MTV VMAs 2015

 

Miley Cyrus hosted the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards live from Los Angeles on August 30 2015.

 

See the list of nominees and winners below:

 

 

Video of the Year:

Beyoncé - "7/11"

Ed Sheeran - "Thinking Out Loud"

Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar - "Bad Blood" 

Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - "Uptown Funk"

Kendrick Lamar - "Alright"

Best Male Video:

Ed Sheeran - "Thinking Out Loud"

Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - "Uptown Funk" 

Kendrick Lamar - "Alright"

The Weeknd - "Earned It"

Nick Jonas - "Chains"

 

Best Female Video:

Beyoncé - "7/11"

Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"  

Nicki Minaj - "Anaconda"

Sia - "Elastic Heart"

Ellie Goulding - "Love Me Like You Do"

Best Hip Hop Video:

Fetty Wap - "Trap Queen"

Nicki Minaj - "Anaconda"  

Kendrick Lamar - "Alright"

Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth - "See You Again"

Big Sean ft. E-40 - "IDFWU"

 

Best Pop Video:

Beyoncé - "7/11"

Ed Sheeran - "Thinking Out Loud"

Taylor Swift - "Blank Space" 

Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - "Uptown Funk"

Maroon 5 - "Sugar"

 

Best Rock Video:

Hozier - "Take Me To Church"

Fall Out Boy - "Uma Thurman" 

Florence + the Machine - "Ship To Wreck"

Walk the Moon - "Shut Up and Dance"

Arctic Monkeys - "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"

 

Artist to Watch:

Fetty Wap - "Trap Queen"  

Vance Joy - "Riptide"

George Ezra - "Budapest"

James Bay - "Hold Back The River"

FKA Twigs - "Pendulum"

 

Best Collaboration:

Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar - "Bad Blood" 

Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - "Uptown Funk"

Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth - "See You Again"

Ariana Grande & The Weeknd - "Love Me Harder"

Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj - "Bang Bang"

 

Video With a Social Message:

Jennifer Hudson - "I Still Love You"

Colbie Caillat - "Try"

Big Sean ft. Kanye West and John Legend - "One Man Can Change the World"

Rihanna - "American Oxygen"

Wale - "The White Shoes"

Song of the Summer:

David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj, Afrojack & Bebe Rexha - "Hey Mama"

Demi Lovato - "Cool For The Summer"

Fetty Wap ft. Monty - "My Way"

Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink - "Worth It"

Five Seconds of Summer - "She's Kinda Hot"  

Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MØ - "Lean On"

OMI - "Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)"

Selena Gomez ft. A$AP Rocky - "Good For You"

Silento - "Watch Me"

Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar - "Bad Blood"

The Weeknd - "Can't Feel My Face"

 

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES

 

 

Best Art Direction:

Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar - "Bad Blood" (Charles Infante)

Snoop Dogg - "So Many Pros" (Jason Fijal)  

Jack White - "Would You Fight For My Love" (Jeff Peterson)

The Chemical Brothers - "Go" (Michel Gondry)

Skrillex & Diplo - "Where Are U Now" with Justin Bieber (Brewer)

 

Best Choreography:

Beyoncé - "7/11" (Beyoncé, Chris Grant, Additional choreography: Gabriel Valenciano)

OK Go - "I Won’t Let You Down" (OK Go, air:man and Mori Harano)   

Chet Faker - "Gold" (Ryan Heffington)

Ed Sheeran - "Don’t" (Nappy Tabs)

Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar - "Never Catch Me" (Keone and Mari Madrid)

 

Best Cinematography:

Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar - "Never Catch Me" (Larkin Sieple)  

Ed Sheeran - "Thinking Out Loud" (Daniel Pearl)

Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar - "Bad Blood" (Christopher Probst)

FKA Twigs - "Two Weeks" (Justin Brown)

Alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (Mike Simpson)

 

Best Direction:

Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar - "Bad Blood" (Joseph Kahn)

Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - "Uptown Funk" (Bruno Mars and Cameron Duddy)

Kendrick Lamar - "Alright" (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies)  

Hozier - "Take Me To Church" (Brendan Canty, Conal Thomson)

Childish Gambino - "Sober" (Hiro Murai)

 

Best Editing:

Beyoncé - "7/11" (Beyoncé, Ed Burke, Jonathan Wing) 

Ed Sheeran - "Don’t" (Jacquelyn London)

Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar - "Bad Blood" (Chancler Haynes at Cosmo Street)

A$AP Rocky - "L$D" (Dexter Navy)

Skrillex & Diplo - "Where Are U Now" with Justin Bieber (Brewer)

 

Best Visual Effects:

Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar - "Bad Blood" (Ingenuity Studios)

FKA Twigs - "Two Weeks" (Gloria FX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi, and Max Chyzhevskyy)

Childish Gambino - "Telegraph Ave." (Gloria FX)

Skrillex & Diplo - "Where Are U Now" with Justin Bieber (Brewer) 

Tyler, The Creator - "F****** Young/Death Camp" (Gloria FX)