MTV Video Music Awards 2017
| MTV Video Music Awards 2017
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| Awarded for | MTV Video Music Awards | |||
| date | 27th August 2017 | |||
| Loan location | Inglewood | |||
| Country | United States | |||
| Awarded by | MTV | |||
| Most awards | Kendrick Lamar (6) | |||
| Most of the nominations | Kendrick Lamar (8) | |||
| website | www.mtv.com/vma/ | |||
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The 2017 MTV Video Music Awards was held at the Forum of Inglewood , California on August 27, 2017 . It was the 34th MTV Video Music Awards . The rapper Kendrick Lamar was nominated eight times , with six awards he was the most successful performer of the evening. The Video of the Year award and five other video awards were all related to his song Humble . Ed Sheeran was named Artist of the Year .
Appearances
The event was moderated by the singer Katy Perry . Besides her, the following occurred:
Preliminary program
Main show
- Kendrick Lamar - DNA / Humble
- Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
- Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Llif3
- Julia Michaels - Issues
- Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin 'Me Back
- Lorde - Homemade Dynamite
- Fifth Harmony - Angel
- Gucci Mane - Down
- Miley Cyrus - Younger Now
- Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry
- Pink with a medley
- Kyle - iSpy
- James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
- Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful
- Logic / Khalid / Alessia Cara - 1-800-273-8255
- Thirty Seconds to Mars - Walk on Water
- Travis Scott - Butterfly Effect
- Rod Stewart / DNCE - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
- Katy Perry / Nicki Minaj - Swish Swish
Aftershow
- Demi Lovato - Cool for the Summer
Winners and nominations
The nominees were announced on July 25, 2017, except for the “Song of the Summer”, which was not put up for election until August 24 in an internet vote. There were two fewer categories than last year and some changes. There was only one general video category, the separate categories for male and female interpreters were omitted, for which an “Artist of the Year” was awarded. The long video award was also omitted. New was a political award called Best Fight Against the System , which this time was dedicated to the fight against racism on the occasion of the riots in Charlottesville earlier this year. Heather Heyer's mother , who died at the time, gave a speech. The award went to six performers together.
The singer Pink received a special award for her work , the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award .
Video of the Year
Kendrick Lamar - Humble
- Bruno Mars - 24k Magic
- Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful
- DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller ) - Wild Thoughts
- The Weeknd - Reminder
Artist of the Year
Best New Artist
Best Fight Against the System
all nominees were honored
- Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful
- Logic (featuring Damian Lemar Hudson) - Black Spiderman
- The Hamilton Mixtape - Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)
- Big Sean - Light
- Taboo (featuring Shailene Woodley ) - Stand Up / Stand n Rock #NoDAPL
- John Legend - Surefire
Best hip-hop video
Kendrick Lamar - Humble
- Big Sean - Bounce Back
- Chance the Rapper - Same Drugs
- DJ Khaled (featuring Justin Bieber , Quavo , Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne ) - I'm the One
- DRAM (featuring Lil Yachty ) - Broccoli
- Migos (featuring Lil Uzi Vert ) - Bad and Boujee
Best dance
Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay
- Afrojack (featuring Ty Dolla Sign ) - Gone
- Calvin Harris - My Way
- Kygo × Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me
- Major Lazer (featuring Justin Bieber & Mø ) - Cold Water
Song of Summer
Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Llif3
- Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (featuring Justin Bieber ) - Despacito (Remix)
- Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane ) - Down
- Camila Cabello (featuring Quavo ) - OMG
- Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
- Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry
- Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holding Me Back
- DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller ) - Wild Thoughts
Best Pop Video
Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane ) - Down
- Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
- Harry Styles - Sign of the Times
- Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley ) - Chained to the Rhythm
- Miley Cyrus - Malibu
- Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better
Best rock
Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul
- Fall Out Boy - Young and Menace
- Foo Fighters - Run
- Green Day - Bang Bang
- Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams
Best choreography
Kanye West - Fade (Choreographers: Teyana Talor, Guapo, Matthew Pasterisa, Jae Blaze and Derek Watkins)
- Ariana Grande (featuring Nicki Minaj ) - Side to Side (Choreographers: Brian Nicholson and Scott Nicholson)
- Kendrick Lamar - Humble (Choreographer: Dave Meyers)
- Sia - The Greatest (Choreographer: Ryan Heffington)
- Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane ) - Down (Choreographer: Sean Bankhead)
Best collaboration
Zayn & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)
- Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams , Katy Perry & Big Sean - Feels
- Charlie Puth featuring Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore
- DRAM featuring Lil Yachty - Broccoli
- DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts
- The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey - Closer
Best Art Direction
Kendrick Lamar - Humble (Production Designer: Spencer Graves)
- Bruno Mars - 24k Magic (Production Designer: Alex Delgado)
- Katy Perry (featuring Migos ) - Bon appétit (Production Designer: Natalie Groce)
- DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller ) - Wild Thoughts (Production Designer: Damian Fyffe)
- The Weeknd - Reminder (Production Designer: Lamar C. Taylor, Kid Studio)
Best Direction
Kendrick Lamar - Humble (Director: Dave Meyers, The Little Homies)
- Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful (Director: Aaron A)
- Bruno Mars - 24k Magic (Directors: Cameron Duddy, Bruno Mars)
- Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley ) - Chained to the Rhythm (Direction: Matthew Cullen)
- The Weeknd - Reminder (Director: Glenn Michael)
Best editing
Young Thug - Wyclef Jean (Editors: Ryan Staake, Eric Degliomini)
- Future - Mask Off (Editor: Vinnie Hobbs)
- Lorde - Green Light (Editor: Nate Gross)
- The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey - Closer (Editor: Jennifer Kennedy)
- The Weeknd - Reminder (Editor: Red Barbaza)
Best visual effects
Kendrick Lamar - Humble (Special Effects: Jonah Hall)
- A Tribe Called Quest - Dis Generation (Special Effects: Brandon Hirzel)
- Kyle (featuring Lil Yachty ) - iSpy (Special Effects: Max Colt, Tomash Kuzmytskyi)
- Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley ) - Chained to the Rhythm (Special Effects: MIRADA)
- Harry Styles - Sign of the Times (Special Effects: Cédric Nivoliez)
Best Cinematography
Kendrick Lamar - Humble (camera: Scott Cunningham)
- Imagine Dragons - Thunder (Camera: Matthew Wise)
- Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (Camera: Steve Annis)
- DJ Shadow (featuring Run the Jewels ) - Nobody Speak (Camera: David Proctor)
- Halsey - Now or Never (camera: Kristof Brandl)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2017 “VMA” WINNERS AND PERFORMANCES , MTV press, August 28, 2017
- ↑ VMAs: Kendrick Lamar Tops Nominations as MTV Continues to Eliminate Gendered Categories , Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, July 25, 2017
- ↑ Demi, Camila, 5H, And More Will Battle It Out For The VMA Song Of Summer Award , Madeline Roth, MTV, August 22, 2017
- ↑ Why the VMAs 2017 were more moving than funny ( memento of the original from September 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , SWR3, August 28, 2017
Web links
- Official VMA page (English)
