REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LOS ANGELES -- Malam penganugrahan MTV Video Music Award 2015 telah berakhir dengan mengesankan, Senin (31/8). Sederetan musisi, penyanyi dari berbagai genre memadati Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, untuk malam bergengsi tersebut.
Dipandu oleh Miley Cyrus, acara berlangsung 'epik'. Miley hadir dengan aksi-aksi dan kostum konyolnya. Beberapa hal penting terjadi saat acara, salah satunya Kanye West yang mengumumkan akan maju sebagai kandidat Presiden AS pada 2020.
Beberapa penampilan musisi juga memukai penonton. Seperti penampilan Nicki Minaj di awal acara, juga Justin Bieber, The Weekend, Twenty One Pilots, Demi Lovato, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Pharrell Williams, Tori Kelly dan A$AP Rocky.
Berikut adalah pemenang nominasi-nominasi VMA, dikutip dari CNN.
Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award: Kanye West
Video of the Year: "Bad Blood," Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar
Best Female Video: "Blank Space," Taylor Swift
Best Male Video: "Uptown Funk," Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
Best Pop Video: "Blank Space," Taylor Swift
Best Hip Hop Video: "Anaconda," Nicki Minaj
Best Rock Video: "Uma Thurman," Fall Out Boy
Best Direction: "Alright," Kendrick Lamar
Best Collaboration: "Bad Blood," Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar
Best Video with Social Message: "One Man Can Changed the World," Big Sean ft. Kanye West and John Legend
Best Art Direction: "So Many Pros," Snoop Dogg
Best Choreography: "I Won't Let You Down," OK Go
Best Cinematography: "Never Catch Me," Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar
Best Editing: "7/11," Beyoncé
Best Visual Effects: "Where Are U Now" Skrillex and Diplo ft. Justin Bieber