It was a night dominated by women, with female stars bagging all the awards, with the exception of Bruno Mars for his collaborations with Gaga and Blackpink member Rose.
Mariah Carey collected her first-ever VMA award, swiftly followed by a second when she was awarded the Video Vanguard award.
And tribute was paid to Ozzy Osbourne, who died in July, with Yungblud and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry performing Black Sabbath classics, introduced by Jack Osbourne and his four daughters.
Here’s the best of the MTV VMAs, in pictures.
