Beyoncé wins Video of the Year at the VMAs
Beyoncé's "Formation" won Video of the Year Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York City.
Earlier in the evening, she won Best Female Video for "Hold Up" and Breakthrough Long-Form Video for "Lemonade," and she took the stage for an extended performance featuring songs from Lemonade. Beyoncé had a record 11 nominations, and "Formation" also won an editing award, cinematography award, and choreography award. On the red carpet, Beyoncé was joined by Mothers of the Movement, women whose children were killed in gun violence, as well as her daughter, Blue Ivy.
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Britney Spears, Rihanna, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj also performed, and Rihanna received the Video Vanguard Award. Other winners include DNCE (Best New Artist); Drake for "Hotline Bling" (Best Hip Hop Video); Calvin Harris for "This is What You Came For," featuring Rihanna (Best Male Video); and Fifth Harmony for "All in My Head," featuring Fetty Wap (Song of Summer).
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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