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 |
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| Runtime | 185 minutes |
| Produced by | Bruce Gillmer Garrett English Jesse Ignjatovic |
| Directed by | Alex Rudzinski |
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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.
Performances
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
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| Pre-show | |
| Cardi B | "Bodak Yellow" |
| Bleachers | "Don't Take the Money" |
| Khalid | "Location" "Young Dumb & Broke" |
| Main show | |
| Kendrick Lamar | "DNA" "Humble" |
| Ed Sheeran Lil Uzi Vert | "Shape of You" "XO Tour Llif3" |
| Julia Michaels | "Issues" |
| Shawn Mendes | "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" |
| Lorde | "Homemade Dynamite" |
| Fifth Harmony Gucci Mane | "Angel" "Down" |
| Miley Cyrus | "Younger Now" |
| Demi Lovato | "Sorry Not Sorry" (Pre-Taped from the Palms Casino in Las Vegas) |
| Pink | Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Medley "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" (Part of a Commercial) |
| Alessia Cara | "Scars to Your Beautiful" |
| Logic Khalid Alessia Cara | "1-800-273-8255" |
| Thirty Seconds to Mars Travis Scott | "Walk on Water" "Butterfly Effect" |
| Rod Stewart DNCE | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (Pre-Taped from the Palms Casino in Las Vegas) |
| Katy Perry Nicki Minaj | "Swish Swish" |
| After-show (only web) | |
| Demi Lovato | "Cool for the Summer" |
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Appearances
Pre-show
- Gaby Wilson — announced the winners of Best Choreography and Song of the Summer
Main show
- Jack McBrayer, Buzz Aldrin, Peggy Whitson, Abbi Jacobson, Kathryn Hahn and Kevin Bacon — appeared in a skit with host Katy Perry
- Paris Jackson — presented Best Pop Video
- Hailee Steinfeld — introduced Julia Michaels
- Yara Shahidi — introduced Shawn Mendes
- Jack Antonoff and Alessandra Ambrosio — introduced Lorde
- Teyana Taylor and Pete Wentz — presented Best Dance Video
- Fred Armisen — appeared in a skit with host Katy Perry
- DJ Khaled — introduced Fifth Harmony
- Ludacris and Olivia Munn — presented Best Collaboration
- Jared Leto — paid tribute to Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell and introduced a clip of Linkin Park's 2010 VMA performance
- Billy Eichner — appeared in a skit with host Katy Perry
- Pete Davidson and Tiffany Haddish — presented Best Hip Hop Video
- Cardi B — introduced Demi Lovato
- Ellen DeGeneres — presented the Video Vanguard Award
- Millie Bobby Brown — presented Artist of the Year
- Vanessa Hudgens — introduced Alessia Cara
- Kesha — introduced Logic, Khalid and Alessia Cara
- Bebe Rexha and The Chainsmokers — presented Best New Artist
- Lil Yachty — introduced Thirty Seconds to Mars
- Rev. Robert Wright Lee IV — gave a speech denouncing racism and introduced Susan Bro
- Susan Bro — spoke about the Heather Heyer Foundation and presented Best Fight Against the System
- Hailey Baldwin — introduced Rod Stewart and DNCE
- Gal Gadot — presented Video of the Year
- Noah Cyrus — introduced Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj
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Winners and nominees
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.
| Video of the Year | Artist of the Year |
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| Best New Artist | Best Collaboration |
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| Best Pop Video | Best Hip-Hop Video |
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| Best Dance Video | Best Rock Video |
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| Best Fight Against the System | Best Cinematography |
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| Best Direction | Best Art Direction |
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| Best Visual Effects | Best Choreography |
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| Best Editing | Song of Summer |
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| Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award | |
| Pink | |
Artists with multiple wins and nominations
| Wins | Artist |
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| 6 | Kendrick Lamar |
| 2 | Alessia Cara |
| Nominations | Artist |
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| 8 | Kendrick Lamar |
| 5 | DJ Khaled |
| Katy Perry | |
| The Weeknd | |
| 4 | Alessia Cara |
| Bruno Mars | |
| Bryson Tiller | |
| Ed Sheeran | |
| Rihanna | |
| 3 | Big Sean |
| Fifth Harmony | |
| Gucci Mane | |
| Halsey | |
| Justin Bieber | |
| Lil Yachty | |
| Skip Marley | |
| 2 | Ariana Grande |
| Calvin Harris | |
| Chance the Rapper | |
| DRAM | |
| Harry Styles | |
| Lil Uzi Vert | |
| Lorde | |
| Migos | |
| Quavo | |
| Selena Gomez | |
| Shawn Mendes | |
| The Chainsmokers |
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