This year’s MTV Video Music Awards were definitely full of some surprise and some told-you-so wins. The legendary show was also chock-full of jaw-dropping performances, spectacular talent and incredible one liners from hosts, Key and Peele.
But, the most exciting part had to be watching more-than-deserving performers honored for their hard work and success.
Queen B (Beyoncé) definitely led the pack with wins, taking home seven (!!!) Moon Men, all thanks to her album Formation. She even passed up Madonna for most Moon Men of all time — impressive.
The 2016 MTV Music Video Awards show was definitely one for the record books.
2016 MTV Video Music Award Winners:
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 // “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
Song of Summer Presented by Verizon:
Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna // “This Is What You Came For”
The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey // “Closer”
Drake featuring Kyla & Wizkid // “One Dance”
Fifth Harmony featuring Fetty Wap // “All In My Head (Flex)” — WINNER
Justin Timberlake // “Can’t Stop The Feeling”
Kent Jones // “Don’t Mind”
Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber MØ // “Cold Water”
Nick Jonas featuring Ty Dolla $ign // “Bacon”
Selena Gomez // “Kill ‘Em With Kindness”
Sia // “Cheap Thrills”
PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES
Best Art Direction:
Beyoncé // “Hold Up”
Fergie // “M.I.L.F. $”
Drake // “Hotline Bling”
David Bowie // “Blackstar” — WINNER
Adele // “Hello”
Best Choreography:
Beyoncé // “Formation” — WINNER
Missy Elliott ft. Pharrell // “WTF (Where They From)”
Beyoncé // “Sorry”
FKA Twigs // “M3LL155X”
Florence + The Machine // “Delilah”
Best Direction:
Beyoncé // “Formation” — WINNER
Coldplay // “Up&Up”
Adele // “Hello”
David Bowie // “Lazarus”
Tame Impala // “The Less I Know The Better”
Best Cinematography:
Beyoncé // “Formation” — WINNER
Adele // “Hello”
David Bowie // “Lazarus”
Alesso // “I Wanna Know”
Ariana Grande // “Into You”
Best Editing:
Beyoncé // “Formation” — WINNER
Adele // “Hello”
Fergie // “M.I.L.F. $”
David Bowie // “Lazarus”
Ariana Grande // “Into You”
Best Visual Effects:
Coldplay // “Up&Up” — WINNER
FKA Twigs // “M3LL155X”
Adele // “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)”
The Weeknd // “Can’t Feel My Face”
Zayn // “PILLOWTALK”