2016 MTV Video Music Awards

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award ceremony television special

The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards was a major annual music awards ceremony celebrating the year’s most popular and influential music videos, featuring high-profile performances and widely discussed pop culture moments.

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Label	Occurrences
2016 MTV Video Music Awards canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	award ceremony ⓘ television special ⓘ
awardPresented	Best Art Direction ⓘ Best Choreography ⓘ Best Cinematography ⓘ Best Collaboration ⓘ Best Direction ⓘ Best Editing ⓘ Best Electronic Video ⓘ Best Female Video ⓘ Best Hip-Hop Video ⓘ Best Male Video ⓘ Best New Artist ⓘ Best Pop Video ⓘ Best Rock Video ⓘ Best Visual Effects ⓘ Video of the Year ⓘ
bestCollaborationWinner	Work from Home (Fifth Harmony, co-production) ⓘ surface form: Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla Sign "Work from Home"
bestElectronicVideoWinner	Calvin Harris & Disciples "How Deep Is Your Love" ⓘ
bestFemaleVideoWinner	Beyoncé "Hold Up" ⓘ
bestHipHopVideoWinner	Hotline Bling ⓘ surface form: Drake "Hotline Bling"
bestMaleVideoWinner	Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna "This Is What You Came For" ⓘ
bestNewArtistWinner	DNCE ⓘ
bestPopVideoWinner	"Formation" – Beyoncé ⓘ surface form: Beyoncé "Formation"
bestRockVideoWinner	twenty one pilots "Heathens" ⓘ
ceremonyNumber	33 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	2016-08-28 ⓘ
host	no overall host ⓘ
location	Madison Square Garden ⓘ New York City ⓘ
mostAwards	Beyoncé ⓘ
mostAwardsNumber	8 ⓘ
mostNominations	Beyoncé ⓘ
mostNominationsNumber	11 ⓘ
network	BET ⓘ CMT ⓘ Comedy Central ⓘ MTV ⓘ MTV2 ⓘ Spike ⓘ TV Land ⓘ VH1 ⓘ
nextEvent	2017 MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ
notableMoment	Beyoncé leading the night with 8 wins ⓘ Kanye West four-minute freeform speech and "Fade" premiere ⓘ Rihanna honored with Video Vanguard Award and multiple medleys ⓘ
notablePerformance	Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj "Side to Side" ⓘ Beyoncé "Lemonade" medley ⓘ Britney Spears featuring G-Eazy "Make Me..." ⓘ Future "Commas" ⓘ Kanye West segment and "Fade" video premiere ⓘ Nick Jonas ⓘ surface form: Nick Jonas "Bacon" Nicki Minaj ⓘ surface form: Nicki Minaj with Ariana Grande Rihanna career-spanning medleys ⓘ Rihanna opening performance ⓘ The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Closer" ⓘ
presentedBy	MTV ⓘ
previousEvent	MTV Video Music Awards 2015 ⓘ surface form: 2015 MTV Video Music Awards
producer	Den of Thieves ⓘ Jesse Ignjatovic ⓘ
specialAward	Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award ⓘ
videoOfTheYearWinner	"Formation" – Beyoncé ⓘ surface form: Beyoncé "Formation"
videoVanguardRecipient	Rihanna ⓘ
viewershipUS	6.5 million (approximate, across networks) ⓘ

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Fade → musicVideoPremiereEvent → 2016 MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ

song "Side to Side" → firstLivePerformance → 2016 MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ

subject surface form: Side to Side