The 2017 MTV Video Music Awards was held on August 27, 2017 at The Forum in Inglewood, California, honoring music videos released between June 25, 2016 and June 23, 2017.
Ed Sheeran, the British musician whose Ghanaian song , Ebeye Yie has started making waves in the country, took home the award for Artist of the Year.
See full winners list below:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Ed Sheeran
BEST NEW ARTIST (Presented by Taco Bell®)
Khalid
BEST COLLABORATION
Winner: Zayn & Taylor Swift – “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)”
BEST POP
Fifth Harmony ft. Gucci Mane – “Down”
BEST HIP HOP
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
BEST DANCE
Zedd and Alessia Cara – “Stay”
BEST ROCK
Twenty One Pilots – “Heavydirtysoul”
BEST FIGHT AGAINST THE SYSTEM
Winner: Logic ft. Damian Lemar Hudson – “Black SpiderMan”
Winner: The Hamilton Mixtape – “Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)”
Winner: Big Sean – “Light”
Winner: Alessia Cara – “Scars To Your Beautiful”
Winner: Taboo ft. Shailene Woodley – “Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL”
Winner: John Legend – “Surefire”
SONG OF SUMMER
XO Tour Llif3 – Lil Uzi Vert
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.” (Cinematographer: Scott Cunningham)
BEST DIRECTION
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.” (Directors: Dave Meyers, The Little Homies)
BEST ART DIRECTION
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.” (Production Designer: Spencer Graves)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.” (Company: Timber/Lead: Jonah Hall)
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Kanye West – “Fade” (Choreographers: Jae Blaze, Guapo, Matthew Pasterisa, Teyana Taylor & Derek Watkins)
BEST EDITING
Young Thug – “Wyclef Jean” (Editors: Ryan Staake, Eric Degliomini)
