# MTV Video Music Awards 2017

La 34ª edizione degli MTV Video Music Awards si è svolta il 27 agosto 2017 nel The Forum di Inglewood, California ed è stata presentata da Katy Perry. I vincitori sono i migliori video musicali pubblicati dal 25 giugno 2016 al 23 giugno 2017.
Per la prima volta le due categorie divise per genere miglior video maschile e miglior video femminile sono state unite per formare "Artist of the Year".
Kendrick Lamar è l'artista più nominato della cerimonia, con otto nomination, seguito da Katy Perry e The Weeknd con 5. Kendrick Lamar è stato anche l'artista più premiato della serata, vincendo sei statuette, incluso video dell'anno.
Pink è stata premiata con il Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award alla carriera.

## Esibizioni
### Pre-show

* Khalid — Location, Young, Dumb & Broke
* Cardi B — Bodak Yellow
* Bleachers — Don't Take the Money

### Main show

* Kendrick Lamar — DNA, HUMBLE.
* Ed Sheeran e Lil Uzi Vert — Shape of You, XO Tour Llif3
* Julia Michaels — Issues
* Shawn Mendes — There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
* Fifth Harmony e Gucci Mane — Down
* Miley Cyrus — Younger Now
* Demi Lovato — Sorry Not Sorry & Cool for the Summer
* Pink — Get the Party Started, Raise Your Glass, So What, Fuckin' Perfect, Just Give Me a Reason, Don't Let Me Get Me, Blow Me (One Last Kiss), What About Us
* Kyle — iSpy
* James Arthur — Say You Won't Let Go
* Alessia Cara — Scars to Your Beautiful
* Logic, Khalid e Alessia Cara — 1-800-273-8255
* Thirty Seconds to Mars — Walk on Water, Butterfly Effect
* Rod Stewart e DNCE — Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
* Katy Perry e Nicki Minaj — Swish Swish

## Vincitori e candidati

In grassetto sono evidenziati i vincitori.

### Video dell'anno

* Kendrick Lamar — HUMBLE.
* Bruno Mars — 24K Magic
* Alessia Cara — Scars to Your Beautiful
* DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna e Bryson Tiller — Wild Thoughts
* The Weeknd — Reminder

### Artista dell'anno

* Ed Sheeran
* Bruno Mars
* Kendrick Lamar
* Ariana Grande
* The Weeknd
* Lorde

### Miglior artista esordiente

* Khalid
* Kodak Black
* SZA
* Young M.A
* Julia Michaels
* Noah Cyrus

### Miglior video collaborativo

* Zayn e Taylor Swift — I Don't Wanna Live Forever
* Charlie Puth featuring Selena Gomez — We Don't Talk Anymore
* DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna e Bryson Tiller — Wild Thoughts
* D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty — Broccoli
* The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey — Closer
* Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry e Big Sean — Feels

### Miglior video pop

* Fifth Harmony featuring Gucci Mane — Down
* Shawn Mendes — Treat You Better
* Ed Sheeran — Shape of You
* Harry Styles — Sign of the Times
* Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley — Chained to the Rhythm
* Miley Cyrus — Malibu

### Miglior video hip-hop

* Kendrick Lamar — HUMBLE.
* Big Sean — Bounce Back
* Chance the Rapper — Same Drugs
* D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty — Broccoli
* Migos featuring Lil Uzi Vert — Bad and Boujee
* DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper e Lil Wayne — I'm the One

### Miglior video rock

* Twenty One Pilots – Heavydirtysoul
* Coldplay — A Head Full of Dreams
* Fall Out Boy — Young and Menace
* Green Day – Bang Bang
* Foo Fighters – Run

### Miglior video dance

* Zedd e Alessia Cara – Stay
* Kygo x Selena Gomez – It Ain't Me
* Calvin Harris – My Way
* Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber e MØ – Cold Water
* Afrojack featuring Ty Dolla Sign – Gone

### Best Fight Against the System

Tutti i candidati sono stati premiati.
* Logic – Black Spiderman
* The Hamilton Mixtape – Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)
* Big Sean — Light
* Alessia Cara — Scars to Your Beautiful
* Taboo featuring Shailene Woodley – Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL
* John Legend — Surefire

### Miglior fotografia

* Kendrick Lamar — HUMBLE. (Direttore della fotografia: Scott Cunningham)
* Imagine Dragons — Thunder (Direttore della fotografia: Matthew Wise)
* Ed Sheeran — Castle on the Hill (Direttore della fotografia: Steve Annis)
* DJ Shadow featuring Run the Jewels — Nobody Speak (Direttore della fotografia: David Proctor)
* Halsey — Now or Never (Direttore della fotografia: Kristof Brandl)

### Miglior regia

* Kendrick Lamar — HUMBLE. (Directors: Dave Meyers e The Little Homies)
* Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley — Chained to the Rhythm (Director: Mathew Cullen)
* Bruno Mars — 24K Magic (Directors: Cameron Duddy e Bruno Mars)
* Alessia Cara — Scars to Your Beautiful (Director: Aaron A)
* The Weeknd — Reminder (Director: Glenn Michael)

### Migliore direzione artistica

* Kendrick Lamar — HUMBLE. (Art Director: Spencer Graves)
* Bruno Mars — 24K Magic (Art Director: Alex Delgado)
* Katy Perry featuring Migos — Bon Appétit (Art Director: Natalie Groce)
* DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna e Bryson Tiller — Wild Thoughts (Art Director: Damian Fyffe)
* The Weeknd — Reminder (Art Directors: Lamar C Taylor and Christo Anesti)

### Migliori effetti speciali

* Kendrick Lamar — HUMBLE. (Visual Effects: Jonah Hall of Timber)
* A Tribe Called Quest — Dis Generation (Visual Effects: Breon Hirzel of Bemo)
* KYLE featuring Lil Yachty — iSpy (Visual Effects: Max Colt e Tomash Kuzmytskyi)
* Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley — Chained to the Rhythm (Visual Effects: MIRADA)
* Harry Styles — Sign of the Times (Visual Effects: Cédric Nivoliez)

### Miglior coreografia

* Kanye West — Fade (Choreographers: Teyana Taylor, Guapo, Jae Blaze e Derek 'Bentley' Watkins)
* Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj — Side to Side (Choreographers: Brian e Scott Nicholson)
* Kendrick Lamar — HUMBLE. (Choreographer: Dave Meyers)
* Sia — The Greatest (Choreographer: Ryan Heffington)
* Fifth Harmony featuring Gucci Mane — Down (Choreographer: Sean Bankhead)

### Miglior montaggio

* Young Thug — Wyclef Jean (Editors: Ryan Staake e Eric Degliomini)
* Future — Mask Off (Editor: Vinnie Hobbs)
* Lorde — Green Light (Editor: Nate Gross of Exile Edit)
* The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey — Closer (Editor: Jennifer Kennedy)
* The Weeknd — Reminder (Editor: Red Barbaza)

### Song of the Summer

* Lil Uzi Vert — XO Tour Llif3
* Ed Sheeran — Shape of You
* Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber — Despacito (Remix)
* Shawn Mendes — There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
* Fifth Harmony featuring Gucci Mane — Down
* Camila Cabello featuring Quavo — OMG
* DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna e Bryson Tiller — Wild Thoughts
* Demi Lovato — Sorry Not Sorry

### Premio alla carriera (Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award)

* Pink