2014 MTV Video Music Awards
| 2014 MTV Video Music Awards | ||||
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| Date | Sunday, August 24, 2014 | |||
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| Most awards | Beyoncé | |||
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Beyoncé Iggy Azalea | |||
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| Television/Radio coverage | ||||
| Network | MTV, MTV2, and VH1 | |||
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The 2014 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 24, 2014 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.[1] It was the 31st annual MTV Video Music Awards. Beyoncé and Iggy Azalea led the nominees with eight nominations while American rapper Eminem followed them with seven.[2]
Performances
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
|---|---|
| Pre-show | |
| Fifth Harmony | "Boss" |
| Charli XCX | "Boom Clap" |
| Main show | |
| Ariana Grande Nicki Minaj Jessie J |
"Break Free" (Grande) "Anaconda" (Minaj) "Bang Bang" |
| Taylor Swift | "Shake It Off" |
| Sam Smith | "Stay with Me" |
| Usher Nicki Minaj |
"She Came to Give It to You" |
| 5 Seconds of Summer | "Amnesia" |
| Iggy Azalea Rita Ora |
"Black Widow" |
| Maroon 5 | "Maps" "One More Night" |
| Beyoncé | Beyoncé Medley |
- House artist
Presenters
Pre-show
- Lucy Hale and Sway — hosts
- Lucy Hale — presented Best Lyric Video
- Christina Garibaldi — red carpet
- Ingrid Nilsen and Becky G — fashion correspondents[3]
Main show
- Gwen Stefani and Snoop Dogg — presented Best Female Video
- Jay Pharoah — performed a short stand-up routine and spoke about Artist to Watch voting procedures
- Lorde — introduced Taylor Swift
- Chelsea Handler — presented Best Male Video
- Jay Pharoah as Jay Z — again performed a short stand-up routine and spoke about Artist to Watch voting procedures
- Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels — presented Best Pop Video
- Kim Kardashian West — introduced Sam Smith
- Common — spoke about the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, and presented Best Hip-Hop Video
- Jay Pharoah as Kanye West — again performed a short stand-up routine and spoke about Artist to Watch voting procedures
- Uzo Aduba, Laverne Cox and Taylor Schilling — introduced Usher and Nicki Minaj
- Nina Dobrev and Trey Songz — presented Best Rock Video
- Chloë Grace Moretz and Dylan O'Brien — introduced 5 Seconds of Summer
- Jay Pharoah — presented Artist to Watch
- Jennifer Lopez — introduced Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora
- Demi Lovato and Jason Derulo — introduced Maroon 5
- Jimmy Fallon — presented Video of the Year
- Jay Z and Blue Ivy Carter — presented Video Vanguard Award
Nominations
The nominations were announced on July 17, 2014. Winners are in bold text.
Video of the Year
- Iggy Azalea (featuring Charli XCX) — "Fancy"
- Beyoncé (featuring Jay-Z) — "Drunk in Love"
- Sia — "Chandelier"
- Pharrell Williams — "Happy"
Best Male Video
Ed Sheeran (featuring Pharrell Williams) — "Sing"
- Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — "The Monster"
- John Legend — "All of Me"
- Sam Smith — "Stay with Me"
- Pharrell Williams — "Happy"
Best Female Video
Katy Perry (featuring Juicy J) — "Dark Horse"
- Iggy Azalea (featuring Charli XCX) — "Fancy"
- Beyoncé — "Partition"
- Ariana Grande (featuring Iggy Azalea) — "Problem"
- Lorde — "Royals"
Artist to Watch
Fifth Harmony — "Miss Movin' On"
- 5 Seconds of Summer — "She Looks So Perfect"
- Charli XCX — "Boom Clap"
- Schoolboy Q — "Man of the Year"
- Sam Smith — "Stay with Me"
Best Pop Video
Ariana Grande (featuring Iggy Azalea) — "Problem"
- Avicii (featuring Aloe Blacc) — "Wake Me Up"
- Iggy Azalea (featuring Charli XCX) — "Fancy"
- Jason Derulo (featuring 2 Chainz) — "Talk Dirty"
- Pharrell Williams — "Happy"
Best Rock Video
- Arctic Monkeys — "Do I Wanna Know?"
- The Black Keys — "Fever"
- Imagine Dragons — "Demons"
- Linkin Park — "Until It's Gone"
Best Hip-Hop Video
Drake (featuring Majid Jordan) — "Hold On, We're Going Home"
- Childish Gambino — "3005"
- Eminem — "Berzerk"
- Kanye West — "Black Skinhead"
- Wiz Khalifa — "We Dem Boyz"
MTV Clubland Award
Zedd (featuring Hayley Williams) — "Stay the Night"
- Disclosure — "Grab Her!"
