2015 MTV Video Music Awards full list of winners and nominees:
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 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)
Kanye West said he will run for president in 2020 as he received the lifetime achievement award at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.
During his rambling speech, Kanye West said: “I have decided in 2020 to run for president.”
Cheered on by his wife Kim Kardashian, Kanye West got an extended standing ovation when he was picking up the Video Vanguard lifetime achievement award.
The rapper also appeared to confess to smoking weed before taking the stage.
“I will die for the art, for what I believe in and I ain’t always gonna be polite.
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“I rolled up a little something. I got the answer. We’re the millenials bro.”
Taylor Swift won video of the year for Bad Blood.
She also took best pop video for Blank Space.
Taylor Swift was crowned queen of the MTV Video Music Awards.
She won four of her 10 nominations, including Video of the Year for Bad Blood with Kendrick Lamar and Best Pop Video for Blank Space.
She also buried the hatchet with rapper Nicki Minaj, embracing her former rival on stage during a brief version of Bad Blood.
The show was hosted by Miley Cyrus.
Miley Cyrus released her new album for free after coming off stage.
Nicki Minaj’s criticism of the MTV VMA 2015 nominations has descended into a Twitter row with Taylor Swift and other celebrities.
She told MTV that she was upset her videos for Anaconda and Feeling Myself hadn’t had more recognition.
In a stream of tweets Nicki Minaj suggests that white musicians were favored over her.
“If I was a different “kind” of artist, Anaconda would be nominated for best choreo and vid of the year as well,” the rapper tweeted.
MTV has nominated Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar (Bad Blood), Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (Uptown Funk), Beyonce (7/11), Ed Sheeran (Thinking Out Loud) and Kendrick Lamar (Alright) for best video.
Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda has been nominated in the best hip-hop video category, but Feeling Myself, which features Beyonce, has not been put forward for any awards.
“When the “other” girls drop a video that breaks records and impacts culture they get that nomination,” Nicki Minaj said on Twitter.
She put out a tweet which some people interpreted as being a jibe aimed at Taylor Swift, who featured models and other female celebrities in her Bad Blood video.
Nicki Minaj added: “If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year.”
Taylor Swift obviously took it that way too, tweeting: “@NICKIMINAJ I’ve done nothing but love & support you. It’s unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot.”
However, Nicki Minaj said Taylor Swift was missing the point.
“Huh? U must not be reading my tweets. Didn’t say a word about u. I love u just as much. But u should speak on this. @taylorswift13”
Then Nicki Minaj replied: “Oh but trust me. I’ll be on that stage to collect my awards for vid of the year. Feeling Myself & Anaconda.”
Later on, Taylor Swift made this offer: “@NICKIMINAJ If I win, please come up with me!! You’re invited to any stage I’m ever on.”
Nicki Minaj said the media’s focus on her disagreement with Taylor Swift was an attempt to “overshadow” the discussion she was trying to have about racial issues in the music industry.
Next in the firing line was Ryan Seacrest, who posted a headline on his website (which has now been removed) saying that Nicki Minaj had taken “jabs” at Taylor Swift.
Nicki Minaj reacted: “Ryan posted a headline of Taylor saying she loves & supports me. But not me saying the same to her. Lol. Their headline says I took a “jab”?”
Kim Kardashian also got caught up in the row, after sharing a photo of herself with the caption: “Imma let you finish.”
This phrase is reminiscent of what the reality star’s husband, Kanye West, said to Taylor Swift when he invaded the stage during her acceptance speech at the MTV VMAs in 2009.
“Wait wait I’m in Paris it’s the middle of the night & I’m posting my Vogue Spain pics not having a clue what’s going on in the music world,” she tweeted.
“I’m not trying to shade anyone! That’s not my style! I just thought that caption was perfect for that pic! Changing the caption now! #ironic,”Kim Kardashian added.
Other celebrities saw the chance for a joke and jumped on it.
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