The viewership of the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards was down 9% overall and 15% in the crucial 18- to 49-calendar year-outdated demographic group. Cardi B, the most nominated artist of the night, opened the 2018 clearly show with a short speech, keeping a VMA like a infant. Justin Timberlake's "Mirrors" won Video of the Year, producing him the 1st male solo artist to gain this class because Eminem in 2002 with "Without Me".