MTV Video Music Awards 2017

La 34ª edizione degli MTV Video Music Awards si è svolta il 27 agosto 2017 nel The Forum di Inglewood, California ed è stata presentata da Katy Perry. I vincitori sono i migliori video musicali pubblicati dal 25 giugno 2016 al 23 giugno 2017.

MTV Video Music Awards 2017
Edizione	XXXIV
Periodo	27 agosto 2017
Sede	The Forum di Inglewood (California)
Presentatore	Katy Perry
Emittente TV	MTV
Cronologia
2016 2018

Per la prima volta le due categorie divise per genere miglior video maschile e miglior video femminile sono state unite per formare "Artist of the Year".

Kendrick Lamar è l'artista più nominato della cerimonia, con otto nomination, seguito da Katy Perry e The Weeknd con 5. Kendrick Lamar è stato anche l'artista più premiato della serata, vincendo sei statuette, incluso video dell'anno.

Pink è stata premiata con il Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award alla carriera.

Esibizioni

Pre-show

• Khalid — Location, Young, Dumb & Broke
• Cardi B — Bodak Yellow
• Bleachers — Don't Take the Money

Main show

• Kendrick Lamar — DNA, HUMBLE.
• Ed Sheeran e Lil Uzi Vert — Shape of You, XO Tour Llif3
• Julia Michaels — Issues
• Shawn Mendes — There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
• Fifth Harmony e Gucci Mane — Down
• Miley Cyrus — Younger Now
• Demi Lovato — Sorry Not Sorry & Cool for the Summer
• Pink — 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
• Alessia Cara — Scars to Your Beautiful
• Logic, Khalid e Alessia Cara — 1-800-273-8255
• Thirty Seconds to Mars — Walk on Water, Butterfly Effect
• Rod Stewart e DNCE — Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
• Katy Perry e Nicki Minaj — Swish Swish

Vincitori e candidati

In grassetto sono evidenziati i vincitori.

Video dell'anno

• Kendrick Lamar — HUMBLE.
• Bruno Mars — 24K Magic
• Alessia Cara — Scars to Your Beautiful
• DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna e Bryson Tiller — Wild Thoughts
• The Weeknd — Reminder

Artista dell'anno

• Ed Sheeran
• Bruno Mars
• Kendrick Lamar
• Ariana Grande
• The Weeknd
• Lorde

Miglior artista esordiente

• Khalid
• Kodak Black
• SZA
• Young M.A
• Julia Michaels
• Noah Cyrus

Miglior video collaborativo

• Zayn e Taylor Swift — I Don't Wanna Live Forever
• Charlie Puth featuring Selena Gomez — We Don't Talk Anymore
• DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna e Bryson Tiller — Wild Thoughts
• D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty — Broccoli
• The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey — Closer
• Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry e Big Sean — Feels

Miglior video pop

• Fifth Harmony featuring Gucci Mane — Down
• Shawn Mendes — Treat You Better
• Ed Sheeran — Shape of You
• Harry Styles — Sign of the Times
• Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley — Chained to the Rhythm
• Miley Cyrus — Malibu

Miglior video hip-hop

• Kendrick Lamar — HUMBLE.
• Big Sean — Bounce Back
• Chance the Rapper — Same Drugs
• D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty — Broccoli
• Migos featuring Lil Uzi Vert — Bad and Boujee
• DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper e Lil Wayne — I'm the One

Miglior video rock

• Twenty One Pilots – Heavydirtysoul
• Coldplay — A Head Full of Dreams
• Fall Out Boy — Young and Menace
• Green Day – Bang Bang
• Foo Fighters – Run

Miglior video dance

• Zedd e Alessia Cara – Stay
• Kygo x Selena Gomez – It Ain't Me
• Calvin Harris – My Way
• Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber e MØ – Cold Water
• Afrojack featuring Ty Dolla Sign – Gone

Best Fight Against the System

Tutti i candidati sono stati premiati.

• Logic – Black Spiderman
• The Hamilton Mixtape – Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)
• Big Sean — Light
• Alessia Cara — Scars to Your Beautiful
• Taboo featuring Shailene Woodley – Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL
• John Legend — Surefire

Miglior fotografia

• Kendrick Lamar — HUMBLE. (Direttore della fotografia: Scott Cunningham)
• Imagine Dragons — Thunder (Direttore della fotografia: Matthew Wise)
• Ed Sheeran — Castle on the Hill (Direttore della fotografia: Steve Annis)
• DJ Shadow featuring Run the Jewels — Nobody Speak (Direttore della fotografia: David Proctor)
• Halsey — Now or Never (Direttore della fotografia: Kristof Brandl)

Miglior regia

• Kendrick Lamar — HUMBLE. (Directors: Dave Meyers e The Little Homies)
• Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley — Chained to the Rhythm (Director: Mathew Cullen)
• Bruno Mars — 24K Magic (Directors: Cameron Duddy e Bruno Mars)
• Alessia Cara — Scars to Your Beautiful (Director: Aaron A)
• The Weeknd — Reminder (Director: Glenn Michael)

Migliore direzione artistica

• Kendrick Lamar — HUMBLE. (Art Director: Spencer Graves)
• Bruno Mars — 24K Magic (Art Director: Alex Delgado)
• Katy Perry featuring Migos — Bon Appétit (Art Director: Natalie Groce)
• DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna e Bryson Tiller — Wild Thoughts (Art Director: Damian Fyffe)
• The Weeknd — Reminder (Art Directors: Lamar C Taylor and Christo Anesti)

Migliori effetti speciali

• Kendrick Lamar — HUMBLE. (Visual Effects: Jonah Hall of Timber)
• A Tribe Called Quest — Dis Generation (Visual Effects: Breon Hirzel of Bemo)
• KYLE featuring Lil Yachty — iSpy (Visual Effects: Max Colt e Tomash Kuzmytskyi)
• Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley — Chained to the Rhythm (Visual Effects: MIRADA)
• Harry Styles — Sign of the Times (Visual Effects: Cédric Nivoliez)

Miglior coreografia

• Kanye West — Fade (Choreographers: Teyana Taylor, Guapo, Jae Blaze e Derek 'Bentley' Watkins)
• Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj — Side to Side (Choreographers: Brian e Scott Nicholson)
• Kendrick Lamar — HUMBLE. (Choreographer: Dave Meyers)
• Sia — The Greatest (Choreographer: Ryan Heffington)
• Fifth Harmony featuring Gucci Mane — Down (Choreographer: Sean Bankhead)

Miglior montaggio

• Young Thug — Wyclef Jean (Editors: Ryan Staake e Eric Degliomini)
• Future — Mask Off (Editor: Vinnie Hobbs)
• Lorde — Green Light (Editor: Nate Gross of Exile Edit)
• The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey — Closer (Editor: Jennifer Kennedy)
• The Weeknd — Reminder (Editor: Red Barbaza)

Song of the Summer

• Lil Uzi Vert — XO Tour Llif3
• Ed Sheeran — Shape of You
• Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber — Despacito (Remix)
• Shawn Mendes — There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
• Fifth Harmony featuring Gucci Mane — Down
• Camila Cabello featuring Quavo — OMG
• DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna e Bryson Tiller — Wild Thoughts
• Demi Lovato — Sorry Not Sorry

Premio alla carriera (Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award)

• Pink

Collegamenti esterni

• Sito VMAs ufficiale, su vma.mtv.com.