The 2017 MTV Video Music Awards were held on August 27, 2017 at The Forum in Inglewood, California, honoring music videos released between June 25, 2016 and June 23, 2017.
It was hosted by Katy Perry. The 34th annual award show aired live from the venue for the second time in its history. The music video for Taylor Swift's song "Look What You Made Me Do" premiered during the broadcast. Lil Yachty co-hosted the pre-show with Terrence J, Charlamagne Tha God, and MTV News' Gaby Wilson, while Gabbie Hanna hosted backstage for the show. It was broadcast across various Viacom networks and their related apps.
2017 MTV Video Music Awards | |
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Date | Sunday, August 27, 2017 |
Venue | The Forum (Inglewood, California) |
Country | United States |
Hosted by | Katy Perry |
Most awards | Kendrick Lamar (6) |
Most nominations | Kendrick Lamar (8) |
Website | www |
Television/radio coverage | |
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Runtime | 185 minutes |
Produced by | Bruce Gillmer Garrett English Jesse Ignjatovic |
Directed by | Alex Rudzinski |
Compared to the previous year, viewership was down from 6.5 million to 5.68 million viewers, making it the lowest viewed show since 1994. A combination of having to compete with the season finale of HBO's Game of Thrones, which drew over 12.07 million viewers, and the ability to now stream the award show online is said to account for the drop in viewership.
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The list of nominations was revealed on July 25, 2017. For the nominations, MTV continued to eliminate gender-specific awards categories, as they did at the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards. MTV also announced the "Moonman" statue would be renamed a "Moon Person". The Best Female and Best Male Video awards were replaced with one category, Artist of the Year. Kendrick Lamar leads the list of nominees with eight categories, while Katy Perry, The Weeknd, and DJ Khaled received the second most nods with five. Nominees for Song of the Summer category were announced on August 22, 2017. Winners are listed in bold.
Kendrick Lamar — "Humble"
Ed Sheeran
Khalid
Zayn and Taylor Swift — "I Don't Wanna Live Forever"
Fifth Harmony (featuring Gucci Mane) — "Down"
Kendrick Lamar — "Humble"
Zedd and Alessia Cara — "Stay"
Twenty One Pilots — "Heavydirtysoul"
Kendrick Lamar — "Humble." (Director of Photography: Scott Cunningham)
Kendrick Lamar — "Humble." (Directors: Dave Meyers and The Little Homies)
Kendrick Lamar — "Humble." (Art Director: Spencer Graves)
Kendrick Lamar — "Humble." (Visual Effects: Jonah Hall of Timber)
Kanye West — "Fade" (Choreographers: Teyana Taylor, Guapo, Matthew Pasterisa, Jae Blaze and Derek Watkins)
Young Thug — "Wyclef Jean" (Editors: Ryan Staake and Eric Degliomini)
Lil Uzi Vert — "XO Tour Llif3"
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