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Taylor Swift won four awards, including Video of the Year and Best Female Video.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/31/vmas-2015-full-list-of-winners-at-mtv-video-music-awards |title=VMAs 2015: full list of winners at MTV video music awards|date=August 31, 2015|work=Guardian|accessdate=August 31, 2015}}</ref> |
Taylor Swift won four awards, including Video of the Year and Best Female Video.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/31/vmas-2015-full-list-of-winners-at-mtv-video-music-awards |title=VMAs 2015: full list of winners at MTV video music awards|date=August 31, 2015|work=Guardian|accessdate=August 31, 2015}}</ref> |
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Kanye West announced during his award winning speech that he would be running for the [[United_States_Senate_elections,_2020|2020 US Senate Elections]] |
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| 2015 MTV Video Music Awards | |
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| File:Mtv-vma-2015-logo.png | |
| Date | Sunday, August 30, 2015 |
| Venue | Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California |
| Hosted by | Miley Cyrus |
| Most awards | Taylor Swift (4) |
| Most nominations | Taylor Swift (10)[1] |
| Website | www |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | MTV, MTV2, VH1, VH1 Classic, Logo TV, BET, Centric, Comedy Central, TV Land, CMT[2][3] |
The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards was held on August 30, 2015.[4] The 32nd installment of the event was held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, and hosted by Miley Cyrus.[5][6][7] Taylor Swift led the nominations with a total of 10, followed by Ed Sheeran, who had six.[1] Another nominee, Kendrick Lamar, received four nominations for his video "Alright." However, the videos for Swift's "Bad Blood" and Flying Lotus' "Never Catch Me" (both of which he features on) earned seven and two nominations respectively, bringing his total number of mentions to 13. Swift's "Wildest Dreams" music video premiered during the pre-show.[8] Cyrus also announced and released her studio album Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz, right after her performance at the end of the show.[9]
Taylor Swift won four awards, including Video of the Year and Best Female Video.[10]
Kanye West announced during his award winning speech that he would be running for the 2020 US Senate Elections
Performances
| Artist(s) | Song(s) | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-show | ||
| Walk the Moon | "Shut Up and Dance" "Different Colors" | |
| Todrick Hall | Video of the Year nominees' covers ("Uptown Funk", "7/11", "Bad Blood") | |
| Nick Jonas | "Levels" | |
| Main show | ||
| Nicki Minaj Taylor Swift |
"Trini Dem Girls" "The Night Is Still Young" "Bad Blood" | |
| Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Eric Nally Melle Mel Kool Moe Dee Grandmaster Caz |
"Downtown" (Live from outside The Orpheum Theatre) | |
| The Weeknd | "Can't Feel My Face" | |
| Demi Lovato Iggy Azalea |
"Cool for the Summer" Remix (Live from outside The Orpheum Theatre) | |
| Justin Bieber | "Where Are U Now" "What Do You Mean?" | |
| Tori Kelly | "Should've Been Us" | |
| Pharrell Williams | "Freedom" (Live from outside The Orpheum Theatre) | |
| Twenty One Pilots A$AP Rocky |
"HeavyDirtySoul" "M'$" "Message Man" "Lane Boy" "L$D" | |
| Miley Cyrus | "Dooo It!" | |
Presenters
Pre-show
- Sway and Kelly Osbourne — hosts
- Carly Aquilino, Nessa, Awkwafina, and Charlamagne Tha God — red carpet
- Kelly Osbourne and Jeremy Scott — presented Best Rock Video
- Carly Aquilino, Charlamagne Tha God, and Vic Mensa — presented Best Pop Video
- Awkwafina and Nessa — presented Song of Summer
Main show
- Britney Spears — presented Best Male Video
- Jared Leto — introduced The Weeknd
- Rebel Wilson — presented Best Hip-Hop Video
- Big Sean and Nick Jonas — presented Best Female Video
- Hailee Steinfeld — introduced Demi Lovato outside The Orpheum Theatre
- Serayah and Jussie Smollett — presented Best Video with a Social Message
- Ne-Yo and Kylie Jenner — introduced Tori Kelly
- Taylor Swift — presented Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
- John Legend — introduced Pharrell Williams outside The Orpheum Theatre
- Rita Ora and Emily Ratajkowski — presented Artist to Watch
- Miguel and Gigi Hadid — introduced Twenty One Pilots and A$AP Rocky
- Ice Cube and O'Shea Jackson, Jr. — presented Video of the Year
- Tyler Ford, Leo Sheng, Gigi Gorgeous, Greta Gustava Martela, Nina Chaubal, Precious Davis, Myles Brady, Mariana Marroquin, Alexander Schmider, AJ Lehman, Brendan Jordan, Hailey Jordan from Happy Hippie Foundation - introduced Miley Cyrus[11]
Nominations
The nominations were announced on July 21, 2015 via Apple Music's Beats 1.[12] Nominees for the social media-driven category, Song of Summer, were announced on August 18, 2015.[13]
Video of the Year
Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood"
