2015 MTV Video Music Awards
| 2015 MTV Video Music Awards | |
|---|---|
| File:Mtv-vma-2015-logo.png | |
| Date | Sunday, August 30, 2015 |
| Venue | Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California |
| Hosted by | Miley Cyrus |
| Most nominations | Taylor Swift (10)[1] |
| Website | www |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | MTV, MTV2, VH1, VH1 Classic, Logo TV, BET, Centric, Comedy Central, TV Land, CMT[2] [3] |
The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards will be held on August 30, 2015.[4] The 32nd installment of the event will be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, and hosted by Miley Cyrus.[5][6][7] Taylor Swift leads the nominations with a total of 10, followed by Ed Sheeran, who has six.[1] Another nominee, Kendrick Lamar, received four nominations for his video "Alright." However, the videos for Swift's "Bad Blood" and Flying Lotus' "Never Catch Me" (both of which he features on) earned seven and two nominations respectively, bringing his total number of mentions to 13. Swift's "Wildest Dreams" music video premiered during the pre-show.[8]
Performances
| Artist(s) | Song(s) | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-show | ||
| Walk the Moon | "Shut Up and Dance" "Different Colors" | |
| Todrick Hall | Video of the Year nominees' covers ("Uptown Funk", "7/11", "Bad Blood") | |
| Nick Jonas | "Levels" | |
| Main show[9] | ||
| Nicki Minaj Taylor Swift |
"Trini Dem Girls" "The Night Is Still Young" "Bad Blood" | |
| Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Eric Nally Melle Mel Kool Moe Dee Grandmaster Caz |
"Downtown" "Can't Hold Us" (Live from The Orpheum Theatre) | |
| The Weeknd | "Can't Feel My Face" | |
| Demi Lovato Iggy Azalea |
"Cool for the Summer" (Live from The Orpheum Theatre) | |
| Justin Bieber | "What Do You Mean?"[10] | |
| Tori Kelly | "Should've Been Us"[11] | |
| Pharrell Williams | "Freedom" | |
| Twenty One Pilots ASAP Rocky |
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Presenters
Pre-show
- Kelly Osbourne and Sway — hosts
- Carly Aquilino, Nessa Diab and Awkwafina — red carpet
- Kelly Osbourne and Jeremy Scott — presented Best Rock Video
Main show
- Britney Spears — presented Best Male Video
- Jared Leto — introduced The Weeknd
- Rebel Wilson — presented Best Hip-Hop Video
- Big Sean and Nick Jonas — presented Best Female Video
- Hailee Steinfeld — introduced Demi Lovato
- Taylor Swift - presenting Micheal Jackson Video Vanguard Award
- Rita Ora
- Miguel
- John Legend
- Ne-Yo
- Serayah and Jussie Smollett
- Kylie Jenner
- Emily Ratajkowski
- Ice Cube and O'Shea Jackson, Jr. — presenting Video of the Year
Nominations
The nominations were announced on July 21, 2015 via Apple Music's Beats 1.[12] Nominees for the social media-driven category, Song of Summer, were announced on August 18, 2015.[13]
- Beyoncé — "7/11"
- Kendrick Lamar — "Alright"
- Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk"
- Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud"
- Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood"
Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk"
- Nick Jonas — "Chains"
- Kendrick Lamar — "Alright"
- Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud"
- The Weeknd — "Earned It"
- Beyoncé — "7/11"
- Ellie Goulding — "Love Me Like You Do"
- Nicki Minaj — "Anaconda"
- Sia — "Elastic Heart"
- James Bay — "Hold Back the River"
- George Ezra — "Budapest"
- Fetty Wap — "Trap Queen"
- FKA twigs — "Pendulum"
- Vance Joy — "Riptide"
- Beyoncé — "7/11"
- Maroon 5 — "Sugar"
- Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk"
- Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud"
- Arctic Monkeys — "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"
- Florence + the Machine — "Ship to Wreck"
- Hozier — "Take Me to Church"
- Walk the Moon — "Shut Up + Dance"
Nicki Minaj — "Anaconda"
- Big Sean (featuring E-40) — "I Don't Fuck with You"
- Fetty Wap — "Trap Queen"
- Kendrick Lamar — "Alright"
- Wiz Khalifa (featuring Charlie Puth) — "See You Again"
- Ariana Grande & The Weeknd — "Love Me Harder"
- Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — "Bang Bang"
- Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk"
- Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood"
