LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) Taylor Swift won Video of the Year and shared smiles with
Nicki Minaj at Sunday's MTV Video
Music Awards ceremony - during which she also presented a lifetime-achievement award and an open mic to Kanye West.
In winning Video of the Year, Swift's "
Bad Blood" beat out Beyoncé ("7/11"),
Ed Sheeran ("
Thinking Out Loud"),
Mark Ronson and
Bruno Mars ("Uptown Funk") and
Kendrick Lamar ("
Alright").
Kanye West said he was going to run for president in 2020, and
Miley Cyrus released her new album for free!
Other big winners included Nicki Minaj, Kendrick Lamar, and Snoop Dogg.
Here is the full list of winners from the 2015 MTV VMAs:
Best Rock Video: Fall Out Boy, "
Uma Thurman"
Best Pop Video: Taylor Swift, "
Blank Space"
Best Male Video: Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, "Uptown Funk"
Best Hip-Hop Video: Nicki Minaj, "
Anaconda"
Best Female Video: Taylor Swift, "
Blank Space"
Best Video With a Social Message: Big Sean featuring
Kanye West & John Legend, "One Man Can Change the World"
Song of the Summer: 5 Seconds of Summer, "
She's Kinda Hot"
Best Collaboration: Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar, "
Bad Blood"
Best Direction: Kendrick Lamar, "
Alright" (Colin Tilley & the
Little Homies)
Best Choreography: OK Go, "
I Won't Let You Down" (OK Go, air:man and Mori Harano)
Best Cinematography: Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar, "Never
Catch Me" (Larkin Sieple)
Best Art Direction: Snoop Dogg, "So Many Pros" (François Rousselet, Jason Fijal)
Best Editing: Beyoncé, "7/11" (Beyoncé, Ed Burke, Jonathan Wing)
Best Visual Effects: Skrillex and Diplo feat. Justin Bieber, "
Where Are U Now" (Brewer,
Gloria FX, and Max Chyzhevskyy)
Artist to Watch: Fetty Wap
Video of the Year: Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar, "
Bad Blood"