vma's 2016: full winners

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It was as infamous a VMAs as ever and in case you missed it, here’s a quick round-up and full winners list.

The show kicked off with Michael Jackson Vanguard Video Award honouree Rihanna taking us into her pink world of performance. A touching moment came soon after where Alicia Keys delivered a poem in honour of Martin Luther King Jr. who gave his world-famous “I Have a Dream” speach exactly 53 years ago yesterday (the day of the VMAs).

Rihanna Medley MTV VMA 2016 from miniKumi82 on Vimeo.

But what everyone was actually waiting for was Kanye’s speech. He was actually there to premiere his new video for Fade but of course the VMAs gave him four minutes to be, well...Kanye.

Of course another highlight was Beyonce performing because come on, it’s Beyonce. What was a little spicy was that the VMAs was billed to be Britney Spears’ night but no one was really checking for her after Bey obliterated the stage (as she does).

THEBEYONCEWORLD.COM - Lemonade Medley (MTV VMA 2016) from Fansite Freak on Vimeo.

Then there was that Drake-Rihanna moment where Drizzy came out to hand her her Video Vanguard award. "She's someone I've been in love with since I was 22 years old," he revealed. Can we lay the rumours to rest already?

Check out the full list of winners below.

Video of the Year:

Adele – "Hello"
Beyoncé – "Formation" -- WINNER
Drake – "Hotline Bling"
Justin Bieber – "Sorry"
Kanye West – "Famous"

Best Female Video:

Adele – "Hello"
Beyoncé – "Hold Up" -- WINNER
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" -- WINNER
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" -- WINNER
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" -- WINNER
Desiigner – "Panda"
Bryson Tiller – "Don't"
Chance The Rapper – "Angels"
2 Chainz – "Watch Out"

Best Pop Video:

Adele – "Hello"
Beyoncé – "Formation" -- WINNER
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" -- WINNER
Panic! At The Disco – "Victorious"

Best Electronic Video:

Calvin Harris & Disciples – "How Deep Is Your Love" -- WINNER
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"

Breakthrough Long Form Video:

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

Best New Artist:

Bryson Tiller
Desiigner
Zara Larsson
Lukas Graham
DNCE -- WINNER

Song of Summer Presented by Verizon:

Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna – "This Is What You Came For"
The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey – "Closer"
Drake featuring Kyla & Wizkid – "One Dance"
Fifth Harmony featuring Fetty Wap – "All In My Head (Flex)" -- WINNER
Justin Timberlake – "Can't Stop The Feeling"
Kent Jones – "Don't Mind"
Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber MØ– "Cold Water"
Nick Jonas featuring Ty Dolla $ign – "Bacon"
Selena Gomez – "Kill 'Em With Kindness"
Sia – "Cheap Thrills"

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Best Art Direction:

Beyoncé – "Hold Up"
Fergie – "M.I.L.F. $"
Drake – "Hotline Bling"
David Bowie – "Blackstar" -- WINNER
Adele – "Hello"

Best Choreography:

Beyoncé – "Formation" -- WINNER
Missy Elliott ft. Pharrell – "WTF (Where They From)"
Beyoncé – "Sorry"
FKA Twigs – "M3LL155X"
Florence + The Machine – "Delilah"

Best Direction:

Beyoncé – "Formation" -- WINNER
Coldplay – "Up&Up"
Adele – "Hello"
David Bowie – "Lazarus"
Tame Impala – "The Less I Know The Better"

Best Cinematography:

Beyoncé – "Formation" -- WINNER
Adele – "Hello"
David Bowie – "Lazarus"
Alesso – "I Wanna Know"
Ariana Grande – "Into You"

Best Editing:

Beyoncé – "Formation" -- WINNER
Adele – "Hello"
Fergie – "M.I.L.F. $"
David Bowie – "Lazarus"
Ariana Grande – "Into You"

Best Visual Effects:

Coldplay – "Up&Up" -- WINNER
FKA Twigs – "M3LL155X"
Adele – "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
The Weeknd – "Can't Feel My Face"
Zayn – "PILLOWTALK