The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards were held Sunday evening at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, where Beyoncé was the night’s big winner.

VMAs 2016

The most-coveted award at the VMAs last night – Video of the Year – went to Beyoncé for her video for “Formation,” the leading single off of her Lemonade album. Beyoncé also won for Best Female Video (“Hold Up”), Best Pop Video (“Formation”), Breakthrough Long Form Video (Lemonade), Best Choreography (“Formation”), Best Direction (“Formation”), Best Cinematography (“Formation”)and Best Editing (“Formation”).

 

Calvin Harris won Best Male Video for “This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna) as well as for Best Electronic Video for “How Deep is Your Love” with Disciples.

The Best Hip-Hop Video moonman went to Drake for “Hotline Bling,” while twenty one pilots won Best Rock Video for “Heathens.” Fifth Harmony and Ty Dolla $ign won for Best Collaboration for “Work From Home.”

Joe Jonas‘ new band DNCE was dubbed the year’s Best New Artist. Rihanna, who performed four medleys during the show, took home this year’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.

 

See Below For The Full List Of Winners:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé – “Formation” (WINNER)
Adele – “Hello”
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Justin Bieber – “Sorry”
Kanye West – “Famous”

 BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Beyoncé – “Hold Up” (WINNER)
Adele – “Hello”
Sia – “Cheap Thrills”
Ariana Grande – “Into You”
Rihanna ft. Drake – “Work” (short version)

 BEST MALE VIDEO
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – “This Is What You Came For” (WINNER)
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Bryson Tiller – “Don’t”
Kanye West – “Famous”
The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”

BEST COLLABORATION
Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign – “Work From Home” (WINNER)
Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Freedom”
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 featuring Saba – “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
Beyoncé – Lemonade (WINNER)
Florence + The Machine – The Odyssey
Justin Bieber – PURPOSE: The Movement
Chris Brown – Royalty
Troye Sivan – Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy

BEST NEW ARTIST
Presented by Taco Bell
DNCE (WINNER)

Bryson Tiller
Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES
Presented by Orbit® Gum 

BEST ART DIRECTION
David Bowie – “Blackstar” (WINNER)
Production Designer: Jan Houllevigue

Beyoncé – “Hold Up”
Production Designer: Jason Hougaard

Fergie – “M.I.L.F. $”
Production Designer: Alexander Delgado

Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Production Designer: Jeremy MacFarlane

Adele – “Hello”
Production Designer: Colombe Raby

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”

Song of Summer
Fifth Harmony ft. Fetty Wap – “All In My Head (Flex)” (WINNER)

Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – “This Is What You Came For”
The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey – “Closer”
Drake ft. Kyla & Wizkid – “One Dance”
Justin Timberlake – “Can’t Stop The Feeling”
Kent Jones – “Don’t Mind”
Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber and MØ – “Cold Water”
Nick Jonas ft. Ty Dolla $ign – “Bacon”
Selena Gomez – “Kill ‘Em With Kindness”
Sia – “Cheap Thrills”

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