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2016 MTV Video Music Awards

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Most awards
  
Beyoncé (8)

Official website
  
www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/

Other ceremonies
  
2015

Most nominations
  
Beyoncé (11)

Date
  
28 August 2016

Country
  
United States of America

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Venue
  
Madison Square Garden, Midtown Manhattan, New York City

Network
  
MTV, MTV2, VH1, MTV Classic, BET, CMT, Centric, Comedy Central, Logo TV, Spike, TV Land

Location
  
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, United States

The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 28, 2016 at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. Adele's "Hello" was the most nominated video with seven categories. Beyoncé led the nominations with a total of eleven, followed by Adele, who had eight. 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. After winning 8 awards, Beyoncé became the artist with the most number of VMAs with 24 moonmen, passing Madonna previous record of 20.

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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.

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Compared to last 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, though the network also claimed substantial additional streaming viewership across MTV apps and Facebook Live. Variety reported that over 20 million people watched the award show via MTV's Snapchat feed. 3.3 million viewers saw the show via MTV.

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Pre-show

  • DJ Khaled – host
  • Charlamagne Tha God and Lizzo – co-hosts

    • Main show

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  • Sean "Diddy" Combs — presented Best Hip-Hop Video
  • Hailee Steinfeld — spoke about Best New Artist voting procedures
  • Chance the Rapper — introduced Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
  • Alicia Keys — presented Best Male Video
  • Michael Phelps — introduced Future
  • Kanye West — premiered "Fade" music video
  • Naomi Campbell — introduced Rihanna's second performance
  • Rita Ora and Ansel Elgort — introduced Nick Jonas and Ty Dolla $ign
  • Serena Williams — introduced Beyoncé (and announced her win for Breakthrough Long Form Video)
  • Bebe Rexha and Tove Lo — presented the winners of professional categories
  • Jaden Smith and Shameik Moore — presented Best Collaboration Video
  • Kim Kardashian — introduced Britney Spears and G-Eazy
  • Simone Biles, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian and Aly Raisman — presented Best Female Video
  • Tracee Ellis Ross — introduced Rihanna's third performance
  • Fifth Harmony — presented Best New Artist
  • Alessia Cara and Troye Sivan — introduced The Chainsmokers and Halsey
  • Jimmy Fallon — presented Video of the Year
  • Mary J. Blige — introduced Rihanna's final performance
  • Drake — presented Video Vanguard Award

    • Winners and nominees

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

    Video of the Year

    Beyoncé — "Formation"

  • Adele — "Hello"
  • Justin Bieber — "Sorry"
  • Drake — "Hotline Bling"
  • Kanye West — "Famous"

    • Best Male Video

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

  • Drake — "Hotline Bling"
  • Bryson Tiller — "Don't"
  • The Weeknd — "Can't Feel My Face"
  • Kanye West — "Famous"

    • Best Female Video

    Beyoncé — "Hold Up"

  • Adele — "Hello"
  • Ariana Grande — "Into You"
  • Rihanna (featuring Drake) — "Work"
  • Sia — "Cheap Thrills"

    • Best New Artist

    DNCE

  • Desiigner
  • Zara Larsson
  • Lukas Graham
  • Bryson Tiller

    • Best Pop Video

    Beyoncé — "Formation"

  • Adele — "Hello"
  • Justin Bieber — "Sorry"
  • Alessia Cara — "Wild Things"
  • Ariana Grande — "Into You"

    • Best Rock Video

    Twenty One Pilots — "Heathens"

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  • All Time Low — "Missing You"
  • Coldplay — "Adventure of a Lifetime"
  • Fall Out Boy (featuring Demi Lovato) — "Irresistible"
  • Panic! at the Disco — "Victorious"

    • Best Hip-Hop Video

    Drake — "Hotline Bling"

  • 2 Chainz — "Watch Out"
  • Chance the Rapper (featuring Saba) — "Angels"
  • Desiigner — "Panda"
  • Bryson Tiller — "Don't"

