{"id":1453,"date":"2016-08-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-02-11T17:27:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T17:27:46","slug":"sony-artists-honoured-at-the-mtv-video-music-awards-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.co.uk\/sony-artists-honoured-at-the-mtv-video-music-awards-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony artists honoured at the MTV Video Music Awards 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

The annual MTV VMAs were held on Sunday 28th August at Madison Square Garden, to honour the best music videos throughout the year.

The evening saw Beyonc\u00e9<\/a> break the record for the most MTV VMAs of all-time, as she now has 21 accolades to her name. Picking up a total of 8 on the night, including the prestigious prize for Video Of The Year for her track Formation<\/em>. She also took to the stage for an incredible performance of tracks from her critically acclaimed visual album Lemonade<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Fifth Harmony<\/a> took home the award for Best Collaboration with their hit single Work From Home<\/em> (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) and Song of Summer for their new track All In My Head (Flex)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The late David Bowie<\/a> was honoured with Best Art Direction for his Blackstar<\/em> video released earlier this year, while Calvin Harris<\/a> walked away with two awards –\u00a0as his collaboration with Rihanna This is What You Came For<\/em> won him Best Male Video and How Deep is Your Love feat. Disciples won Best Electronic Video.

The night saw the highly anticipated return of Britney Spears<\/a>, who took to the VMA stage for the first time in nearly 10 years, while The Chainsmokers <\/a>performed new hit single Closer<\/em> featuring Halsey. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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