Last night, those of us lucky enough to afford DSTV or fast internet were able to enjoy the MTV Video Music Awards which could also be known as the MTV Beyoncé Recognition Awards Featuring Kanye West & Rihanna.  The three artists dominated the show as Beyoncé walked away with 8 Awards, Rihanna nabbed 2 including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and Kanye West was given 10 minutes which he used to talk about nothing in particular besides role models, Taylor Swift and premier the steamy new video for Fade featuring Teyana Taylor and her ‘osband High Top Fade Shumpert.

View the highlights below and see the full list of winners.

 

WINNERS

 VIDEO OF THE YEAR

BEYONCÉ – “Formation”

Director: Melina Matsoukas

 

MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD

Rihanna

 

BEST FEMALE VIDEO

BEYONCÉ – “Hold Up”

Director: Jonas Åkerlund, Beyoncé Knowles Carter

 

BEST MALE VIDEO

Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna – “This Is What You Came For”

Director: Emil Nava

 

BEST COLLABORATION

Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla $ign – “Work From Home”

Director: Director X

 

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO

Drake – “Hotline Bling”

Director: Director X

 

BEST POP VIDEO

BEYONCÉ – “Formation”

Director: Melina Matsoukas

 

BEST ROCK VIDEO

twenty one pilots – “Heathens”

Director: Andrew Donoho

 

BEST ELECTRONIC VIDEO

Calvin Harris & Disciples – “How Deep Is Your Love”

Director: Emil Nava

 

BREAKTHROUGH LONG-FORM VIDEO

BEYONCÉ – Lemonade

 

BEST NEW ARTIST

Presented by Taco Bell®

DNCE

 

SONG OF SUMMER

Presented by Verizon

Fifth Harmony featuring Fetty Wap – “All In My Head (Flex)”

 

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES

Presented by Orbit® Gum

 

BEST ART DIRECTION

David Bowie – “Blackstar”

Production Designer: Jan Houllevigue

 

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

BEYONCÉ – “Formation”

Choreographer: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia

 

BEST DIRECTION

BEYONCÉ – “Formation”

Director: Melina Matsoukas

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEYONCÉ – “Formation”

Cinematographer: Malik Sayeed

 

BEST EDITING

BEYONCÉ – “Formation”

Editor: Jeff Selis

 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Coldplay – “Up&Up”

VFX Editor: Vania Heymann

Tune in to the African TV premiere of The MTV Video Music Awards on MTV (DStv channel 130) on Monday 29 August at 21:00 CAT