MTV Video Music Awards 2021: Bieber, Lil Nas, Rodrigo, BTS big winners

Lil Nas Xs Montero took home video of the year award at the MTV Video Music Awards 2021 held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn here on Sunday for the first time in eight yearsJustin Bieber Olivia Rodrigo BTS and Billie Eilish among others also won multiple Moon Person awards Heres a look at this years recordsettersOlivia Rodrigo 18 took the song of the year award for Drivers License She also became the fifthyoungest best new artist winner to date at the VMAs Bieber was just 16 when he won in 2010 Avril Lavigne Austin Mahone and Billie Eilish were each 17 when they won The Kid LAROI who MTV revealed was this years runnerup is also 18 Rodrigo also won push performance of the year again edging out The Kid LAROIBieber won artist of the year Hes the first male winner in the category since Ed Sheeran who was the inaugural winner four years ago Bieber also won the best pop award for PeachesKorean boy band BTS Butter won the best Kpop award BTS has won that award in all three years it has been presented They won last year for On and two years ago for Boy with Luv BTS also won group of the year for the third year in a row They are the first group to win in that category three years running Butter also won song of summer This is the second year in a row that a Kpop act has won in that category Blackpink won last year for How You Like ThatDoja Cats silky Kiss Me More featuring SZA took the best collaboration award Its the fourth allfemale collab to win the best collaboration following Beyonce and Shakiras Beautiful Liar 2007 Lady Gaga feat Beyonces Telephone 2010 and Lady Gaga with Ariana Grandes Rain on Me 2020Silk Sonics Leave the Door Open won the best RampB awardTravis Scotts Franchise won the best hiphop award Its the first malefronted hit to win in that category since Kendrick Lamars HUMBLE four years agoEilishs Your Power was a surprise winner for video for good beating among others HERs Oscarwinning Fight for You Eilish also won best Latin for Lo Vas A Olvidar a collab with Latin superstar Rosalia Its Rosalias second win in the category She took the award two years ago for Con Altura a collab with J BalvinBeyonces Brown Skin Girl won the best cinematography award Queen Bey didnt do the cinematography but at the VMAs artists share in the technical awards This is her 29th VMA which extends her record as the artist with the most awards Madonna is a distant second with 20 awardsFoo Fighters were the inaugural winner of the global icon award which the VMAs imported from the EMAs the MTV European Music Awards This is a year of recognition for the veteran band which will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this yearMachine Gun Kelly won the best alternative for the second year in a row He took the award this year for my exs best friend He won last year for Bloody Valentine MGK is the only the second act to win backtoback awards for the best alternative The first was Nirvana which managed a threepeat from 199294 with Smells Like Teen Spirit In Bloom and HeartShaped Box The category went on a 20year hiatus from 19992019 according to BillboardcomAlso ReadJustin Bieber to perform at MTV VMAs after 6 yearsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever