It was 28th August 2016 at the Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, when the star-studded 2016 MTV Video Music Awards event took place. The event witnessed a lot of wonderful performances and the deserving artists won the awards. There were many big stars from the music industry and many of them were awarded the prestigious 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at the event.
Beyonce had the maximum number of nominations i.e. eight and she was followed by Adele with a total of eight nominations. Adele’s video “Hello got the maximum number of nominations in seven categories. Rihanna performed on several medley numbers in the event and won the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Beyonce won a total of eight awards.
Britney Spears also performed at the ceremony after nine years since she was criticised for her performance at the 2007 MTV Music awards. The event was telecast on many Viacom cable networks.
2016 MTV Video Music Awards Full List of Winners
| Category | Winner | Nominees |
| Video Of The Year | Beyoncé for Formation | · Adele for Hello
· Drake for Hotline Bling · Justin Bieber for Sorry · Kanye West for Famous |
| Best Female Video | Beyoncé for Hold Up | · Adele for Hello
· Sia for Cheap Thrills · Ariana Grande for Into You · Rihanna ft. Drake for Work (short version) |
| Best Male Video | Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna for This Is What You Came For | · Drake for Hotline Bling
· Bryson Tiller for Don’t · Kanye West for Famous · The Weeknd for Can’t Feel My Face |
| Best Collaboration | Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign for Work From Home | · Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar – Freedom
· Ariana Grande ft. Lil Wayne for Let Me Love You · Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna for This Is What You Came For · Rihanna ft. Drake for Work (short version) |
| Best Hip Hop Video | Drake for Hotline Bling | · Desiigner for Panda
· Bryson Tiller for Don’t · Chance The Rapper ft. Saba for Angels · 2 Chainz for Watch Out |
| Best Pop Video | Beyoncé for Formation | · Adele for Hello
· Justin Bieber for Sorry · Alessia Cara for Wild Things · Ariana Grande for Into You |
| Song Of Summer | Fifth Harmony featuring Fetty Wap for All In My Head | · Drake for One Dance
· Justin Timberlake for Can’t Stop The Feeling · Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber for Cold Water · Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna for This Is What You Came For · Sia for Cheap Thrills · The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey for Closer · Nick Jonas featuring Ty Dolla $ign for Bacon · Kent Jones for Don’t Mind · Selena Gomez for Kill ‘Em With Kindness |
| Best Rock Video | Twenty One Pilots for Heathens | · All Time Low for Missing You
· Coldplay for Adventure Of A Lifetime · Fall Out Boy ft. Demi Lovato for Irresistible · Panic! At The Disco for Victorious |
| Best Electronic Video | Calvin Harris & Disciples for How Deep Is Your Love | · 99 Souls ft. Destiny’s Child & Brandy for The Girl Is Mine
· Mike Posner for I Took A Pill In Ibiza · Afrojack for SummerThing! · The Chainsmokers ft. Daya for Don’t Let Me Down |
| Breakthrough Long Form Video | Beyoncé for Lemonade | · Florence + The Machine for The Odyssey
· Justin Bieber for PURPOSE: The Movement · Chris Brown for Royalty · Troye Sivan for Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy |
| Best New Artist | DNCE | · Bryson Tiller
· Desiigner · Zara Larsson · Lukas Graham |
| Best Art Direction | David Bowie for Blackstar (Production Designer: Jan Houllevigue) | · Beyoncé for Hold Up (Production Designer: Jason Hougaard)
· Fergie for M.I.L.F. $ (Production Designer: Alexander Delgado) · Drake for Hotline Bling (Production Designer: Jeremy MacFarlane) · Adele for Hello (Production Designer: Colombe Raby) |
| Best Choreography | Beyoncé for Formation (Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia) | · Missy Elliott ft. Pharrell for WTF (Where They From) (Choreographer: HiforHat)
· Beyoncé for Sorry (Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia, Anthony Burrell, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter) · FKA Twigs for M3LL155X (Choreographers: Aaron Sillis, Benjamin Milan, Kenrick Sandy and FKA twigs) · Florence + The Machine for Delilah (Choreographer: Holly Blakey) |
| Best Direction | Beyoncé for Formation (Director: Melina Matsoukas) | · Coldplay for Up&Up (Director: Vania Heymann, Gal Muggia)
· Adele for Hello (Director: Xavier Dolan) · David Bowie for Lazarus (Director: Johan Renck) · Tame Impala for The Less I Know The Better (Director: Canada) |
| Best Cinematography | Beyoncé for Formation (Cinematographer: Malik Sayeed) | · Adele for Hello (Cinematographer: André Turpin)
· David Bowie for Lazarus (Cinematographer: Crille Forsberg) · Alesso for I Wanna Know (Cinematographer: Corey Jennings) · Ariana Grande for Into You (Cinematographer: Paul Laufer) |
| Best Editing | Beyoncé for Formation (Editor: Jeff Selis) | · Adele for Hello (Editor: Xavier Dolan)
· Fergie for M.I.L.F. $ (Editor: Vinnie Hobbs) · David Bowie for Lazarus (Editor: Johan Söderberg) · Ariana Grande for Into You (Editor: Hannah Lux Davis) |
| Best Visual Effects
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Coldplay for Up&Up (VFX Editor: Vania Heymann) |
· FKA Twigs for M3LL155X (VFX Editors: Lewis Saunders and Electric Theatre Collective) · Adele for Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (VFX Editor: Jonathan Box, MPC) · The Weeknd for Can’t Feel My Face (VFX Editor: Bryan Smaller) · Zayn for PILLOWTALK (VFX Editor: David Smith) |
