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MTV Video Music Award Highlights

Written by LNTV Germany / August 22, 2018

On Monday night's MTV Video Music Awards in New York our artists belonged to the number one winners of the evening.
We summarised the highlights for you!


Camila Cabello was honored as 'Artist of the year' and „Havana“ [ft. Young Thug] won the category ‚Video of the year‘.
She was honestly grateful and thanked her fans emotionally:

Beyoncé and Jay-Z, together known as The Carters, won ‚Best Cinematography‘ and ‚Best Art Direction‘ for „APES**T“.

Also Childish Gambino was one of the big players of the evening as „This Is America“ even won three categories: ‚Best Direction‘, ‚Best Choreography‘ sowie ‚Video With A Message‘ .

Nicki Minaj's „Chun-Li“ is the ‚Best Hip Hop Video‘. Live she performed a medley containing "Majesty", "Barbie Dreams" , „FEFE“  and "Ganja Burn":

During her NICKIHNDRXX tour she's coming to Germany in February for 4 shows. You'll have the chance to see her in Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt or Cologne. Tickets for all concerts are available here.

Hayley Kiyoko was awarded the ‚Push Artist of the Year‘. See in the video below how she reacted. In November she's coming to Hamburg and Berlin for 2 shows - get your tickets here.

The biggest highlight live on stage was the performance of Aerosmith together with Post Malone, whose song „rockstar“ [ft. 21 Savage] was awarded the ‚Song of the Year‘. See stage performance here:

Ariana Grande walked away with an award for "No Tears Left to Cry" as ‚Best Pop Video‘ and performed her new single „God Is A Woman“ live. Her mum and even her grandmother proudly supported her:

Unsurprisingly ‚Best Visual Effects‘ award went to Kendrick Lamar & SZA for their video to "All The Stars".

For their common work on „Dinero“ Jennifer Lopez, DJ Khaled and Cardi B got the Award in ‚Best Collaboration‘. Furthermore J.Lo won ‚Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award‘ – live she enthused with a nice medley:

All MTV VMA winners:

Video of the Year: Camila Cabello – „Havana“ [ft. Young Thug]
Best Collaboration: Jennifer Lopez – „Dinero“ [ft. DJ Khaled & Cardi B]
Best New Artist: Cardi B
Artist of the Year: Camila Cabello
Best Latin Video: J Balvin – „Mi Gente“ [ft. Willy William]
Song of the Year: Post Malone – „rockstar“ [ft. 21 Savage]
Best Pop Video: Ariana Grande – „No Tears Left to Cry“
Best Hip Hop Video: Nicki Minaj – „Chun-Li“
Push Artist of the Year: Hayley Kiyoko
Song of Summer: Cardi B / Bad Bunny / J Balvin: „I Like It“
Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award: Jennifer Lopez
Best Dance Video: Avicii ft. Rita Ora – „Lonely Together“
Best Rock Video: Imagine Dragons – „Whatever It Takes“
Video With a Message: Childish Gambino – „This Is America”
Best Cinematography: The Carters – „APES**T“
Best Direction: Childish Gambino –„This Is America“
Best Art Direction: The Carters – „APES**T“
Best Visual Effects: Kendrick Lamar & SZA – „All The Stars“
Best Choreography: Childish Gambino – „This Is America“
Best EditingE.R.D – „Lemon’ [ft. Rihanna]“

 

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