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2017 MTV Video Music Awards - all the winners and TV times

Written by TVSA Team from the blog Awards on 28 Aug 2017
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And the winners of the 34th MTV Video Music Awards are:

Video of the Year

Kendrick Lamar  -  Humble
Bruno Mars  -  24K Magic
Alessia Cara  -  Scars to Your Beautiful
DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller)  -  Wild Thoughts
The Weeknd  -  Reminder


 
Artist of the Year

Bruno Mars
Kendrick Lamar
Ed Sheeran
Ariana Grande
Lorde
The Weeknd


Best New Artist

Kodak Black
Young M.A
Khalid
Julia Michaels
Noah Cyrus
SZA

The awards aired live on MTV in the early hours of this morning (28 August 2017) and the repeat airs at 20h30 tonight, starting with the red carpet. The ceremony starts at 21h15.

Best Pop

Shawn Mendes  -  Treat You Better
Ed Sheeran  -  Shape of You
Harry Styles  -  Sign of the Times
Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane)  -  Down
Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley) – Chained to the Rhythm
Miley Cyrus  -  Malibu

Fourth Fifth Harmony threw shade at their former fifth member Camila Cabello by chucking her off the stage. It wasn't actually her unfortunately, but a silhouette.

They started their performance of Angel with the silhouette amongst them and when the beat of the music began, she was thrown backwards off stage.

Camila left the group for a solo career last year and was reported to have done it without telling the other four.


Best Rock

Coldplay  -  A Head Full of Dreams
Fall Out Boy  -  Young and Menace
Green Day  -  Bang Bang
Twenty One Pilots  -  Heavydirtysoul
Foo Fighters  -  Run

Best Hip Hop

Big Sean  -  Bounce Back
Chance the Rapper  -  Same Drugs
DJ Khaled (featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne)  -  I'm the One
D.R.A.M. (featuring Lil Yachty)  -  Broccoli
Kendrick Lamar  -  Humble
Migos (featuring Lil Uzi Vert)  -  Bad and Boujee

Best Fight Against the System
All of the nominees were honoured in this category.

Alessia Cara  -  Scars to Your Beautiful
Logic (featuring Damian Lemar Hudson) – Black Spiderman
The Hamilton Mixtape – Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)
Big Sean  -  Light
Taboo (featuring Shailene Woodley) – Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL
John Legend  -  Surefire


Best Cinematography

Imagine Dragons  -  Thunder (Director of Photography: Matthew Wise)
Ed Sheeran  -  Castle on the Hill (Director of Photography: Steve Annis)
DJ Shadow (featuring Run the Jewels)  -  Nobody Speak (Director of Photography: David Proctor)
Halsey  -  Now or Never (Director of Photography: Kristof Brandl)
Kendrick Lamar  -  Humble. (Director of Photography: Scott Cunningham)

Best Collaboration

Charlie Puth (featuring Selena Gomez)  -  We Don't Talk Anymore
Zayn and Taylor Swift  -  I Don't Wanna Live Forever
DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller)  -  Wild Thoughts
D.R.A.M. (featuring Lil Yachty)  -  Broccoli
The Chainsmokers (featuring Halsey)  -  Closer
Calvin Harris (featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean)  -  Feels

Best Dance

Kygo and Selena Gomez  -  It Ain't Me
Calvin Harris  -  My Way
Zedd and Alessia Cara  -  Stay
Major Lazer (featuring Justin Bieber and MØ)  -  Cold Water
Afrojack (featuring Ty Dolla $ign)  -  Gone

Best Direction

Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley)  -  Chained to the Rhythm (Director: Mathew Cullen)
Bruno Mars  -  24K Magic (Directors: Cameron Duddy and Bruno Mars)
Alessia Cara  -  Scars to Your Beautiful (Director: Aaron A)
Kendrick Lamar  -  Humble. (Directors: Dave Meyers and The Little Homies)
The Weeknd  -  Reminder (Director: Glenn Michael)

The ceremony was held at The Forum in Inglewood, California and was hosted by Katy Perry.

Best Art Direction

Bruno Mars  -  24K Magic (Art Director: Alex Delgado)
Kendrick Lamar  -  Humble. (Art Director: Spencer Graves)
Katy Perry (featuring Migos)  -  Bon Appétit (Art Director: Natalie Groce)
DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller)  -  Wild Thoughts (Art Director: Damian Fyffe)
The Weeknd  -  Reminder (Art Directors: Lamar C Taylor and KID. STUDIO)

Best Visual Effects

A Tribe Called Quest  -  Dis Generation (Visual Effects: Brandon Hirzel of Bemo)
Kendrick Lamar  -  Humble. (Visual Effects: Jonah Hall of Timber)
Kyle (featuring Lil Yachty)  -  iSpy (Visual Effects: Max Colt and Tomash Kuzmytskyi of GloriaFX)
Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley)  -  Chained to the Rhythm (Visual Effects: MIRADA)
Harry Styles  -  Sign of the Times (Visual Effects: Cédric Nivoliez of ONE MORE)

Best Choreography

Ariana Grande (featuring Nicki Minaj)  -  Side to Side (Choreographers: Brian and Scott Nicholson)
Kanye West  -  Fade (Choreographers: Teyana Taylor, Guapo, Matthew Pasterisa, Jae Blaze and Derek Watkins)
Kendrick Lamar  -  Humble. (Choreographer: Dave Meyers)
Sia  -  The Greatest (Choreographer: Ryan Heffington)
Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane)  -  Down (Choreographer: Sean Bankhead)

Best Editing

Future  -  Mask Off (Editor: Vinnie Hobbs of VHPost)
Lorde  -  Green Light (Editor: Nate Gross of Exile Edit)
Young Thug  -  Wyclef Jean (Editors: Ryan Staake and Eric Degliomini)
The Chainsmokers (featuring Halsey)  -  Closer (Editor: Jennifer Kennedy)
The Weeknd  -  Reminder (Editor: Red Barbaza)

Song of the Summer

Ed Sheeran  -  Shape of You
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee (featuring Justin Bieber)  -  Despacito (Remix)
Shawn Mendes  -  There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
Lil Uzi Vert  -  XO Tour Llif3
Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane)  -  Down
Camila Cabello (featuring Quavo)  -  OMG
DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller)  -  Wild Thoughts
Demi Lovato  -  Sorry Not Sorry

Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

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Here's a link to the official red carpet pics: 2017 VMA carpet

 

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