Sights And Sounds From The  2016 MTV VMA’s + Full List Of Winners

The MTV Video Music Awards is an annual ceremony in celebration of the music video medium. 

Presented by the cable channel each year at the end of summer, it’s often hailed as the ‘Super Bowl for youth’ due to its mass appeal to younger audiences.

This year’s award was held at the  Madison square garden and had many alist celebrities  in attendance. 

Photos below:

Beyoncè  who took home the highest number of gongs for the night wore two more dresses to receive them. 

Performances

The shoe featured performances from Beyonce, Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande, Britney Spears and G-Eazy, Rihanna and chain smokers .

The best performance of the night came from Beyoncè who seems to have brought her visual album ‘Lemonade’ to the stage. Rihanna also gave a good show as she performed 4 times during the event. 

There was a lot of anticipation for Britney Spears who was performing on the MTV stage after 9 years but her performance was very lack luster especially comparing it to Beyonce and even Rihanna who had lit up the stage. 

See photos below:

Rihanna also got the Michael Jackson vanguard award at the age of 28. The award was presented by Drake,  who during his presentation speech said he had loved her since he was  22. Photos below:

Full list of winners below: 

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Adele – Hello
Beyoncé – Formation – WINNER
Drake – Hotline Bling 
Justin Bieber – Sorry 
Kanye West – Famous 

BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Adele – Hello 
Beyoncé – Hold Up – WINNER
Sia – Cheap Thrills 
Ariana Grande – Into You 
Rihanna ft. Drake – Work (short version) 

BEST MALE VIDEO
Drake – Hotline Bling
Bryson Tiller – Don’t
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – This Is What You Came For – WINNER
Kanye West – Famous 
The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face 

BEST COLLABORATION
Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar – Freedom
Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign – Work From Home – WINNER
Ariana Grande ft. Lil Wayne – Let Me Love You
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – This Is What You Came For 
Rihanna ft. Drake – Work (short version) 

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Drake – Hotline Bling – WINNER
Desiigner – Panda
Bryson Tiller – Don’t 
Chance The Rapper featuring Saba – Angels 
2 Chainz – Watch Out 

BEST POP VIDEO
Adele – Hello
Beyoncé – Formation – WINNER
Justin Bieber – Sorry
Alessia Cara – Wild Things 
Ariana Grande – Into You
BEST ROCK VIDEO
All Time Low – Missing You
Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime
Fall Out Boy ft. Demi Lovato – Irresistible
twenty one pilots – Heathens – WINNER
Panic! At The Disco – Victorious

BEST ELECTRONIC VIDEO
Calvin Harris & Disciples – How Deep Is Your Love – WINNER
99 Souls ft. Destiny’s Child & Brandy – The Girl Is Mine
Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza
Afrojack – SummerThing! 
The Chainsmokers ft. Daya – Don’t Let Me Down

BREAKTHROUGH LONG FORM VIDEO
Florence + The Machine – The Odyssey
Beyoncé – Lemonade – WINNER
Justin Bieber – PURPOSE: The Movement
Chris Brown – Royalty
Troye Sivan – Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy

BEST NEW ARTIST 

Bryson Tiller

Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham
DNCE – WINNER

BEST ART DIRECTION 
Beyoncé – Hold Up
Production Designer: Jason Hougaard 
Fergie – M.I.L.F.$ 
Production Designer: Alexander Delgado 
Drake – Hotline Bling
Production Designer: Jeremy MacFarlane 
David Bowie – Blackstar 
Production Designer: Jan Houllevigue – WINNER
Adele – Hello
Production Designer: Colombe Raby
 

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – Formation 
Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia – WINNER 
Missy Elliott ft. Pharrell – WTF (Where They From)
Choreographer: Hi-Hat 
Beyoncé – Sorry
Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia, Anthony Burrell, Beyoncé Knowles Carter 
FKA Twigs – M3LL155X
Choreographer: FKA Twigs 
Florence + The Machine – Delilah
Choreographer: Holly Blakey 

BEST DIRECTION
Beyoncé – Formation
Director: Melina Matsoukas – WINNER 
Coldplay – Up&Up 
Director: Vania Heymann, Gal Muggia 
Adele – Hello
Director: Xavier Dolan 
David Bowie – Lazarus
Director: Johan Renck
Tame Impala – The Less I Know The Better
Director: Canada 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – Formation – WINNER
Cinematographer: Malik Sayeed 
Adele – Hello 
Cinematographer: André Turpin 
David Bowie – Lazarus
Cinematographer: Crille Forsberg 
Alesso – I Wanna Know 
Cinematographer: Corey Jennings
Ariana Grande – Into You
Cinematographer: Paul Laufer 

BEST EDITING
Beyoncé – Formation – WINNER
Editor: Jeff Selis 
Adele – Hello
Editor: Xavier Dolan 
Fergie – M.I.L.F.$
Editor: Vinnie Hobbs 
David Bowie – Lazarus
Editor: Johan Söderberg 
Ariana Grande – Into You
Editor: Hannah Lux Davis
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS 
Coldplay – Up&Up – WINNER
VFX Editor: Vania Heymann
FKA Twigs – M3LL155X
VFX Editor: Lewis Saunders, Jihoon Yoo 
Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
VFX Editor: Sam Sneade
The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
VFX Editor: Bryan Smaller 
Zayn – PILLOWTALK
VFX Editor: David Smith 

SONG OF THE SUMMER 
Fifth Harmony featuring Fetty Wap — All In My Head – WINNER
Drake — One Dance
Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop The Feeling
Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber — Cold Water
Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna — This Is What You Came For
Sia — Cheap Thrills
The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey — Closer
Nick Jonas featuring Ty Dolla $ign — Bacon
Kent Jones — Don’t Mind
Selena Gomez — Kill ‘Em With Kindness