1/67Rapper Nicki Minaj holds her award for best hip-hop video in the press room at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
Photos: 2018 MTV VMAs red carpet
WHIPS, chains, even entirely see-through outfits — at the VMAS, the music industry’s biggest names are outdoing each other.
2/67Nicki Minaj holds her award for best hip-hop video in the press room at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
3/67Blac Chyna. Picture: Mega
4/67Kylie Jenner arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. Picture: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
5/67Pete Davison and Ariana Grande attend the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for MTV
6/67Cardi B at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards. Picture: Mega
7/67Amber Rose attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV
8/67Rita Ora attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images/AFP
9/67Rita Ora attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images/AFP
10/67Rita Ora attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for MTV
11/67Lily Barrios attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images/AFP
12/67Winnie Harlow arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. Picture: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
13/67Sky attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images/AFP
14/67Jennifer Lopez attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
15/67Blac Chyna attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
16/67Teyana Taylor attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
17/67Blake Lively attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
18/67Iggy Azalea attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for MTV
19/67Karlie Kloss attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images/AFP
20/67Asian Doll attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
21/67Jessica Andrea attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for MTV
22/67TV personality Elettra Lamborghini attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
23/67Social media personality Hennessy Carolina attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
24/67Shanina Shaik attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
25/67English singer Liam Payne attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
26/67Nicky Hilton Rothschild arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. Picture: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
27/67Rose Bertram. Picture: Mega
28/67Ashanti attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
29/67Camila Cabello attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV
30/67Canadian actress Shay Mitchell attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
31/67US television personalitie Heidi Pratt attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
32/67Orange is the New Black’s Dascha Polanco. Picture: Mega
33/67Millie Bobby Brown attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV
34/67Anna Kendrick attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for MTV
35/67Olivia Munn attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for MTV
36/67R&B duo Chloe X Halle (Chloe Bailey and Halle Bailey) attend the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
37/67Tyga attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images/AFP
38/67Amara La Negra arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. Picture: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
39/67Marshmello attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV
40/67Farrah Abraham arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. Picture: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
41/67Bebe Rexha attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV
42/67US singer Sofia Carson attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
43/67US singer Hayley Kiyoko attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
44/67Camila Cabello arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. Picture: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
45/67Bobby Lytes attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV
46/67Noah Cyrus, left, and Lil Xan arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. Picture: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
47/67Lil Pump attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV
48/67Keegan-Michael Key, left, and Elisa Pugliese arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. Picture: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
49/67Sophie Kasaei . Picture: Mega
50/67Olivia O’Brien arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. Picture: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
51/67US TV personality Audrina Patridge attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
52/67Noah Cyrus, right, and Lil Xan arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. Picture: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
53/67Hip-hop artists Gucci Mane and Keyshia Ka’Oir attend the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
54/67US singer/songwriter Brendon Urie from the band Panic At The Disco attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
55/67Logic attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City.Picture: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV
56/67US singer-songwruter King Princess attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
57/67US TV personalities Lauren Pesce and Mike Sorrentino attend the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
58/67Nicole Polizzi, left, and Jennifer Lynn “JWOWW” Farley arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. Picture: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
59/67Amandla Stenberg attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for MTV
60/67Victor Cruz, left, and Karrueche Tran arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. Picture: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
61/67Paul ‘Pauly D’ Delvecchio. Picture: Mega
62/67Juice Wrld attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
63/67Nico Tortorella and Bethany C. Meyers. Picture: Mega
64/67SZA arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. Picture: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
65/67Hayley Kiyoko attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for MTV
66/67DJ Khaled, Asahd Khaled, and Nicole Tuck attend the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
67/67US television personalities Spencer (R) and Heidi Pratt and son Gunner Pratt attend the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City. Picture: ANGELA WEISS / AFP
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