- Wiz Khalifa (featuring Charlie Puth) — "See You Again"
- Childish Gambino — "Sober" (Director: Hiro Murai)
- Hozier — "Take Me to Church" (Directors: Brendan Canty and Conal Thomson)
- Kendrick Lamar — "Alright" (Directors: Colin Tilley and the Little Homies)
- Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) — "Uptown Funk" (Directors: Bruno Mars and Cameron Duddy)
- Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood" (Director: Joseph Kahn)
- Beyoncé — "7/11" (Choreographers: Beyoncé, Chris Grant and Gabriel Valenciano)
- Chet Faker — "Gold" (Choreographer: Ryan Heffington)
- Flying Lotus (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Never Catch Me" (Choreographers: Keone Madrid and Mari Madrid)
- OK Go — "I Won't Let You Down" (Choreographer: OK Go, air:man and Mori Harano)
- Ed Sheeran — "Don't" (Choreographers: Nappytabs)
- Childish Gambino — "Telegraph Ave." (Visual Effects: Gloria FX)
- FKA Twigs — "Two Weeks" (Visual Effects: Gloria FX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi, and Max Chyzhevskyy)
- Skrillex and Diplo (featuring Justin Bieber) — "Where Are Ü Now" (Visual Effects: Brewer)
- Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood" (Visual Effects: Ingenuity Studios)
- Tyler, The Creator — "Fucking Young/Death Camp" (Visual Effects: Gloria FX)
- The Chemical Brothers — "Go" (Art Director: Michel Gondry)
- Skrillex and Diplo (featuring Justin Bieber) — "Where Are Ü Now" (Art Director: Brewer)
- Snoop Dogg — "So Many Pros" (Art Director: Jason Fijal)
- Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood" (Art Director: Charles Infante)
- Jack White — "Would You Fight for My Love?" (Art Director: Jeff Peterson)
- A$AP Rocky — "L$D" (Editor: Dexter Navy)
- Beyoncé — "7/11" (Editors: Beyoncé, Ed Burke and Jonathan Wing)
- Ed Sheeran — "Don't" (Editor: Jacquelyn London)
- Skrillex and Diplo (featuring Justin Bieber) — "Where Are Ü Now" (Editor: Brewer)
- Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood" (Editor: Chancler Haynes at Cosmo Street)
- Alt-J — "Left Hand Free" (Director of Photography: Mike Simpson)
- FKA Twigs — "Two Weeks" (Director of Photography: Justin Brown)
- Flying Lotus (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Never Catch Me" (Director of Photography: Larkin Sieple)
- Ed Sheeran — "Thinking Out Loud" (Director of Photography: Daniel Pearl)
- Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood" (Director of Photography: Christopher Probst)
- Big Sean (featuring Kanye West & John Legend) — "One Man Can Change the World"
- Colbie Caillat — "Try"
- Jennifer Hudson — "I Still Love You"
- Rihanna — "American Oxygen"
- Wale — "The White Shoes"
Song of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer — "She's Kinda Hot"
- Fetty Wap (featuring Monty) — "My Way"
- Fifth Harmony (featuring Kid Ink) - "Worth it"
- Selena Gomez (featuring A$AP Rocky) — "Good for You"
- David Guetta (featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack) — "Hey Mama"
- Demi Lovato — "Cool for the Summer"
- Major Lazer & DJ Snake (featuring MØ) — "Lean On"
- OMI — "Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)"
- Silentó — "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)"
- Skrillex and Diplo (featuring Justin Bieber) — "Where Are Ü Now"
- Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) — "Bad Blood"
- The Weeknd — "Can't Feel My Face"
References
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The list is lead by Taylor Swift, who is up for nine Moonmen.
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- ^ http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/tv/2015-mtv-video-music-awards/EP02229333?aid=tvschedule
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- ^ Hosken, Patrick (August 23, 2015). "Taylor Swift's 'Wildest Dreams' Video Will Premiere During The VMA Pre-Show". MTV.com. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
- ^ "MTV Announces Full List of VMAs Performers, Including Pharrell, Macklemore and Demi Lovato". People.
- ^ Billboard.com. August 26. 2015 http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6677758/justin-bieber-to-perform-new-song-what-do-you-mean-at-vmas?utm_source=pushdown&utm_medium=www&utm_campaign=grammys.
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