Video of the Year
Adele "Hello"
Beyoncé"Formation"
Justin Bieber "Sorry"
Drake "Hotline Bling"
Kanye West "Famous"
Best Male Video
Drake "Hotline Bling"
Calvin Harris (featuring Rihanna) "This Is What You Came For"
Bryson Tiller "Don't"
The Weeknd "Can't Feel My Face"
Kanye West "Famous"
Best Female Video
Adele "Hello"
Beyoncé "Hold Up"
Ariana Grande "Into You"
Rihanna (featuring Drake) "Work"
Sia "Cheap Thrills"
Best New Artist
Desiigner
DNCE
Lukas Graham
Zara Larsson
Bryson Tiller
Best Pop Video
Adele "Hello"
Beyoncé "Formation"
Justin Bieber "Sorry"
Alessia Cara "Wild Things"
Ariana Grande "Into You"
Best Rock Video
All Time Low "Missing You"
Coldplay "Adventure of a Lifetime"
Fall Out Boy (featuring Demi Lovato) "Irresistible"
Panic! at the Disco "Victorious"
twenty one pilots "Heathens"
Best Hip-Hop Video
2 Chainz "Watch Out"
Chance the Rapper (featuring Saba) "Angels"
Desiigner "Panda"
Drake "Hotline Bling"
Bryson Tiller "Don't"
Best Electronic Video
99 Souls (featuring Destiny's Child and Brandy) "The Girl Is Mine"
Afrojack "SummerThing!"
The Chainsmokers (featuring Daya) "Don't Let Me Down"
Calvin Harris and Disciples "How Deep Is Your Love"
Mike Posner "I Took a Pill in Ibiza"
Best Collaboration Video
Beyoncé (featuring Kendrick Lamar) "Freedom"
Fifth Harmony (featuring Ty Dolla $ign) "Work from Home"
Ariana Grande (featuring Lil Wayne) "Let Me Love You"
Calvin Harris (featuring Rihanna) "This Is What You Came For"
Rihanna (featuring Drake) "Work"
Breakthrough Long Form Video
Beyoncé "Lemonade"
Justin Bieber "Purpose: The Movement"
Chris Brown "Royalty"
Florence + The Machine "The Odyssey"
Troye Sivan "Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy"
Best Direction
Adele "Hello" (Director: Xavier Dolan)
Beyoncé "Formation" (Director: Melina Matsoukas)
David Bowie "Lazarus" (Director: Johan Renck)
Coldplay "Up&Up" (Directors: Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia)
Tame Impala "The Less I Know the Better" (Director: Canada)
Best Choreography
Beyoncé"Formation"
(Choreographers: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight and Dana Foglia)
Beyoncé"Sorry"
(Choreographers: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight, Dana Foglia, Anthony Burrell
& Beyoncé Knowles Carter)
Missy Elliott (featuring Pharrell) "WTF (Where They From)"
(Choreographer: Hi-Hat)
FKA Twigs "M3LL155X"
(Choreographer: FKA Twigs)
Florence + The Machine "Delilah"
(Choreographer: Holly Blakey)
Best Visual Effects
Adele "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" (Visual Effects: Sam Sneade)
Coldplay "Up&Up" (Visual Effects: Vania Heymann)
FKA Twigs "M3LL155X" (Visual Effects: Lewis Sanders and Jihoon Yoo)
The Weeknd "Can't Feel My Face" (Visual Effects: Bryan Smaller)
Zayn "Pillowtalk" (Visual Effects: David Smith)
Best Art Direction
Adele "Hello" (Art Director: Colombe Raby)
Beyoncé "Hold Up" (Art Director: Jason Hougaard)
David Bowie "Blackstar" (Art Director: Jan Houllevigue)
Drake "Hotline Bling" (Art Director: Jeremy MacFarlane)
Fergie "M.I.L.F.$" (Art Director: Alexander Delgado)
Best Editing
Adele "Hello" (Editor: Xavier Dolan)
Beyoncé "Formation" (Editor: Jeff Selis)
David Bowie "Lazarus" (Editor: Johan Söderberg)
Fergie "M.I.L.F.$" (Editor: Vinnie Hobbs)
Ariana Grande "Into You" (Editor: Hannah Lux Davis)
Best Cinematography
Adele "Hello" (Director of Photography: André Turpin)
Alesso "I Wanna Know" (Director of Photography: Corey Jennings)
Beyoncé "Formation" (Director of Photography: Malik Sayeed)
David Bowie "Lazarus" (Director of Photography: Crille Forsberg)
Ariana Grande "Into You" (Director of Photography: Paul Laufer)
Beyoncé 11
Adele 8
Drake 6
Ariana Grande 5
Rihanna 4
David Bowie 4
Justin Bieber 3
Calvin Harris 3
Bryson Tiller 3
Coldplay 3
Date
Sunday, August 28, 2016
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/