Music icon Beyonce walked home with eight awards at the MTV Video Music Award 2016 which took place on Sunday, August 29th.
Beyonce won Video of the Year for her video for “Formation,” she also won Best Female Video for “Hold Up,” Best Pop Video for “Formation,” Breakthrough Long-Form Video for LEMONADE, Best Choreography for “Formation,” Best Direction for “Formation,” Best Cinematography for “Formation,” and Best Editing for “Formation.”
Drake won best hip hop video for Hotline Bling while Rihanna won the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and Best Male Video for This Is What You Came For alongside Calvin Harris.
See full list of winners below
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
DNCE
SONG OF SUMMER
Fifth Harmony featuring Fetty Wap – “All In My Head (Flex)”
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
