2017 MTV Video Music Awards
2017 MTV Video Music Awards | |
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United States | |
Hosted by | Katy Perry |
Most awards | Kendrick Lamar (6) |
Most nominations | Kendrick Lamar (8) |
Website | www |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | |
Runtime | 185 minutes |
Produced by | Bruce Gillmer Garrett English Jesse Ignjatovic |
Directed by | Alex Rudzinski |
The 2017
Compared to the previous year, viewership was down from 6.5 million to 5.68 million viewers, making it the lowest viewed show since 1994. A combination of having to compete with the season finale of
Performances
Artist(s) | Song(s) |
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Pre-show | |
Cardi B | "Bodak Yellow" |
Bleachers | "Don't Take the Money" |
Khalid | "Location" "Young Dumb & Broke" |
Main show | |
Kendrick Lamar | "DNA" "Humble" |
Ed Sheeran Lil Uzi Vert |
"Shape of You" "XO Tour Llif3" |
Julia Michaels | "Issues" |
Shawn Mendes | "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" |
Lorde | "Homemade Dynamite" |
Fifth Harmony Gucci Mane |
"Angel" "Down" |
Miley Cyrus | "Younger Now" |
Demi Lovato | " Palms Casino in Las Vegas)
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Pink | Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Medley "Get the Party Started" "Raise Your Glass" "So What" "Fuckin' Perfect" "Just Give Me a Reason" "Don't Let Me Get Me" "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" "What About Us" |
Kyle | "iSpy" |
James Arthur | "Say You Won't Let Go" (Part of a Commercial) |
Alessia Cara | "Scars to Your Beautiful" |
"1-800-273-8255" | |
Thirty Seconds to Mars Travis Scott |
"Walk on Water" "Butterfly Effect" |
Rod Stewart DNCE |
" Palms Casino in Las Vegas)
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Katy Perry Nicki Minaj |
"Swish Swish" |
After-show (only web) | |
Demi Lovato | "Cool for the Summer" |
Appearances
Pre-show
- Gaby Wilson — announced the winners of Best Choreography and Song of the Summer
Main show
- Jack McBrayer, Buzz Aldrin, Peggy Whitson, Abbi Jacobson, Kathryn Hahn and Kevin Bacon — appeared in a skit with host Katy Perry
- Paris Jackson— presented Best Pop Video
- Hailee Steinfeld — introduced Julia Michaels
- Yara Shahidi — introduced Shawn Mendes
- Jack Antonoff and Alessandra Ambrosio — introduced Lorde
- Teyana Taylor and Pete Wentz — presented Best Dance Video
- Fred Armisen — appeared in a skit with host Katy Perry
- DJ Khaled — introduced Fifth Harmony
- Ludacris and Olivia Munn — presented Best Collaboration
- Jared Leto — paid tribute to Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell and introduced a clip of Linkin Park's 2010 VMA performance
- Billy Eichner — appeared in a skit with host Katy Perry
- Pete Davidson and Tiffany Haddish — presented Best Hip Hop Video
- Cardi B — introduced Demi Lovato
- Ellen DeGeneres — presented the Video Vanguard Award
- Millie Bobby Brown — presented Artist of the Year
- Vanessa Hudgens — introduced Alessia Cara
- Logic, Khalidand Alessia Cara
- Bebe Rexha and The Chainsmokers — presented Best New Artist
- Lil Yachty — introduced Thirty Seconds to Mars
- Rev. Robert Wright Lee IV — gave a speech denouncing racism and introduced Susan Bro
- Susan Bro — spoke about the Heather HeyerFoundation and presented Best Fight Against the System
- Hailey Baldwin — introduced Rod Stewart and DNCE
- Gal Gadot — presented Video of the Year
- Noah Cyrus — introduced Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj
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Winners and nominees
The list of nominations was revealed on July 25, 2017. For the nominations, MTV continued to eliminate gender-specific awards categories, as they did at the
Video of the Year
Kendrick Lamar — "Humble"
- Alessia Cara — "Scars to Your Beautiful"
- DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller) — "Wild Thoughts"
- Bruno Mars — "24K Magic"
- The Weeknd — "Reminder"
Artist of the Year
Best New Artist
Best Collaboration
Zayn and Taylor Swift — "I Don't Wanna Live Forever"
- The Chainsmokers (featuring Halsey) — "Closer"
- DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller) — "Wild Thoughts"
- Broccoli"
- Calvin Harris (featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean) — "Feels"
