The popstar won 7 awards including Artist of the Year and Best Pop award.
The rapper-singer won 5 awards including Video of the Year for Fortnight, along with Swift.
The singer and producer bagged 3 awards. His song Houdini won Best hip-hop.
The 25-year-old won her first-even MTV VMA - Song of the Year for Espresso.
Roan, whose song Good Luck, Babe! topped many charts this year, won Best New Artist.
Among the K pop idols, Blackpink's Lisa won the best in K Pop for her song Rockstar.
VMAs Most Iconic Performance award went to Katy Perry for her 2013 song Roar.
The singer's homage song Houdini, for illusionist Harry Houdini, won Best Choreography.
This year's MVA host clinched 2 awards including Best Trending Video for Mamushi (Yuki Chiba).
After an electrifying performance on stage, he took home the Best Rock Video award for Human.