VMA 2016 Winners

Video of the Year

Beyoncé
Formation
  • Adele
    Hello
  • Drake
    Hotline Bling
  • Justin Bieber
    Sorry
  • Kanye West
    Famous

Best Female Video

Beyoncé
Hold Up
  • Adele
    Hello
  • Ariana Grande
    Into You
  • Rihanna ft. Drake
    Work
  • Sia
    Cheap Thrills

Best Male Video

Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna
This is What You Came For
  • Bryson Tiller
    Don't
  • Drake
    Hotline Bling
  • Kanye West
    Famous
  • The Weeknd
    Can't Feel My Face

Best Hip Hop Video

Drake
Hotline Bling
  • 2 Chainz
    Watch Out
  • Bryson Tiller
    Don't
  • Chance the Rapper ft Saba
    Angels
  • Desiigner
    Panda

Best Pop Video

Beyoncé
Formation
  • Adele
    Hello
  • Alessia Cara
    Wild Things
  • Ariana Grande
    Into You
  • Justin Bieber
    Sorry

Best Rock Video

twenty one pilots
Heathens
  • All Time Low
    Missing You
  • Coldplay
    Adventure of a Lifetime
  • Fallout Boy ft. Demi Lovato
    Irresistible
  • Panic! At The Disco
    Victorious

Best New Artist

DNCE
  • Bryson Tiller
  • Desiigner
  • Lukas Graham
  • Zara Larsson

Best Electronic Video

Calvin Harris & Disciples
How Deep is Your Love
  • 99 Souls ft. Destiny's Child & Brandy
    The Girl is Mine
  • Afrojack
    SumerThing!
  • Mike Posner
    I Took A Pill In Ibiza
  • The Chainsmokers ft. Daya
    Don't Let Me Down

Best Collaboration

Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign
Work From Home
  • Ariana Grande ft. Lil Wayne
    Let Me Love You
  • Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar
    Freedom
  • Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna
    This Is What You Came For
  • Rihanna ft. Drake
    Work

Breakthrough Long Form Video

Beyoncé
Lemonade
  • Chris Brown
    Royalty
  • Florence + The Machine
    The Odyssey
  • Justin Bieber
    Purpose: The Movement
  • Troye Sivan
    Blue Neighborhood Trilogy

Best Art Direction

David Bowie
Blackstar
  • Adele
    Hello
  • Beyoncé
    Hold Up
  • Drake
    Hotline Bling
  • Fergie
    M.I.L.F.$

Best Choreography

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

Best Direction

Beyonce
Formation
  • Adele
    Hello
  • Coldplay
    Up & Up
  • David Bowie
    Lazarus
  • Tame Impala
    The Less I Know The Better

Best Cinematography

Beyoncé
Formation
  • Adele
    Hello
  • Alesso
    I Wanna Know
  • Ariana Grande
    Into You
  • David Bowie
    Lazarus

Best Editing

Beyonce
Formation
  • Adele
    Hello
  • Ariana Grande
    Into You
  • David Bowie
    Lazarus
  • Fergie
    M.I.L.F.$

Best Visual Effects

Coldplay
Up & Up
  • Adele
    Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
  • FKA Twigs
    M3LL155X
  • The Weeknd
    Can't Feel My Face
  • Zayn
    Pillowtalk

Song of Summer

Fifth Harmony ft. Fetty Wap
All in my Head
  • Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna
    This Is What You Came For
  • Drake
    One Dance
  • Justin Timberlake
    Can't Stop The Feeling!
  • Kent Jones
    Don't Mind
  • Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber
    Cold Water
  • Nick Jonas ft. Ty Dolla $ign
    Bacon
  • Selena Gomez
    Kill Em With Kindness
  • Sia
    Cheap Thrills
  • The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey
    Closer