- Charlie Puth (featuring Selena Gomez) — "We Don't Talk Anymore"
Best Pop
Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane) — "Down"
- Miley Cyrus — "Malibu"
- Shawn Mendes — "Treat You Better"
- Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley) – "Chained to the Rhythm"
- Ed Sheeran — "Shape of You"
- Harry Styles — "Sign of the Times"
Best Hip Hop
Kendrick Lamar — "Humble"
- Big Sean — "Bounce Back"
- Chance the Rapper — "Same Drugs"
- DJ Khaled (featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne) — "I'm the One"
- Broccoli"
- Migos (featuring Lil Uzi Vert) — "Bad and Boujee"
Best Dance
Zedd and Alessia Cara — "Stay"
- Afrojack (featuring Ty Dolla $ign) — "Gone"
- Calvin Harris — "My Way"
- Kygo and Selena Gomez — "It Ain't Me"
- Major Lazer (featuring Justin Bieber and MØ) — "Cold Water"
Best Rock
- Coldplay — "A Head Full of Dreams"
- Fall Out Boy — "Young and Menace"
- Foo Fighters — "Run"
- Green Day — "Bang Bang"
Best Fight Against the System
- Light"
- Alessia Cara — "Scars to Your Beautiful"
- Riz MC and Residente) – "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)"
- John Legend — "Surefire"
- Logic (featuring Damian Lemar Hudson) – "Black Spiderman"
- Taboo (featuring Shailene Woodley) – "Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL "
Best Cinematography
Kendrick Lamar — "Humble." (Director of Photography: Scott Cunningham)
- DJ Shadow (featuring Run the Jewels) — "Nobody Speak" (Director of Photography: David Proctor)
- Halsey — "Now or Never" (Director of Photography: Kristof Brandl)
- Imagine Dragons — "Thunder" (Director of Photography: Matthew Wise)
- Castle on the Hill" (Director of Photography: Steve Annis)
Best Direction
Kendrick Lamar — "Humble." (Directors: Dave Meyers and The Little Homies)
- Alessia Cara — "Scars to Your Beautiful" (Director: Aaron A)
- Bruno Mars — "24K Magic" (Directors: Cameron Duddy and Bruno Mars)
- Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley) — "Chained to the Rhythm" (Director: Mathew Cullen)
- The Weeknd — "Reminder" (Director: Glenn Michael)
Best Art Direction
Kendrick Lamar — "Humble." (Art Director: Spencer Graves)
- DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller) — "Wild Thoughts" (Art Director: Damian Fyffe)
- Bruno Mars — "24K Magic" (Art Director: Alex Delgado)
- Katy Perry (featuring Migos) — "Bon Appétit" (Art Director: Natalie Groce)
- The Weeknd — "Reminder" (Art Directors: Lamar C Taylor and KID. STUDIO)
Best Visual Effects
Kendrick Lamar — "Humble." (Visual Effects: Jonah Hall of Timber)
- Kyle (featuring Lil Yachty) — "iSpy" (Visual Effects: Max Colt and Tomash Kuzmytskyi of GloriaFX)
- Katy Perry (featuring Skip Marley) — "Chained to the Rhythm" (Visual Effects: MIRADA)
- Harry Styles — "Sign of the Times" (Visual Effects: Cédric Nivoliez of ONE MORE)
- A Tribe Called Quest — "Dis Generation" (Visual Effects: Brandon Hirzel of Bemo)
Best Choreography
Kanye West — "Fade" (Choreographers: Teyana Taylor, Guapo, Matthew Pasterisa, Jae Blaze and Derek Watkins)
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- Ariana Grande (featuring Nicki Minaj) — "Side to Side" (Choreographers: Brian and Scott Nicholson)
- Kendrick Lamar — "Humble." (Choreographer: Dave Meyers)
- Sia — "The Greatest" (Choreographer: Ryan Heffington)
Best Editing
Young Thug — "Wyclef Jean" (Editors: Ryan Staake and Eric Degliomini)
- The Chainsmokers (featuring Halsey) — "Closer" (Editor: Jennifer Kennedy)
- Future — "Mask Off" (Editor: Vinnie Hobbs of VHPost)
- Lorde — "Green Light" (Editor: Nate Gross of Exile Edit)
- The Weeknd — "Reminder" (Editor: Red Barbaza)
Song of the Summer
Lil Uzi Vert — "XO Tour Llif3"
- Camila Cabello (featuring Quavo) — "OMG"
- DJ Khaled (featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller) — "Wild Thoughts"
- Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane) — "Down"
- Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee (featuring Justin Bieber) — "Despacito (Remix)"
- Demi Lovato — "Sorry Not Sorry"
- Shawn Mendes — "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"
- Ed Sheeran — "Shape of You"
Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
See also
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