The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 30, 2015.
The 32nd installment of the event was held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, and hosted by Miley Cyrus. Taylor Swift led the nominations with a total of ten, followed by Ed Sheeran, who had six, bringing his total number of mentions to 13. Swift's "Wildest Dreams" music video premiered during the pre-show. Cyrus also announced and released her studio album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz, right after her performance at the end of the show. During his acceptance speech, Kanye West announced that he would be running in the 2020 United States presidential election. Taylor Swift won the most awards with four, including Video of the Year and Best Female Video. The VMA trophies were redesigned by Jeremy Scott.
2015 MTV Video Music Awards | |
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Date | Sunday, August 30, 2015 |
Venue | Microsoft Theater (Los Angeles, California) |
Country | United States |
Hosted by | Miley Cyrus |
Most awards | Taylor Swift (4) |
Most nominations | Taylor Swift (10) |
Website | www |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | |
Runtime | 190 minutes |
Produced by | Amy Doyle Jesse Ignjatovic Dave Sirulnick Van Toffler |
Directed by | Hamish Hamilton |
This 2015 edition was seen by 9.8 million people in the United States during its simulcast across ten Viacom-owned networks. However, the ceremony's airing on the flagship MTV network alone had one of the lowest audience in the ceremony's 31-year history (with the following year's ceremony being the lowest of all time). According to Nielsen, it logged 5.03 million viewers on MTV, 39% less than the previous year, while cumulative viewers drew 9.8 million with the nine other simulcasting networks. The lowest viewed edition since Nielson began tracking in 1994 was in 1996, with 5.07 million viewers. This broadcast, however, broke the "US Twitter record", being the most tweeted about non-sports program, with 21.4 million tweets delivered by 2.2 million people. It was also streamed live through the MTV app for authenticated users on mobile devices and television sets via iOS, Android and Chromecast. Through its website, viewers could also get to see un-aired audience shots and backstage coverage. mtvU aired a behind-the-scenes feed and MTV Hits went dark.
Artist(s) | Song(s) | |
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Pre-show | ||
Walk the Moon | "Shut Up and Dance" "Different Colors" | |
Todrick Hall | Video of the Year nominees' covers ("Uptown Funk", "7/11", "Bad Blood") | |
Nick Jonas | "Levels" | |
Main show | ||
Nicki Minaj Taylor Swift | "Trini Dem Girls" (Minaj) "The Night Is Still Young" "Bad Blood" | |
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Eric Nally Melle Mel Kool Moe Dee Grandmaster Caz | "Downtown" (Live from outside The Orpheum Theatre) | |
The Weeknd | "Can't Feel My Face" | |
Demi Lovato Iggy Azalea | "Cool for the Summer" (Live from outside The Orpheum Theatre) | |
Justin Bieber | "Where Are Ü Now" "What Do You Mean?" | |
Tori Kelly | "Should've Been Us" | |
Pharrell Williams | "Freedom" (Live from outside The Orpheum Theatre) | |
Twenty One Pilots ASAP Rocky | "Heavydirtysoul" "M's" "Message Man" "Lane Boy" "LSD" | |
Miley Cyrus | "Dooo It!" |
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.
Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) – "Bad Blood"
Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars) – "Uptown Funk"
Taylor Swift – "Blank Space"
Fetty Wap – "Trap Queen"
Taylor Swift – "Blank Space"
Fall Out Boy – "Uma Thurman"
Nicki Minaj – "Anaconda"
Taylor Swift (featuring Kendrick Lamar) – "Bad Blood"
Kendrick Lamar – "Alright" (Directors: Colin Tilley and the Little Homies)
OK Go – "I Won't Let You Down" (Choreographer: OK Go, air:man and Mori Harano)
Skrillex and Diplo (featuring Justin Bieber) – "Where Are Ü Now" (Visual Effects: Brewer, GloriaFX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi and Max Chyzhevskyy)
Snoop Dogg – "So Many Pros" (Art Director: Jason Fijal)
Beyoncé – "7/11" (Editors: Beyoncé, Ed Burke and Jonathan Wing)
Flying Lotus (featuring Kendrick Lamar) – "Never Catch Me" (Director of Photography: Larkin Seiple)
Big Sean (featuring Kanye West and John Legend) – "One Man Can Change the World"
5 Seconds of Summer – "She's Kinda Hot"
Kanye West
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