Kendrick Lamar big winner at MTV VMA’s

Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble” video came out on top with six Moon People, including “Video of the Year” at the 2017 MTV VMAs. The three hour spectacle aired live tonight (Sun, Aug 27th) from the Fabulous Forum in Inglewood, CA, hosted by Katy Perry.

The VMAs saw Taylor Swift exclusively premiere the music video for her smash hit new single, “Look What You Made Me Do.” Swift dropped the new single last week and announced that her new pop album Reputation will be released on November 10th via Big Machine Records.

The following is a complete list of winners and performances.

WINNERS

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Ed Sheeran

MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD
P!nk

BEST NEW ARTIST Presented by Taco Bell
Khalid

BEST COLLABORATION
Zayn & Taylor Swift – “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)”

BEST POP
Fifth Harmony ft. Gucci Mane – “Down”

BEST HIP HOP
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”

BEST DANCE
Zedd and Alessia Cara – “Stay”

BEST ROCK
Twenty One Pilots – “Heavydirtysoul”

BEST FIGHT AGAINST THE SYSTEM
Logic ft. Damian Lemar Hudson – “Black SpiderMan”
The Hamilton Mixtape – “Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)”
Big Sean – “Light”
Alessia Cara – “Scars To Your Beautiful”
Taboo ft. Shailene Woodley – “Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL”
John Legend – “Surefire”

SONG OF SUMMER
Presented by Verizon
Lil Uzi Vert — “XO Tour Llif3”

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
Cinematographer: Scott Cunningham

BEST DIRECTION
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
Director: Dave Meyers & the little homies

BEST ART DIRECTION
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
Production Designer: Spencer Graves

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
VFX Editor: Company: Timber/Lead: Jonah Hall

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Kanye West – “Fade”
Choreographers: Teyana Taylor, Guapo, Matthew Pasterisa, Jae Blaze & Derek Watkins

BEST EDITING
Young Thug – “Wyclef Jean”
Editor: Ryan Staake & Eric Degliomini

PERFORMANCES

KATY PERRY FT. NICKI MINAJ – “Swish Swish”

P!nk
“Get The Party Started”
“Raise Your Glass”
“So What”
“Just”

KENDRICK LAMAR – “DNA” + “HUMBLE.”

SIR ROD STEWART FT. DNCE – “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy”

ED SHEERAN & LIL UZI VERT– “Shape Of You” + “XO Tour Lilf3”

MILEY CYRUS – “Younger Now”

LOGIC FT. KHALID – “1-800-273-8255”

DEMI LOVATO – “Sorry Not Sorry”

THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS – “Walk On Water”

FIFTH HARMONY FT. GUCCI MANE – “Angel” + “Down”

SHAWN MENDES – “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back”

LORDE – “Homemade Dynamite”

KYLE – “iSpy”

ALESSIA CARA – “Scares To Your Beautiful”

JULIA MICHAELS – “Issues”

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