Artist News Awards

VMA winners

By Chris Cooke | Published on Tuesday 1 September 2015

So, it was the MTV VMAs this weekend. Kanye West waffled at length, Miley Cyrus shocked a little, Nicki Minaj did some bitching and Justin Bieber had a haircut. Basically, it was the world’s least surprising awards event ever. Though, somewhat surprisingly, some awards were actually presented. As follows in fact…

Video Of The Year: Taylor Swift feat Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood
Best Male Video: Mark Ronson feat Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
Best Female Video: Taylor Swift – Blank Space
Artist To Watch: Fetty Wap

Best Rock Video: Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman
Best Pop Video: Taylor Swift – Blank Space
Best Hip Hop Video: Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
Best Collaboration: Taylor Swift feat Kendrick Lamar – Bad Blood
Song Of The Summer: 5 Seconds Of Summer – She’s Kinda Hot
Best Video With A Social Message: Big Sean feat Kanye West & John Legend – One Man Can Change The World

Best Direction: Kendrick Lamar – Alright (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies)
Best Choreography: OK Go – I Won’t Let You Down (OK Go, air:man and Mori Harano)
Best Cinematography: Flying Lotus feat Kendrick Lamar – Never Catch Me (Larkin Sieple)
Best Art Direction: Snoop Dogg – So Many Pros (François Rousselet, Jason Fijal)
Best Editing: Beyonce – 7/11 (Beyonce, Ed Burke, Jonathan Wing)
Best Visual Effects: Skrillex and Diplo feat Justin Bieber – Where Are U Now (Brewer, Gloria FX, and Max Chyzhevskyy)

Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award: Kanye West