil Nas X, Styles and
Taylor Swift having three each.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
List of winners and nominees for the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards
^Several news outlets, including Entertainment Tonight and Teen Vogue, reported that Blackpink won Group of the Year several hours before the award was announced. The tweets and articles were deleted or changed, without acknowledgment of the false reporting, once MTV officially announced that BTS won.
^While Michael Jackson's name was included in press releases announcing that Nicki Minaj would receive the award, it was not mentioned during the ceremony broadcast.