Music’s best and brightest were shining bright Monday night (Aug. 26) at the MTV VMA Awards (Video Music Awards) held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

While things may have been heating up inside, it was outside on the red carpet that the stars were strutting their style. Celebs like Taylor Swift, Billy Ray Cyrus, Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes lit up the carpet with the fashion sense.

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However, we all know that the music industry likes to go out of the box with their duds. Halsey, Veronica Vega and Nikita Dragun took chances with their style that may or may not have paid off.

Check out these 22 looks from the VMA red carpet.

1. Taylor Swift

2. Shawn Mendes

3. The Jonas Brothers

4. Lizzo

5. Lil Nas X

6. Camila Cabello

7. Billy Ray Cyrus

8. Bebe Rexha

9. Queen Latifah

10. DJ Khaled

11. Gigi and Bella Hadid

12. Diplo

13. Hailee Steinfeld

14. Lenny Kravitz

15. Blac Chyna

16. Halsey

17. Iced T and wife Coco

18. Rosalia

19. Veronica Vega

20. Pepa of Salt-N-Pepa

21. Lil Kim

22. Nikita Dragun