    • Best Electronic Video

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

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  • 99 Souls (featuring Destiny's Child and Brandy) — "The Girl Is Mine"
  • Afrojack — "SummerThing!"
  • The Chainsmokers (featuring Daya) — "Don't Let Me Down"
  • Mike Posner — "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" (SeeB Remix)

    • Best Collaboration Video

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

  • Beyoncé (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Freedom"
  • Ariana Grande (featuring Lil Wayne) — "Let Me Love You"
  • Calvin Harris (featuring Rihanna) — "This Is What You Came For"
  • Rihanna (featuring Drake) — "Work"

    • Breakthrough Long Form Video

    Beyoncé — Lemonade

  • Justin Bieber — Purpose: The Movement
  • Chris Brown — Royalty
  • Florence + The Machine — The Odyssey
  • Troye Sivan — Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy

    • Best Direction

    Beyoncé — "Formation" (Director: Melina Matsoukas)

  • Adele — "Hello" (Director: Xavier Dolan)
  • David Bowie — "Lazarus" (Director: Johan Renck)
  • Coldplay — "Up&Up" (Directors: Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia)
  • Tame Impala — "The Less I Know the Better" (Director: Canada)

    • Best Choreography

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

  • Beyoncé — "Sorry" (Choreographers: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia, Anthony Burrell & Beyoncé Knowles Carter)
  • Missy Elliott (featuring Pharrell) — "WTF (Where They From)" (Choreographer: Hi-Hat)
  • FKA Twigs — M3LL155X (Choreographer: Aaron Sillis, Benjamin Milan, Kenrick Sandy and FKA Twigs)
  • Florence + The Machine — "Delilah" (Choreographer: Holly Blakey)

    • Best Visual Effects

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

  • Adele — "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" (Visual Effects: Jonathan Box and MPC)
  • FKA Twigs — M3LL155X (Visual Effects: Lewis Saunders and Jihoon Yoo)
  • The Weeknd — "Can't Feel My Face" (Visual Effects: Louis Mackall and T.J. Burke)
  • Zayn — "Pillowtalk" (Visual Effects: David Smith)

    • Best Art Direction

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

  • Adele — "Hello" (Art Director: Colombe Raby)
  • Beyoncé — "Hold Up" (Art Director: Jason Hougaard)
  • Drake — "Hotline Bling" (Art Director: Jeremy MacFarlane)
  • Fergie — "M.I.L.F. $" (Art Director: Alexander Delgado)

    • Best Editing

    Beyoncé — "Formation" (Editor: Jeff Selis)

  • Adele — "Hello" (Editor: Xavier Dolan)
  • David Bowie — "Lazarus" (Editor: Johan Söderberg)
  • Fergie — "M.I.L.F. $" (Editor: Vinnie Hobbs)
  • Ariana Grande — "Into You" (Editor: Hannah Lux Davis)

    • Best Cinematography

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

  • Adele — "Hello" (Director of Photography: André Turpin)
  • Alesso — "I Wanna Know" (Director of Photography: Corey Jennings)
  • David Bowie — "Lazarus" (Director of Photography: Crille Forsberg)
  • Ariana Grande — "Into You" (Director of Photography: Paul Laufer)

    • Song of Summer

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

  • The Chainsmokers (featuring Halsey) — "Closer"
  • Drake (featuring Kyla and Wizkid) — "One Dance"
  • Selena Gomez — "Kill Em with Kindness"
  • Calvin Harris (featuring Rihanna) — "This Is What You Came For"
  • Nick Jonas (featuring Ty Dolla Sign) — "Bacon"
  • Kent Jones — "Don't Mind"
  • Major Lazer (featuring Justin Bieber and MØ) — "Cold Water"
  • Sia — "Cheap Thrills"
  • Justin Timberlake — "Can't Stop the Feeling!"

    • Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

    Rihanna

    References

    2016 MTV Video Music Awards Wikipedia
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