Si è svolta ieri, al Madison Square Garden di New York, l’annuale edizione degli MTV Video Music Awards che quest’anno ha visto il trionfo di Beyoncé. L’artista americana si è aggiudicata quattro premi – miglior video femminile (Hold up), miglior video dell’anno (Formation), miglior pop video (Formation) e Breakthrough Long Form Video (Formation) – diventando così la più premiata in assoluto nella storia della manifestazione musicale, mentre a Rihanna, come precedentemente reso noto, è andata la più alta onorificenza degli award, ovvero il Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.
Di seguito la lista dei nominati e dei vincitori. In calce alla news, il discorso della cantante barbadiana presentata da Drake (che l’ha descritta come la migliore amica del mondo), e il discorso completo di Kanye West, che ha presentato il controverso videoclip Famous.
Video of the Year
Adele – “Hello”
Beyoncé – “Formation” (VINCITORE)
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Justin Bieber – “Sorry”
Kanye West – “Famous”
Best Female Video
Adele – “Hello”
Beyoncé – “Hold Up” (VINCITORE)
Sia – “Cheap Thrills”
Ariana Grande – “Into You”
Rihanna (ft. Drake) – “Work” (short version)
Best Male Video
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
Bryson Tiller – “Don’t”
Calvin Harris (ft. Rihanna) – “This Is What You Came For” (VINCITORE)
Kanye West – “Famous”
The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”
Best Collaboration
Beyoncé (ft. Kendrick Lamar) – “Freedom”
Fifth Harmony (ft. Ty Dolla $ign) – “Work From Home” (VINCITORE)
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” (VINCITORE)
Desiigner – “Panda”
Bryson Tiller – “Don’t”
Chance The Rapper – “Angels”
2 Chainz – “Watch Out”
Best Pop Video
Adele – “Hello”
Beyoncé – “Formation” (VINCITORE)
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” – (VINCITORE)
Panic! At The Disco – “Victorious”
Best Electronic Video
Calvin Harris & Disciples – “How Deep Is Your Love” (VINCITORE)
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
Florence + The Machine – The Odyssey
Beyoncé – Lemonade (VINCITORE)
Justin Bieber – PURPOSE: The Movement
Chris Brown – Royalty
Troye Sivan – Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy
Best New Artist
Bryson Tiller
Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham
DNCE (VINCITORE)
Song of Summer
Calvin Harris (featuring Rihanna) – “This Is What You Came For”
The Chainsmokers (featuring Halsey) – “Closer”
Drake (featuring Kyla & Wizkid) – “One Dance”
Fifth Harmony (featuring Fetty Wap) – “All In My Head (Flex)” (VINCITORE)
Justin Timberlake – “Can’t Stop The Feeling”
Kent Jones – “Don’t Mind”
Major Lazer (featuring Justin Bieber MØ)– “Cold Water”
Nick Jonas (featuring Ty Dolla $ign) – “Bacon”
Selena Gomez – “Kill ‘Em With Kindness”
Sia – “Cheap Thrills”
PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES
Best Art Direction
Beyoncé – “Hold Up”
Fergie – “M.I.L.F. $”
Drake – “Hotline Bling”
David Bowie – “★” (VINCITORE)
Adele – “Hello”
Best Choreography
Beyoncé – “Formation” (VINCITORE)
Missy Elliott (ft. Pharrell) – “WTF (Where They From)”
Beyoncé – “Sorry”
FKA Twigs – “M3LL155X”
Florence + The Machine – “Delilah”
Best Direction
Beyoncé – “Formation” (VINCITORE)
Coldplay – “Up&Up”
Adele – “Hello”
David Bowie – “Lazarus”
Tame Impala – “The Less I Know The Better”
Best Cinematography
Beyoncé – “Formation” (VINCITORE)
Adele – “Hello”
David Bowie – “Lazarus”
Alesso – “I Wanna Know”
Ariana Grande – “Into You”
Best Editing
Beyoncé – “Formation” (VINCITORE)
Adele – “Hello”
Fergie – “M.I.L.F. $”
David Bowie – “Lazarus”
Ariana Grande – “Into You”
Best Visual Effects
Coldplay – “Up&Up” — VINCITORE
FKA Twigs – “M3LL155X”
Adele – “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)”
The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”
Zayn – “PILLOWTALK”
