The 2017 MTV Video Music Awards held at The Forum in Inglewood, California,honoring music videos, hosted by Katy Perry. The music video for Taylor Swift‘s song “Look What You Made Me Do” is premiered during the broadcast. Lil Yachty hosted the pre-show with co-hosting from Terrence J, Charlamagne Tha God, and MTV News Gaby Wilson.
Artist(s) | Song(s) |
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Pre-show | |
Cardi B | “Bodak Yellow“ |
Bleachers | “Don’t Take the Money“ |
Khalid | “Location” “Young Dumb & Broke“ |
Main show | |
Kendrick Lamar | “DNA” “Humble“ |
Ed Sheeran Lil Uzi Vert |
“Shape of You” “XO Tour Llif3“ |
Katy Perry Nicki Minaj |
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Miley Cyrus | |
Fifth Harmony Gucci Mane |
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Lorde | |
Thirty Seconds to Mars | |
Shawn Mendes | |
Logic Khalid Alessia Cara |
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Julia Michaels | |
Post Malone | |
P!nk | |
Demi Lovato | |
DNCE Rod Stewart |
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Kyle | |
James Arthur |
The list of nominations was revealed on July 25, 2017. For the nominations, MTV continued to eliminate gender-specific awards categories, as they did at the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards. MTV also announced the “Moonman” statue would be renamed a “Moon Person”. The Best Female and Best Male Video awards were replaced with one category, Artist of the Year. Kendrick Lamar leads the list of nominees with eight categories, while Katy Perry, The Weeknd, and DJ Khaled received the second most nods with five. Nominees for Song of the Summer category were announced on August 22, 2017. Winners in bold.
Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane) – “Down“
Kanye West — “Fade” (Choreographers: Teyana Taylor and Guapo)
German Edward Morales Agent Talent Manager