| Video of the Year(Presented by Burger King) | Song of the Year |
| Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" Ariana Grande – "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" Billie Eilish – "Lunch" Doja Cat – "Paint the Town Red" Eminem – "Houdini" SZA – "Snooze" | Sabrina Carpenter – "Espresso" Beyoncé – "Texas Hold 'Em" Jack Harlow – "Lovin on Me" Kendrick Lamar – "Not Like Us" Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" Teddy Swims – "Lose Control" |
| Artist of the Year | Best New Artist |
| Taylor Swift Ariana Grande Bad Bunny Eminem Sabrina Carpenter SZA | Chappell Roan Benson Boone Gracie Abrams Shaboozey Teddy Swims Tyla |
| Push Performance of the Year | Best Collaboration |
| June 2024: Le Sserafim – "Easy" August 2023: Kaliii – "Area Codes" September 2023: GloRilla – "Lick or Sum" October 2023: Benson Boone – "In the Stars" November 2023: Coco Jones – "ICU" December 2023: Victoria Monét – "On My Mama" January 2024: Jessie Murph – "Wild Ones" February 2024: Teddy Swims – "Lose Control" March 2024: Chappell Roan – "Red Wine Supernova" April 2024: Flyana Boss – "Yeaaa" May 2024: Laufey – "Goddess" July 2024: The Warning – "Automatic Sun" | Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" Drake featuring Sexyy Red and SZA – "Rich Baby Daddy" GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion – "Wanna Be" Jessie Murph featuring Jelly Roll – "Wild Ones" Jungkook featuring Latto – "Seven" Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen – "I Had Some Help" |
| Best Pop | Best Hip Hop |
| Taylor Swift Camila Cabello Dua Lipa Olivia Rodrigo Sabrina Carpenter Tate McRae | Eminem – "Houdini" Drake featuring Sexyy Red and SZA – "Rich Baby Daddy" GloRilla – "Yeah Glo!" Gunna – "FukUMean" Megan Thee Stallion – "Boa" Travis Scott featuring Playboi Carti – "Fe!n" |
| Best R&B | Best K-Pop |
| SZA – "Snooze" Alicia Keys – "Lifeline" Muni Long – "Made for Me" Tyla – "Water" Usher, Summer Walker and 21 Savage – "Good Good" Victoria Monét – "On My Mama" | Lisa – "Rockstar" Jungkook featuring Latto – "Seven" NCT Dream – "Smoothie" NewJeans – "Super Shy" Stray Kids – "Lalalala" Tomorrow X Together – "Deja Vu" |
| Best Latin | Best Rock |
| Anitta – "Mil Veces" Bad Bunny – "Monaco" Karol G – "Mi Ex Tenía Razón" Myke Towers – "Lala" Peso Pluma and Anitta – "Bellakeo" Rauw Alejandro – "Touching the Sky" Shakira and Cardi B – "Puntería" | Lenny Kravitz – "Human" Bon Jovi – "Legendary" Coldplay – "Feelslikeimfallinginlove" Green Day – "Dilemma" Kings of Leon – "Mustang" U2 – "Atomic City" |
| Best Alternative | Best Afrobeats |
| Benson Boone – "Beautiful Things" Bleachers – "Tiny Moves" Hozier – "Too Sweet" Imagine Dragons – "Eyes Closed" Linkin Park – "Friendly Fire" Teddy Swims – "Lose Control (Live)" | Tyla – "Water" Ayra Starr featuring Giveon – "Last Heartbreak Song" Burna Boy – "City Boys" Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay – "Sensational" Tems – "Love Me JeJe" Usher and Pheelz – "Ruin” |
| Video for Good | Song of Summer(Presented by Hilton) |
| Billie Eilish – "What Was I Made For?" Alexander Stewart – "If You Only Knew" Coldplay – "Feelslikeimfallinginlove" Joyner Lucas and Jelly Roll – "Best for Me" RAYE – "Genesis" Tyler Childers – "In Your Love" | Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" Ariana Grande – "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" Benson Boone – "Beautiful Things" Billie Eilish – "Birds of a Feather" Chappell Roan – "Good Luck, Babe!" Charli XCX and Billie Eilish – "Guess" Eminem – "Houdini" Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar – "Like That" GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion – "Wanna Be" Hozier – "Too Sweet" Kendrick Lamar – "Not Like Us" Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen – "I Had Some Help" Sabrina Carpenter – "Please Please Please" Shaboozey – "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" SZA – "Saturn" Tommy Richman – "Million Dollar Baby" |
| Best Group |
| Seventeen Coldplay Imagine Dragons NCT Dream NewJeans NSYNC Tomorrow X Together Twenty One Pilots |
| VMAs Most Iconic Performance | Best Trending Video |
| Katy Perry – "Roar" (2013, live from Empire-Fulton Ferry Park) Beyoncé – "Love on Top" (2011) Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Madonna and Missy Elliott – "Like a Virgin" and "Hollywood" (2003) Eminem – "The Real Slim Shady" and "The Way I Am" (2000) Lady Gaga – "Paparazzi" (2009) Madonna – "Like a Virgin" (1984) Taylor Swift – "You Belong with Me" (2009) | Megan Thee Stallion featuring Yuki Chiba – "Mamushi" Beyoncé – "Texas Hold 'Em" Camila Cabello featuring Playboi Carti – "I Luv It" Chappell Roan – "Hot to Go!" Charli XCX – "Apple" Tinashe – "Nasty" |
