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Here Are Your 2016 MTV Video Music Award Winners

An Alternative View Of The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards
What’s up for grabs. Photo: Mike Windle/Getty Images for MTV

The 2016 VMAs lit up Madison Square Garden Sunday night with performances from Beyoncé, Video Vanguard Award winner Rihanna, and Britney Spears, among many others. The VMAs apparently loved Lemonade as much as the rest of us did, as Beyoncé took home the Moonman for Video of the Year (“Formation”), Best Female Video (“Hold Up”), Best Pop Video (“Formation”), and Breakthrough Long Form Video (Lemonade), while Lemonade also swept a host of the technical categories. See the full list, with winners in bold, below.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Adele — “Hello”
Beyoncé — “Formation”
Drake — “Hotline Bling”
Justin Bieber — “Sorry”
Kanye West — “Famous”


BEST FEMALE VIDEO

Adele — “Hello”
Beyoncé — “Hold Up”
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”
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”
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”
Desiigner — “Panda”
Bryson Tiller — “Don’t”
Chance the Rapper ft. Saba — “Angels”
2 Chainz — “Watch Out”


BEST POP VIDEO

Adele — “Hello”
Beyoncé — “Formation”
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”
Panic! at the Disco — “Victorious”


BEST ELECTRONIC VIDEO

Calvin Harris & Disciples — “How Deep Is Your Love”
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”

SONG OF SUMMER

Fifth Harmony featuring Fetty Wap — “All in My Head”
Drake — “One Dance”
Justin Timberlake — “Can’t Stop the Feeling”
Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber — “Cold Water”
Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna — “This Is What You Came For”
Sia — “Cheap Thrills”
The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey — “Closer”
Nick Jonas featuring Ty Dolla $ign — “Bacon”
Kent Jones — “Don’t Mind”
Selena Gomez — “Kill ’Em With Kindness”

BREAKTHROUGH LONG FORM VIDEO

Florence + The Machine — The Odyssey
Beyoncé — Lemonade
Justin Bieber — PURPOSE: The Movement
Chris Brown — Royalty
Troye Sivan — Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy


BEST NEW ARTIST

Bryson Tiller
Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham
DNCE


BEST ART DIRECTION

Beyoncé — “Hold Up” (Production Designer: Jason Hougaard)
Fergie — “M.I.L.F. $” (Production Designer: Alexander Delgado)
Drake — “Hotline Bling” (Production Designer: Jeremy MacFarlane)
David Bowie — “Blackstar” (Production Designer: Jan Houllevigue)
Adele — “Hello” (Production Designer: Colombe Raby)


BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Beyoncé — “Formation” (Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia)
Missy Elliott ft. Pharrell — “WTF (Where They From)” (Choreographer: Hi-Hat)
Beyoncé — “Sorry” (Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia, Anthony Burrell, and Beyoncé Knowles Carter)
FKA Twigs — “M3LL155X” (Choreographers: Aaron Sillis, Benjamin Milan, Kenrick Sandy, and FKA Twigs)
Florence + The Machine — “Delilah” (Choreographer: Holly Blakey)


BEST DIRECTION

Beyoncé — “Formation” (Director: Melina Matsoukas)
Coldplay — “Up&Up” (Director: Vania Heymann, Gal Muggia)
Adele — “Hello” (Director: Xavier Dolan)
David Bowie — “Lazarus” (Director: Johan Renck)
Tame Impala — “The Less I Know the Better” (Director: Canada)


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Beyoncé — “Formation” (Cinematographer: Malik Sayeed)
Adele — “Hello” (Cinematographer: André Turpin)
David Bowie — “Lazarus” (Cinematographer: Crille Forsberg)
Alesso — “I Wanna Know” (Cinematographer: Corey Jennings)
Ariana Grande — “Into You” (Cinematographer: Paul Laufer)


BEST EDITING

Beyoncé — “Formation” (Editor: Jeff Selis)
Adele — “Hello” (Editor: Xavier Dolan)
Fergie — “M.I.L.F. $” (Editor: Vinnie Hobbs)
David Bowie — “Lazarus” (Editor: Johan Söderberg)
Ariana Grande — “Into You” (Editor: Hannah Lux Davis)


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Coldplay — “Up&Up” (VFX Editor: Vania Heymann)
FKA Twigs — “M3LL155X” (VFX Editors: Lewis Saunders and Electric Theatre Collective)
Adele — “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” (VFX Editor: Jonathan Box, MPC)
The Weeknd — “Can’t Feel My Face” (VFX Editor: Bryan Smaller)
Zayn — “PILLOWTALK” (VFX Editor: David Smith)

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Here Are Your 2016 VMA Winners