MTV Video Music Awards: The Complete List of Winners

Sunday’s VMA presented awards in a number of categories, including best new artist and song of summer

performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City.

MTV’s Video Music Awards on Sunday gave awards to the top musical acts in a number of categories, with Beyonce and Fifth Harmony emerging as big winners.

Beyonce won the video of the year category for “Formation.” Girl group Fifth Harmony won for song of the summer with “All in My Head (Flex).”

MTV claimed the awards drew more than 15 million votes from fans. The show, telecast live from Madison Square Garden in New York, included highly anticipated performances, including Britney Spears‘ first VMA appearance in more than 10 years. Beyonce performed as well, and Kanye West offered a four-minute, sometimes hard-to-follow introduction to a world-premiere video.

The VMAs began with Rihanna performing a medley of her hits. Ariana Grande also performed with Nicki Minaj (pictured).

Here is a list of the top winners. Check back often to get the latest updates:

Song of Summer: Fifth Harmony, “All in My Head (Flex)” (announced during pre-show)

Best Hip-Hop Video: Drake, “Hotline Bling”

Male Video: Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna, “This Is What You Came For”

Best Collaboration Video: Fifth Harmony with Ty Dolla $ign, “Work From Home”

Female Video: Beyonce, “Hold Up”

Best New Artist: DNCE

Video of the Year:  Beyonce, “Formation”

Breakthrough Long-Form Video: Beyonce, “Lemonade”

Michael Jackson Vanguard Award: Rihanna

 

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