- DJ Snake and Lil Jon — "Turn Down for What"
- Martin Garrix — "Animals"
- Calvin Harris — "Summer"
Best Collaboration
Beyoncé (featuring Jay-Z) — "Drunk in Love"
- Chris Brown (featuring Lil Wayne and Tyga) — "Loyal"
- Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — "The Monster"
- Ariana Grande (featuring Iggy Azalea) — "Problem"
- Katy Perry (featuring Juicy J) — "Dark Horse"
- Pitbull (featuring Kesha) — "Timber"
Best Direction
DJ Snake and Lil Jon — "Turn Down for What" (Directors: DANIELS)
- Beyoncé — "Pretty Hurts" (Director: Melina Matsoukas)
- Miley Cyrus — "Wrecking Ball" (Director: Terry Richardson)
- Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — "The Monster" (Director: Rich Lee)
- OK Go — "The Writing's on the Wall" (Directors: Damian Kulash, Aaron Duffy & Bob Partington)
Best Choreography
Sia — "Chandelier" (Choreographer: Ryan Heffington)
- Beyoncé — "Partition" (Choreographers: Svetlana Kostantinova, Philippe Decouflé, Danielle Polanco and Frank Gatson)
- Jason Derulo (featuring 2 Chainz) — "Talk Dirty" (Choreographer: Amy Allen)
- Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake — "Love Never Felt So Good" (Choreographers: Rich and Tone Talauega)
- Kiesza — "Hideaway" (Choreographer: Ljuba Castot)
- Usher — "Good Kisser" (Choreographers: Jamaica Craft and Todd Sams)
Best Visual Effects
OK Go — "The Writing's on the Wall" (Visual Effects: 1stAveMachine)
- Disclosure — "Grab Her!" (Visual Effects: Mathematic and Emile Sornin)
- DJ Snake and Lil Jon — "Turn Down for What" (Visual Effects: DANIELS and Zak Stoltz)
- Eminem — "Rap God" (Visual Effects: Rich Lee, Louis Baker, Mammal Studios, Laundry! and Sunset Edit)
- Jack White — "Lazaretto" (Visual Effects: Mathematic and Jonas & François)
Best Art Direction
Arcade Fire — "Reflektor" (Art Director: Anastasia Masaro)
- Iggy Azalea (featuring Charli XCX) — "Fancy" (Art Director: David Courtemarche)
- DJ Snake and Lil Jon — "Turn Down for What" (Art Director: Jason Kisvarday)
- Eminem — "Rap God" (Art Director: Alex Pacion)
- Tyler, The Creator — "Tamale" (Art Director: Tom Lisowski)
Best Editing
Eminem — "Rap God" (Editor: Ken Mowe)
- Beyoncé — "Pretty Hurts" (Editor: Jeff Selis)
- Fitz and The Tantrums — "The Walker" (Editor: James Fitzpatrick)
- MGMT — "Your Life Is a Lie" (Editor: Erik Laroi)
- Zedd (featuring Hayley Williams) — "Stay the Night" (Editor: Daniel "Cloud" Campos)
Best Cinematography
Beyoncé — "Pretty Hurts" (Directors of Photography: Darren Lew and Jackson Hunt)
- Arcade Fire — "Afterlife" (Director of Photography: Evan Prosofsky)
- Lana Del Rey — "West Coast" (Director of Photography: Evan Prosofsky)
- Gesaffelstein — "Hate or Glory" (Director of Photography: Michael Ragen)
- Thirty Seconds to Mars — "City of Angels" (Director of Photography: David Devlin)
Best Video with a Social Message
Beyoncé — "Pretty Hurts"
- Avicii — "Hey Brother"
- J. Cole (featuring TLC) — "Crooked Smile"
- David Guetta (featuring Mikky Ekko) — "One Voice"
- Angel Haze (featuring Sia) — "Battle Cry"
- Kelly Rowland — "Dirty Laundry"
Best Lyric Video
5 Seconds of Summer — "Don't Stop"
- Ariana Grande (featuring Iggy Azalea) — "Problem"
- Demi Lovato (featuring Cher Lloyd) — "Really Don't Care"
- Austin Mahone (featuring Pitbull) — "Mmm Yeah"
- Katy Perry — "Birthday"
Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
See also
References
- ↑ Kaufman, Gil (April 23, 2014). "The 2014 MTV Video Music Awards Are Going Back To Cali - MTV". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
- ↑ "The Beyonce show! Singer rocks MTV VMAs with 20-minute marathon medley before her 'love' Jay Z presents her with one of FOUR awards". Daily Mail. August 25, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.mtv.com/news/1900005/lucy-hale-charli-xcx-vma-pre-show/
- ↑ Nededog, Jethro (Aug 7, 2014). "Beyonce to receive MTV VMA Video Vanguard Award". music.msn.com.
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