Rapper Bad Bunny and singer Taylor Swift won the most awards on Sunday night at the annual MTV Video Music Awards held at the stadium in Newark, New Jersey, news.ro reports.

Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music AwardsPhoto: JOHN ANGELILLO/UPI/Profimedia

After two editions in 2020 and 2021 cut short by the pandemic, Bad Bunny, who was absent from the Prudential Center stage in Newark, as the artist from Puerto Rico, an island in the Caribbean under US jurisdiction, performed Saturday and Sunday nights to 100,000 fans have concerts at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York.

However, in a pink satin suit and white sunglasses, 28-year-old Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, aka Bad Bunny, spoke at the gala in Spanish via video to “thank New York” and sang his hit “Titi Me Pregunto” .

“I always believed that I could be one of the biggest stars on the planet without changing my culture or my language (…). I’m Benito Antonio Martinez de Puerto Rico for everyone!”, said the rapper.

Another pop star of the year, Harry Styles, won the award for the best album of the year (“Harry’s House”) in a video message before returning to his concert at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.

Pop megastar Taylor Swift turned heads on the red carpet at the Prudential Center in a very sheer, part-crystal dress, and won the award for best video of the year, a ten-minute short film (“All Too Well”).

“I am very proud of what I have achieved,” said the 32-year-old singer. “We couldn’t have made this short film without you, the fans,” she said. The artist used the opportunity to announce the release of a new album, which will take place on October 21.

Nicki Minaj triumphed on stage in the Best Hip-Hop category, while rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers took home the Global Icon Awards for Lifetime Achievement and paid tribute to Foo drummer Taylor Hocking of Fighters.

List of MTV Video Music Awards 2022 winners:

  • Video of the Year: Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”
  • Best New Artist: Dave Cameron
  • Best Rock: Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Black Summer”
  • Artist of the year: Bad Bunny
  • Song of the Summer: Jack Harlow – “First Class”
  • Best Hip-Hop: Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Baby – “Do We Have A Problem?”
  • Best Latin: Anitta – “Envolve”
  • Best K-pop: LISA – “LALISA”
  • Best Album: Harry Styles – “Harry’s House”
  • Best Long Form Video: Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”
  • Best alternative: Måneskin – “I Wanna be Your Slave”
  • Song of the Year: Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever”
  • Best Pop: Harry Styles – “How It Was”
  • Best R&B: The Weeknd – “Out Of Time”
  • Best Cinematography: Harry Styles – How It Was
  • Best Direction: Taylor Swift – It’s All Right (10 Minute Version) (Taylor Version)
  • Group of the Year: BTS