Country United States Awarded for Best in music videos | Presented by YouTube | |
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Official website www.youtube.com/user/youtube First awarded November 3, 2013; 3 years ago Winners BIGBANG, BIGBANG, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, Katy Perry, Katy Perry, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, Florida Georgia Line, Florida Georgia Line, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, J Cole, J Cole, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, Nicky Jam, Nicky Jam, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, Tori Kelly, Tori Kelly, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Dogg, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, Charli XCX, Charli XCX, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, Lady Gaga, Lady Gaga, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, Sam Smith, Sam Smith, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, Miley Cyrus, Miley Cyrus, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, Max Schneider, Max Schneider, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, 2NE1, 2NE1, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, Rihanna, Rihanna, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, OK Go, OK Go, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, Alt-J, Alt-J, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, The Weeknd, The Weeknd, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, Kiesza, Kiesza, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, FKA Twigs, FKA Twigs, YouTube Music Award, YouTube Music Award, I Got a BoyGirls' Generation, I Got a Boy, Video of the Year, Video of the Year, RadioactivePentatonix - Lindsey Stirling, Radioactive, Response of the Year, Response of the Year, I Knew You Were TroubleTaylor Swift, I Knew You Were Trouble, YouTube Phenomenon, YouTube Phenomenon, See Me Standing (feat Alexandra Govere)DeStorm Power, See Me Standing (feat Alexandra Govere), YouTube Innovation of the Year, YouTube Innovation of the Year, Mackle & Ryan Lewis, Mackle & Ryan Lewis, YouTube Breakthrough, YouTube Breakthrough, Eminem, Eminem, Artist of the Year, Artist of the Year | ||
The first ever youtube music awards ytma
The YouTube Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as YTMA) is an awards show presented by YouTube to honor the best in the music video medium.
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Welcome to the youtube music awards 2015
History
The 2013 edition of the YTMAs were held at New York City's Pier 36 and were broadcast live at Youtube.com/YTMA. Some notable artists, including Arcade Fire, Pentatonix and Lindsey Stirling (collaboration), Tyler, The Creator, M.I.A., Lady Gaga and Eminem, performed. The award show started at 6pm EST and was scheduled for 90 minutes.
Fans could vote in each category by posting a specific links from Youtube.com/YTMA on either their Facebook, Google+ or Twitter. The video with the most posts in each category was the winner. Artist of the Year was won by Eminem and Video of the Year was won by Girls' Generation for their video "I Got a Boy".
The 2013 edition was directed by Spike Jonze. The show was mostly unscripted because Jonze wanted the show to "..feel like a YouTube video — the raw messiness of making stuff..."
The winners of the 2015 edition of the award show were announced on March 2, 2015. 50 winners were chosen based on the "growth in views, subscribers and engagement over the last six months."