2016 MTV Video Music Awards

2016 MTV Video Music Awards
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DateSunday, August 28, 2016 (2016-08-28) at 9:00–11:54pm EDT
VenueMadison Square Garden (Midtown Manhattan, New York City)
CountryUnited States
Most awardsBeyoncé (9)
Websitewww.mtv.com/ontv/vma/
Television/radio coverage
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Produced byGarrett English
Jesse Ignjatovic
Directed byHamish Hamilton

The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards were held on Sunday night, August 28, 2016 at 9:00–11:54pm EDT at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. Adele's "Hello" was the most nominated video with seven categories. This marked the 33rd edition of the live broadcast. Beyoncé led all winners with nine awards. Rihanna received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award after performing several medley numbers during the ceremony. Britney Spears marked her first performance at the awards show since the heavily criticized 2007 show nine years prior. Beyoncé won nine awards to bring her career total of wins to 25 VMAs, overtaking Madonna's previous record of 20 awards, making her the artist with the most wins in the history of the award show.

The ceremony was shown on multiple Viacom cable networks and through smart TV and mobile devices which allow access to MTV's TV Everywhere-authenticated live stream within their app (dependent upon provider), along with MTV's website and Facebook Live.

Compared to the previous year's show which had a lesser amount of Viacom networks simulcasting the ceremony, the 2016 ceremony's numbers showed a 35% drop across the measured networks carrying the ceremony, making it the lowest rated ceremony in MTV's 32-year history beating out 1996 and 2015, totalling a cumulative 6.5 million viewers (being later beaten by the 2017 edition), though the network also claimed substantial additional streaming viewership across MTV apps and Facebook Live. 3.3 million viewers saw the show via MTV.

Performances

List of musical performances
Artist(s) Song(s)
Pre-show
Alessia Cara
Troye Sivan
"Wild Things"
"Wild"
"Scars to Your Beautiful"
Jidenna "Little Bit More"
Lukas Graham "Mama Said"
Main show
Rihanna "Don't Stop the Music"
"Only Girl (In the World)"
"We Found Love"
"Where Have You Been"
Ariana Grande
Nicki Minaj
"Side to Side"
Future "Fuck Up Some Commas"
Rihanna "Rude Boy"
"What's My Name?"
"Work"
Nick Jonas
Ty Dolla Sign
"Bacon"
Beyoncé "Pray You Catch Me"
"Hold Up" (contains excerpts from "Countdown")
"Sorry"
"Don't Hurt Yourself"
"Formation"
Britney Spears
G-Eazy
"Make Me..."
"Me, Myself & I"
Rihanna "Needed Me"
"Pour It Up"
"Bitch Better Have My Money"
The Chainsmokers
Halsey
"Closer"
Rihanna "Stay"
"Diamonds"
"Love on the Brain"

Presenters

Pre-show

Main show

In addition, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele provided commentary throughout the show from a luxury box as characters @LizardSheeple and @TheShamester. DJ Khaled, Nicole Byer, and Jay Pharoah also provided insight and commentary throughout the broadcast.

Winners and nominees

This year's nominees were presented on July 26, 2016, on MTV's Facebook page live.

Winners are highlighted in Bold

Video of the Year

Beyoncé — "Formation"

Best Male Video

Calvin Harris (featuring Rihanna) — "This Is What You Came For"

Best Female Video

Beyoncé — "Hold Up"

Best New Artist

DNCE

Best Pop Video

Beyoncé — "Formation"

Best Rock Video

Twenty One Pilots — "Heathens"

Best Hip-Hop Video

Drake — "Hotline Bling"

Best Electronic Video

Calvin Harris and Disciples — "How Deep Is Your Love"

Best Collaboration Video

Fifth Harmony (featuring Ty Dolla Sign) — "Work from Home"

Breakthrough Long Form Video

BeyoncéLemonade

Best Direction

Beyoncé — "Formation" (Director: Melina Matsoukas)

Best Choreography

Beyoncé — "Formation" (Choreographers: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight and Dana Foglia)

Best Visual Effects

Coldplay — "Up&Up" (Visual Effects: Vania Heymann and GloriaFX)

Best Art Direction

David Bowie — "Blackstar" (Art Director: Jan Houllevigue)

Best Editing

Beyoncé — "Formation" (Editor: Jeff Selis)

Best Cinematography

Beyoncé — "Formation" (Director of Photography: Malik Sayeed)

Song of Summer

Fifth Harmony (featuring Fetty Wap) — "All in My Head (Flex)"

Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

Rihanna

See also


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