- Beyoncé — "7/11"
- Kendrick Lamar — "Alright"
- Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk"
- Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud"
Best Male Video
Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk"
- Nick Jonas — "Chains"
- Kendrick Lamar — "Alright"
- Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud"
- The Weeknd — "Earned It"
Best Female Video
- Beyoncé — "7/11"
- Ellie Goulding — "Love Me Like You Do"
- Nicki Minaj — "Anaconda"
- Sia — "Elastic Heart"
Artist to Watch
Fetty Wap — "Trap Queen"
- James Bay — "Hold Back the River"
- George Ezra — "Budapest"
- FKA twigs — "Pendulum"
- Vance Joy — "Riptide"
Best Pop Video
- Beyoncé — "7/11"
- Maroon 5 — "Sugar"
- Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk"
- Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud"
Best Rock Video
- Arctic Monkeys — "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"
- Florence + the Machine — "Ship to Wreck"
- Hozier — "Take Me to Church"
- Walk the Moon — "Shut Up + Dance"
Best Hip-Hop Video
Nicki Minaj — "Anaconda"
- Big Sean (featuring E-40) — "I Don't Fuck with You"
- Fetty Wap — "Trap Queen"
- Kendrick Lamar — "Alright"
- Wiz Khalifa (featuring Charlie Puth) — "See You Again"
Best Collaboration
Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood"
- Ariana Grande and The Weeknd — "Love Me Harder"
- Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj — "Bang Bang"
- Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk"
- Wiz Khalifa (featuring Charlie Puth) — "See You Again"
Best Direction
Kendrick Lamar — "Alright" (Directors: Colin Tilley and the Little Homies)
- Childish Gambino — "Sober" (Director: Hiro Murai)
- Hozier — "Take Me to Church" (Directors: Brendan Canty and Conal Thomson)
- Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk" (Directors: Bruno Mars and Cameron Duddy)
- Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood" (Director: Joseph Kahn)
Best Choreography
OK Go — "I Won't Let You Down" (Choreographer: OK Go, air:man and Mori Harano)
- Beyoncé — "7/11" (Choreographers: Beyoncé, Chris Grant and Gabriel Valenciano)
- Chet Faker — "Gold" (Choreographer: Ryan Heffington)
- Flying Lotus (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Never Catch Me" (Choreographers: Keone Madrid and Mari Madrid)
- Ed Sheeran — "Don't" (Choreographers: Nappytabs)
Best Visual Effects
Skrillex and Diplo (featuring Justin Bieber) — "Where Are Ü Now" (Visual Effects: Brewer)
- Childish Gambino — "Telegraph Ave." (Visual Effects: Gloria FX)
- FKA Twigs — "Two Weeks" (Visual Effects: Gloria FX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi, and Max Chyzhevskyy)
- Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood" (Visual Effects: Ingenuity Studios)
- Tyler, The Creator — "Fucking Young/Death Camp" (Visual Effects: Gloria FX)
Best Art Direction
Snoop Dogg — "So Many Pros" (Art Director: Jason Fijal)
- The Chemical Brothers — "Go" (Art Director: Michel Gondry)
- Skrillex and Diplo (featuring Justin Bieber) — "Where Are Ü Now" (Art Director: Brewer)
- Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood" (Art Director: Charles Infante)
- Jack White — "Would You Fight for My Love?" (Art Director: Jeff Peterson)
Best Editing
Beyoncé — "7/11" (Editors: Beyoncé, Ed Burke and Jonathan Wing)
- A$AP Rocky — "L$D" (Editor: Dexter Navy)
- Ed Sheeran — "Don't" (Editor: Jacquelyn London)
- Skrillex and Diplo (featuring Justin Bieber) — "Where Are Ü Now" (Editor: Brewer)
- Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood" (Editor: Chancler Haynes at Cosmo Street)
Best Cinematography
Flying Lotus (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Never Catch Me" (Director of Photography: Larkin Seiple)
- Alt-J — "Left Hand Free" (Director of Photography: Mike Simpson)
- FKA Twigs — "Two Weeks" (Director of Photography: Justin Brown)
- Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud" (Director of Photography: Daniel Pearl)
- Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood" (Director of Photography: Christopher Probst)
Best Video with a Social Message
Big Sean (featuring Kanye West and John Legend) — "One Man Can Change the World"
- Colbie Caillat — "Try"
- Jennifer Hudson — "I Still Love You"
- Rihanna — "American Oxygen"
- Wale — "The White Shoes"
Song of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer — "She's Kinda Hot"
- Fetty Wap — "My Way"
- Fifth Harmony (featuring Kid Ink) - "Worth it"
- Selena Gomez (featuring A$AP Rocky) — "Good for You"
- David Guetta (featuring Nicki Minaj) — "Hey Mama"
- Demi Lovato — "Cool for the Summer"
- Major Lazer — "Lean On"
- OMI — "Cheerleader"
- Silentó — "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)"
- Skrillex and Diplo (featuring Justin Bieber) — "Where Are U Now"
- Taylor Swift — "Bad Blood"
- The Weeknd — "Can't Feel My Face"
Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
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The list is lead by Taylor Swift, who is up for nine Moonmen.
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