2019 MTV Video Music Awards

The 2019 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 26, 2019, at the Prudential Center in Newark, being the first VMA ceremony to be held in New Jersey.^[1][2] Sebastian Maniscalco hosted the 36th annual ceremony.^[3] Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, and Billie Eilish were the most awarded with three each. Missy Elliott became the first female rapper to win the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.^[4] The show was broadcast on a variety of Viacom-owned networks, as well as their respective websites, and apps through TV Everywhere authentication.^[5] 2019 MTV Video Music Awards won the 2020 Webby Award for Events in the category Social.^[6]