Queen Bey racked up eight Moonmen during Sunday’s show,
which featured her running through a medley of songs from
her stunning visual album LEMONADE . In addition to taking
home Video of the Year for the project’s lead single
“Formation,” she also won Best Female Video for “Hold Up,”
Best Pop Video for “Formation,” Breakthrough Long-Form
Video for LEMONADE , Best Choreography for “Formation,”
Best Direction for “Formation,” Best Cinematography for
“Formation,” and Best Editing for “Formation.”
The iconic singer, who attended the event at NYC’s Madison
Square Garden with her daughter Blue Ivy and graced the
red carpet with the mothers of Mike Brown, Eric Garner,
Oscar Grant, and Trayvon Martin, ran through several cuts
from her new LP during her show-stopping performance,
which included an introduction from pro-athlete Serena
Williams.
Other big winners included Rihanna, who nabbed the Michael
Jackson Video Vanguard Award as well as Best Male Video
for her collaboration with Calvin Harris on “This Is What You
Came For.” Rih, who gave four performances throughout the
night, received her Video Vanguard Award from Drake, who
took home Best Hip-Hop Video for “Hotline Bling.”
Performances throughout the night included Ariana Grande
and Nicki Minaj (“Side to Side”), Britney Spears and G-Eazy
(“Make Me…”), Nick Jonas and Ty Dolla $ign (“Bacon”), and
Future (“Fvck Up Some Commas”). Kanye West gave an
impassioned speech and premiered his new video for “Fade”
featuring Teyana Taylor dancing in peak form.
See a full list of winners below.
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Director: Melina Matsoukas
MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD
Rihanna
BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Beyoncé – “Hold Up”
Director: Jonas Åkerlund, Beyoncé Knowles Carter
BEST MALE VIDEO
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – “This Is What You Came For”
Director: Emil Nava
BEST COLLABORATION
Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign – “Work From Home”
Director: Director X
BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Director: Director X
BEST POP VIDEO
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Director: Melina Matsoukas
BEST ROCK VIDEO
twenty one pilots – “Heathens”
Director: Andrew Donoho
BEST ELECTRONIC VIDEO
Calvin Harris & Disciples – “How Deep Is Your Love”
Director: Emil Nava
BREAKTHROUGH LONG-FORM VIDEO
Beyoncé – Lemonade
BEST NEW ARTIST
DNCE
SONG OF SUMMER
Fifth Harmony featuring Fetty Wap – “All In My Head (Flex)”
BEST ART DIRECTION
David Bowie – “Blackstar”
Production Designer: Jan Houllevigue
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia
BEST DIRECTION
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Director: Melina Matsoukas
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Cinematographer: Malik Sayeed
BEST EDITING
Beyoncé – “Formation”
Editor: Jeff Selis
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