Kanye West did a SEVEN minute long speech and premiered his new music video Fade
Kanye West’s VMA Speech
Rihanna opened the show by performing a medley of her songs, and was presented the Video Vanguard award given to musicians who have made a profound effect on the MTV culture.
Rihanna at VMAS
Calvin Harris won Best Male Video for ‘”This Is What You Came For”, and made his acceptance speech via video chat but ‘forgot’ to thank Taylor Swift (who co-wrote the song under the pen name Nils Sjoberg).
Beyonce performed a medley from her latest album Lemonade, and won
Video of the Year (Formation), Best Female Video (Hold Up) and Breakthrough Long Form Video (Lemonade).
Beyonce
Beyonce and daughter Blue Ivy stunned on the red carpet when they arrived at the MTV VMA’s in head to toe sparkles.
Beyonce and Blue Ivy walk the red carpet at the VMAs
Britney performed at the MTV VMA’s for the first time in nearly ten years, wearing a glittery gold leotard alongisde G-Eazy
Britney Spears performs at the 2016 VMAs
Rapper Drake won Best Hip Hop Video for “Hotline Bling”
DNCE took home the MTV VMA for Best New Artist.
Girl band Fifth Harmony won Song of Summer for “All In My Head”.
Everything you need to know about the 2016 VMAs
