MTV Video Music Awards 2017

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.

Performances

List of musical performances

Artist(s)	Song(s)
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
Miley Cyrus
Fifth Harmony Gucci Mane
Lorde
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Shawn Mendes
Logic Khalid Alessia Cara
Julia Michaels
Post Malone
P!nk
Demi Lovato
DNCE Rod Stewart
Kyle
James Arthur

 

Presenters

Pre-show

• Gaby Wilson — announced the winners of Best Choreography and Song of the Summer

Main show

• Paris Jackson – Best POP Video
• Jack McBrayer, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson and Kevin Bacon — appeared in a skit with host Katy Perry
• Alessandra Ambrosio
• Jack Antonoff
• Hailey Baldwin
• Millie Bobby Brown
• The Chainsmokers
• Pete Davidson
• Ellen DeGeneres
• DJ Khaled
• Gal Gadot
• Tiffany Haddish
• Vanessa Hudgens
• Kesha
• Ludacris
• Olivia Munn
• Remy Ma
• Bebe Rexha
• Yara Shahidi
• Hailee Steinfeld
• Pete Wentz

Nominees

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.

Video of the Year

• Kendrick Lamar — “Humble.“
• Bruno Mars — “24K Magic“
• Alessia Cara — “Scars to Your Beautiful“
• DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller) — “Wild Thoughts“
• The Weeknd — “Reminder“

Artist of the Year

• Bruno Mars
• Kendrick Lamar
• Ed Sheeran
• Ariana Grande
• Lorde
• The Weeknd

Best New Artist

SZA

• Kodak Black
• Khalid
• Young M.A
• Julia Michaels
• Noah Cyrus

Best Collaboration

• Charlie Puth (featuring Selena Gomez) — “We Don’t Talk Anymore“
• DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller) — “Wild Thoughts“
• D.R.A.M. (featuring Lil Yachty) — “Broccoli“
• The Chainsmokers (featuring Halsey) — “Closer“
• Calvin Harris (featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean) — “Feels“
• Zayn and Taylor Swift — “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)“

Best Pop

Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane) – “Down“

• Shawn Mendes — “Treat You Better“
• Ed Sheeran — “Shape of You“
• Harry Styles — “Sign of the Times“
• Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley) – “Chained to the Rhythm“
• Miley Cyrus — “Malibu“

Best Hip Hop

• Kendrick Lamar — “Humble.“
• Big Sean — “Bounce Back“
• Chance the Rapper — “Same Drugs”
• DJ Khaled (featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne) — “I’m the One“
• D.R.A.M. (featuring Lil Yachty) — “Broccoli“
• Migos (featuring Lil Uzi Vert) — “Bad and Boujee“

Best Dance

• Zedd and Alessia Cara — “Stay“
• Kygo and Selena Gomez — “It Ain’t Me“
• Calvin Harris — “My Way“
• Major Lazer (featuring Justin Bieber and MØ) — “Cold Water“
• Afrojack (featuring Ty Dolla $ign) — “Gone”

Best Rock

• Coldplay – “A Head Full of Dreams“
• Fall Out Boy – “Young and Menace“
• Twenty One Pilots – “Heavydirtysoul“
• Green Day – “Bang Bang“
• Foo Fighters – “Run“

Best Fight Against the System

• Logic (featuring Damian Lemar Hudson) – “Black Spiderman“
• The Hamilton Mixtape – “Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)“
• Big Sean — “Light“
• Alessia Cara — “Scars to Your Beautiful“
• Taboo (featuring Shailene Woodley) – “Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL”
• John Legend — “Surefire”

Best Cinematography

• Kendrick Lamar — “Humble.” (Director of Photography: Scott Cunningham)
• Imagine Dragons — “Thunder” (Director of Photography: Matthew Wise)
• Ed Sheeran — “Castle on the Hill” (Director of Photography: Steve Annis)
• DJ Shadow (featuring Run the Jewels) — “Nobody Speak” (Director of Photography: David Proctor)
• Halsey — “Now or Never” (Director of Photography: Kristof Brandl)

Best Direction

• Kendrick Lamar — “Humble.” (Directors: Dave Meyers and The Little Homies)
• Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley) — “Chained to the Rhythm” (Director: Mathew Cullen)
• Bruno Mars — “24K Magic” (Directors: Cameron Duddy and Bruno Mars)
• Alessia Cara — “Scars to Your Beautiful” (Director: Aaron A)
• The Weeknd — “Reminder” (Director: Glenn Michael)

Best Art Direction

• Kendrick Lamar — “Humble.” (Art Director: Spencer Graves)
• Bruno Mars — “24K Magic” (Art Director: Alex Delgado)
• Katy Perry (featuring Migos) — “Bon Appétit” (Art Director: Natalie Groce)
• DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller) — “Wild Thoughts” (Art Director: Damian Fyffe)
• The Weeknd — “Reminder” (Art Directors: Lamar C Taylor and KID. STUDIO)

Best Visual Effects

• Kendrick Lamar — “Humble.” (Visual Effects: Jonah Hall of Timber)
• A Tribe Called Quest — “Dis Generation” (Visual Effects: Brandon Hirzel of Bemo)
• KYLE (featuring Lil Yachty) — “iSpy” (Visual Effects: Max Colt and Tomash Kuzmytskyi of GloriaFX)
• Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley) — “Chained to the Rhythm” (Visual Effects: MIRADA)
• Harry Styles — “Sign of the Times” (Visual Effects: Cédric Nivoliez of ONE MORE)

Best Choreography

Kanye West — “Fade” (Choreographers: Teyana Taylor and Guapo)

• Ariana Grande (featuring Nicki Minaj) — “Side to Side” (Choreographers: Brian and Scott Nicholson)
• Kendrick Lamar — “Humble.” (Choreographer: Dave Meyers)
• Sia — “The Greatest” (Choreographer: Ryan Heffington)
• Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane) — “Down” (Choreographer: Sean Bankhead)

Best Editing

• Future — “Mask Off” (Editor: Vinnie Hobbs of VHPost)
• Young Thug — “Wyclef Jean” (Editors: Ryan Staake and Eric Degliomini)
• Lorde — “Green Light” (Editor: Nate Gross of Exile Edit)
• The Chainsmokers (featuring Halsey) — “Closer” (Editor: Jennifer Kennedy)
• The Weeknd — “Reminder” (Editor: Red Barbaza)

Song of the Summer

• Lil Uzi Vert — “XO Tour Llif3“
• Ed Sheeran — “Shape of You“
• Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee (featuring Justin Bieber) — “Despacito (Remix)“
• Shawn Mendes — “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back“
• Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane) — “Down“
• Camila Cabello (featuring Quavo) — “OMG“
• DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller) — “Wild Thoughts“
• Demi Lovato — “Sorry Not Sorry“

Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

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