With another year’s show come and gone, the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards offered up plenty of action while honoring the best in the music business.
The big winners at The Forum show on Sunday night (August 24) included Miley Cyrus as Video of the Year honoree for “Wrecking Ball” while Katy Perry nabbed Best Female Video for “Dark Horse” and Ed Sheernan took home the Moonman for Best Male Video for “Sing”.
With Ariana Grande and Drake both snatching up hardware, other big winners included Best Rock Video honoree Lorde and Fifth Harmony as Artist to Watch.
Meanwhile, Beyonce gave a memorable effort as the night’s headliner before being presented with the Michael Jackson Vanguard trophy by her hip-hop mogul hubby Jay-Z while other acts at the VMAs included Taylor Swift, Usher and a show-opening number from Jessie J, Nick Minaj and Ariana Grande.
The complete list of winners from the 2014 MTV VMAs is as follows:
Video of the Year
Beyoncé ft. Jay Z, “Drunk In Love”
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX, “Fancy”
WINNER Miley Cyrus, “Wrecking Ball”
Pharrell Williams, “Happy”
Sia, “Chandelier”
Best Hip-Hop Video
Childish Gambino, “3005″
WINNER Drake ft. Majid Jordan, “Hold On (We’re Going Home)”
Eminem, “Berzerk”Kanye West, “Black Skinhead”
Wiz Khalifa, “We Dem Boyz”
Best Male Video
WINNER Ed Sheeran ft. Pharrell Williams, “Sing”
Eminem ft. Rihanna, “The Monster”
John Legend, “All of Me”
Pharrell Williams, “Happy”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Best Female Video
Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea, “Problem”
Beyoncé, “Partition”
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX, “Fancy”
WINNER Katy Perry ft. Juicy J, “Dark Horse”
Lorde, “Royals”
Best Pop Video
WINNER Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea, “Problem”
Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc, “Wake Me Up”
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX, “Fancy”
Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz, “Talk Dirty”
Pharrell Williams, “Happy”
Best Rock Video
Arctic Monkeys, “Do I Wanna Know?”
Black Keys, “Fever”
Imagine Dragons, “Demons”
Linkin Park, “Until It’s Gone”
WINNER Lorde, “Royals”
Artist to Watch, Presented by Taco Bell
5 Seconds of Summer, “She Looks So Perfect”
Charli XCX, “Boom Clap”
WINNER Fifth Harmony, “Miss Movin’ On”
Sam Smith, “Stay With Me”
Schoolboy Q, “Man of the Year”
Enjoy the pictures from the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards (August 24).
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