2015 MTV Video Music Awards instance of award ceremony
Performances
Presenters
Pre-show
Sway and Kelly Osbourne – hosts
Kelly Osbourne and Jeremy Scott – presented Best Rock Video
Carly Aquilino, Charlamagne Tha God, and Vic Mensa – presented Best Pop Video
Awkwafina and Nessa – presented Song of SummerMain show
Ike Barinholtz and Andy Samberg – appeared in a pre-taped skit with host Miley Cyrus
Britney Spears – presented Best Male Video
Jared Leto – introduced The Weeknd
Rebel Wilson – presented Best Hip-Hop Video
Tyga, Juicy J, Mike Will Made It and Billy Ray Cyrus – appeared in a pre-taped skit with host Miley Cyrus
Big Sean and Nick Jonas – presented Best Female Video
Hailee Steinfeld – introduced Demi Lovato outside The Orpheum Theatre
Serayah and Jussie Smollett – presented Best Video with a Social Message
Ne-Yo and Kylie Jenner – introduced Tori Kelly
Taylor Swift – presented Video Vanguard Award
John Legend – introduced Pharrell Williams outside The Orpheum Theatre
Rita Ora and Emily Ratajkowski – presented Artist to Watch
Miguel and Gigi Hadid – introduced Twenty One Pilots and ASAP Rocky
Ice Cube and O'Shea Jackson, Jr. – presented Video of the Year
Happy Hippie Foundation members – introduced Miley CyrusWinners and nominees
The nominations were announced on July 21, 2015 via Apple Music's Beats 1. 
Nominees for the social media-driven category, Song of Summer, were announced on August 18, 2015.
Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar were tied with most nominations, 10. Ed Sheeran had 6, Nicki Minaj had 4.Video of the Year
Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) – "Bad Blood"
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