What was the song of the summer? Not ‘Ordinary,’ according to the VMAs

Women dominated the spotlight at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, with multiple wins for Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga and Sabrina Carpenter.

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If either Taylor Swift or Beyoncé had won artist of the year, it would have broken their tie of 30 VMA wins each. Lady Gaga’s win leaves them sharing the top spot on the historical list.

Alex Warren grabbed new-artist honors, but his ballad “Ordinary” — which Billboard has declared the song of the summer — lost in that category to Tate McRae’s “Just Keep Watching,” the much more lively theme to the movie “F1.”

“Ordinary” was a remarkably somber summer chart topper — the title generally goes to a high-energy banger (“I Had Some Help,” “Despacito,” “Old Town Road,” “Call Me Maybe,” et al.). It withstood the challenge of three Morgan Wallen entries to claim Billboard’s summer title, but at the end of August was bumped from the top of the Hot 100 by “Golden,” from “KPop Demon Hunters.”

Following are the VMA nominees, with the winner in bold.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead”
ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”

SONG OF THE YEAR

ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
Billie Eilish – “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”
Doechii – “Anxiety”
Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
Gracie Abrams – “I Love You, I’m Sorry”
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
Lorde – “What Was That”
Tate McRae – “Sports Car”
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

SONG OF THE SUMMER

Tate McRae – “Just Keep Watching”
Justin Bieber – “Daisies”
BigXthaPlug ft. Bailey Zimmerman – “All the Way”
Benson Boone – “Mystical Magical”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”
Doja Cat – “Jealous Type”
HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI – “Golden”
Ravyn Lenae ft. Rex Orange County – “Love Me Not”
Demi Lovato – “Fast”
MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea – “Shake It to the Max (FLY)” (Remix)
Jessie Murph – “Blue Strips”
Addison Rae – “Headphones On”
Chappell Roan – “The Subway”
Sombr – “12 to 12”
Morgan Wallen ft. Tate McRae – “What I Want”
Alex Warren – “Ordinary”

BEST ALBUM

Sabrina Carpenter – “Short n’ Sweet”
Bad Bunny- “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS”
Lady Gaga – “Mayhem”
Kendrick Lamar – “GNX”
Morgan Wallen – “I’m The Problem”
The Weeknd – “Hurry Up Tomorrow”

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Lady Gaga
Bad Bunny
Beyoncé
Kendrick Lamar
Taylor Swift
Morgan Wallen

BEST POP ARTIST

Sabrina Carpenter
Justin Bieber
Miley Cyrus
Ariana Grande
Lorde
Tate McRae
Charli xcx

BEST GROUP

Blackpink
aespa
All Time Low
Backstreet Boys
Coldplay
Evanescence
Fuerza Regida
Grupo Frontera
Jonas Brothers
Imagine Dragons
Katseye
My Chemical Romance
Seventeen
Stray Kids
The Marías
Twenty One Pilots

BEST COLLABORATION

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs – “Backup Plan (Stagecoach Official Music Video)”
Kendrick Lamar and SZA – “luther”
Post Malone ft. Blake Shelton – “Pour Me A Drink”
ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco – “Sunset Blvd”

NEW ARTIST

Alex Warren
Ella Langley
The Marías
Gigi Perez
sombr
Lola Young

POP

Ariana Grande – “brighter days ahead”
Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
Ed Sheeran – “Sapphire”
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
ROSÉ and Bruno Mars – “APT.”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Manchild”

ROCK

Coldplay – “All My Love”
Evanescence – “Afterlife”
Green Day – “One Eyed Bastard”
Lenny Kravitz – “Honey”
Linkin Park – “The Emptiness Machine”
Twenty One Pilots – “The Contract”

COUNTRY

Megan Moroney – “Am I Okay?”
Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood – “I’m Gonna Love You”
Jelly Roll – “Liar”
Chris Stapleton – “Think I’m In Love With You”
Morgan Wallen – “Smile”
Lainey Wilson – “4x4xU”

R&B

Mariah Carey – “Type Dangerous”
Chris Brown – “Residuals”
Leon Thomas and Freddie Gibbs – “MUTT (REMIX)”
PARTYNEXTDOOR – “N o C h i l l”
Summer Walker – “Heart Of A Woman”
SZA – “Drive”
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti – “Timeless”

HIP-HOP

Doechii – “Anxiety”
Drake – “NOKIA”
Eminem ft. Jelly Roll – “Somebody Save Me”
GloRilla ft. Sexyy Red – “WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
LL COOL J ft. Eminem – “Murdergram Deux”
Travis Scott – “4X4”

ALTERNATIVE

sombr – “Back to Friends”
Imagine Dragons – “Wake Up”
mgk and Jelly Roll – “Lonely Road”
The Marías – “Back to Me”
Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
Lola Young – “Messy”

K-POP

LISA ft. Doja Cat and RAYE – “Born Again”
aespa – “Whiplash”
JENNIE – “like JENNIE”
Jimin – “Who”
JISOO – “earthquake”
ROSÉ – “toxic till the end”
Stray Kids – “Chk Chk Boom”

AFROBEATS

Tyla – “PUSH 2 START”
Asake and Travis Scott – “Active”
Burna Boy ft. Travis Scott – “TaTaTa”
Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea – “Shake It To The Max (FLY)” (Remix)
Rema – “Baby (Is It A Crime)”
Tems ft. Asake – “Get It Right”
Wizkid ft. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece Of My Heart”

LATIN

Shakira – “Soltera”
Bad Bunny – “BAILE INoLVIDABLE”
J Balvin – “Rio”
KAROL G – “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”
Peso Pluma and Netón Vega – “LA PATRULLA”
Rauw Alejandro and Romeo Santos – “Khé?”

PUSH Performance of the Year (emerging artists)

Katseye – “Touch”
Jordan Adetunji – “KEHLANI”
Mark Ambor – “Belong Together”
Lay Bankz – “Graveyard”
Dasha – “Bye Bye Bye”
Damiano David – “Next Summer”
Livingston – “Shadow”
Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
Role Model – “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out”
Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Ayra Starr – “Last Heartbreak Song”
Leon Thomas – “YES IT IS”

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Rock the Bells Visionary Award: Busta Rhymes

Video Vanguard Award: Mariah Carey

Latin Icon Award: Ricky Martin

The Associated Press contributed to this report.