Beyoncé Wins Big at MTV Video Music Awards

Beyoncé cleaned up at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards.

Queen Bey racked up eight Moonmen during Sunday’s show, which featured her running through a medley of songs from her stunning visual album LEMONADE. In addition to taking home Video of the Year for the project’s lead single “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.”

The iconic singer, who attended the event at NYC’s Madison Square Garden with her daughter Blue Ivy and graced the red carpet with the mothers of Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Oscar Grant, and Trayvon Martin, ran through several cuts from her new LP during her show-stopping performance, which included an introduction from pro-athlete Serena Williams.

Beyoncé: "I dedicate this award to the people of New Orleans. God bless you guys" #VMAs

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Other big winners included Rihanna, who nabbed the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award as well as Best Male Video for her collaboration with Calvin Harris on “This Is What You Came For.” Rih, who gave four performances throughout the night, received her Video Vanguard Award from Drake, who took home Best Hip-Hop Video for “Hotline Bling.”

Performances throughout the night included Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj (“Side to Side”), Britney Spears and G-Eazy (“Make Me…”), Nick Jonas and Ty Dolla $ign (“Bacon”), and Future (“Fuck Up Some Commas”). Kanye West gave an impassioned speech and premiered his new video for “Fade” featuring Teyana Taylor dancing in peak form.

See a full list of winners below.

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2016 MTV Video Music Awards Winners

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