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Favorite Broadway Debut

    Ashley Graham, Chicago

    Cheryl Porter, & Juliet

    Durrell “Tank” Babbs, Hell’s Kitchen

    Gabrielle Nevaeh Green, Stranger Things: The First Shadow

    Jack Wolfe, Hadestown

    Kelsie Watts, Six! The Musical

    Lencia Kebede, Wicked

    Lizzy McAlpine, Floyd Collins

    Meg Donnelly, Moulin Rouge! The Musical

    Ne-Yo, Hell’s Kitchen

    WINNER: Tom Felton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

    Trisha Paytas, Beetlejuice

Favorite TikTok Dance (new category)

    “Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga

    “Gnarly” – KATSEYE

    “GO!” – CORTIS

    “Happen To Me” – Russell Dickerson

    “JUMP” – BLACKPINK

    “like JENNIE” – JENNIE

    “Midnight Sun” – Zara Larsson

    WINNER: “MONA LISA” – j-hope

    “Revolving Door” – Tate McRae

    “SPAGHETTI” – LE SSERAFIM, j-hope

    “The Fate of Ophelia” – Taylor Swift

Favorite Debut Album (new category)

    Addison Rae, Addison

    WINNER: Alex Warren, You’ll Be Alright, Kid

    Audrey Hobert, Who’s the Clown?

    Calum Hood, ORDER chaos ORDER

    Coco Jones, Why Not More?

    JADE, THAT’S SHOWBIZ BABY!

    JENNIE, Ruby

    LISA, Alter Ego

    Michael Clifford, SIDEQUEST

    Perrie, Perrie

    sombr, I Barely Know Her

    Tucker Wetmore, What Not To

Best Lyrics

    “Anxiety” – Doechi

    “BAILE INoLVIDABLE” – Bad Bunny

    “Camera” – Ed Sheeran

    “Choosin’ Texas” – Ella Langley

    “DAISIES” – Justin Bieber

    “Golden” – HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI

    “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean

    “Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter

    “Ordinary” – Alex Warren

    WINNER: “The Fate of Ophelia” – Taylor Swift

    “undressed” – sombr

    “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!” – RAYE

Best Music Video

    “Abracadabra” – Lady Gaga

    “BAILE INoLVIDABLE” – Bad Bunny

    “BORN AGAIN” – LISA feat. Doja Cat & RAYE

    “Gabriela” – KATSEYE

    “JUMP” – BLACKPINK

    “like JENNIE” – JENNIE

    “Manchild” – Sabrina Carpenter

    “Ordinary” – Alex Warren

    “Sapphire” – Ed Sheeran

    “Shake It to the Max (FLY) (Remix)” – MOLIY, Shenseea, Skillibeng, Silent Addy

    WINNER: “The Fate of Ophelia” – Taylor Swift

    “toxic till the end” – ROSÉ

Favorite On Screen

    AJ McLean, Nicole Scherzinger, Liam Payne, Kelly Rowland, Building the Band

    Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo, Wicked: For Good

    Bad Bunny, Happy Gilmore 2

    Becky G, REBBECA

    Ed Sheeran, ONE SHOT with Ed Sheeran: A Musical Experience

    WINNER: Jimin and Jung Kook, Are You Sure?!

    Jonas Brothers, A Very Jonas Christmas Movie

    Karol G, Karol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful

    Lady Gaga, Wednesday

    LISA, The White Lotus

    Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The End of an Era

    Zara Larsson, Up Close

Favorite Tour Photographer

    Abby Waisler for Gracie Abrams

    Adam DeGross for Post Malone

    Anna Lee for Coldplay

    baeth for Tate McRae

    Chris Cornejo for Shakira

    Cynthia Parkhurst for Katy Perry

    Henry Hwu for Billie Eilish

    Hyghly for The Weeknd

    Joshua Halling for Oasis

    WINNER: Rahul Bhatt for KATSEYE

    Thomas Falcone for Shawn Mendes

    Tom Pallant for YUNGBLUD

Favorite Soundtrack

    A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (Original Soundtrack)

    F1 the Album

    Frankenstein (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)

   WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters

    Nobody Wants This Season 2: The Soundtrack

    Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Smurfs Movie Soundtrack (Music From & Inspired By)

    Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

    Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack

    Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires (Original Soundtrack)

Favorite Tour Style

    Bad Bunny, “DeBí TiRaR MáS FOtoS World Tour”

    Beyoncé, “Cowboy Carter Tour”

    Billie Eilish, “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour”

    BLACKPINK, “Deadline World Tour”

    Dua Lipa, “Radical Optimism Tour”

    Ella Langley, “Still Hungover Tour”

    KATSEYE, “Beautiful Chaos Tour”

    Lady Gaga, “The Mayhem Ball”

    Sabrina Carpenter, “Short n’ Sweet Tour”

    Tate McRae, “Miss Possessive Tour”

    WINNER: Taylor Swift, “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour”

    Zara Larsson, “Midnight Sun Tour”

Favorite Tour Tradition

    Benson Boone, Cover song

    Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & Rumi on stage

    Billie Eilish, “when the party’s over” silent loop

    WINNER: Coldplay, Crowd cam

    Dua Lipa, Surprise guest

    Jonas Brothers, Surprise guest

    KATSEYE, “Gnarly” dance break

    Lainey Wilson, Cowgirl of the night

    ROLE MODEL, Sally

    Sabrina Carpenter, Celebrity “Juno” arrest

    Tate McRae, Fan cam on stage

    Zara Larsson, “Lush Life” star

Favorite K-pop Collab (new category)

    “Blink” – Corbyn Besson & TZUYU of TWICE

    “BORN AGAIN” – LISA feat. Doja Cat & RAYE

    “BUCK” – Jackson Wang feat. Diljit Dosanjh

    “Confessions” – Flo Rida, HEESEUNG & JAKE of ENHYPEN, Paul Russell

    “Dirty Work” – aespa feat. Flo Milli

    “ExtraL” – JENNIE, Doechii

    “EYES CLOSED” – JISOO X ZAYN

    “Illegal + SEVENTEEN” – PinkPantheress, SEVENTEEN

    “On My Mind” – Alex Warren & ROSÉ

    WINNER: “Sweet Dreams (feat. Miguel)” – j-hope, Miguel

    “TOO BAD” – G-DRAGON feat. Anderson .Paak

    “WE PRAY (TWICE Version)” – Coldplay, TWICE, Burna Boy, Elyanna, TINI, Little Simz

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