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| image = Vma-2011-logo.jpg
| image = Vma-2011-logo.jpg
| date = Sunday, August 28, 2011
| date = Sunday, August 28, 2011
| location = [[Microsoft Theater|Nokia Theatre]], <br />[[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| location = [[Peacock Theater|Nokia Theatre]] ([[Los Angeles]], [[California]])
| country = United States
| country = United States
| host =
| host =
| network = [[MTV]] and [[VH1]]
| network = [[MTV]] and [[VH1]]
| producer = Amy Doyle <br /> Garrett English <br /> Jesse Ignjatovic <br /> [[Dave Sirulnick]]
| director = [[Hamish Hamilton (director)|Hamish Hamilton]]
| website = {{url|http://www.mtv.com/vma/2011/}}
| website = {{url|http://www.mtv.com/vma/2011/}}
| most_awards = [[Adele]] and [[Katy Perry]] (3 each)
| most_awards = [[Katy Perry]] and [[Adele]] (3 each)
| most_nominations = [[Katy Perry]] (10)
| most_nominations = [[Katy Perry]] (10)
| previous = [[2010 MTV Video Music Awards|2010]]
| previous = [[2010 MTV Video Music Awards|2010]]
| main = {{nowrap|[[MTV Video Music Award]]s}}
| main = {{nowrap|[[MTV Video Music Awards]]}}
| next = [[2012 MTV Video Music Awards|2012]]
| next = [[2012 MTV Video Music Awards|2012]]
}}
}}


The '''2011 [[MTV Video Music Award]]s''' took place on August 28, at [[Microsoft Theater|Nokia Theatre]] in Los Angeles, honoring the best music videos from the previous year. On July 20, the nominees were announced. [[Katy Perry]] received the most nominations this year at ten, followed by [[Adele]], and [[Kanye West]], who were both tied at seven.<ref name="Katy Perry Crushes Gaga In MTV Music Video Noms"/> A Britney Spears tribute was held, consisting of adult and children dancers alike, they wore costumes based on the music videos of Spears.
The '''2011 [[MTV Video Music Awards]]''' took place on August 28, at [[Peacock Theater|Nokia Theatre]] in Los Angeles, honoring the best music videos from the previous year. On July 20, the nominees were announced. [[Katy Perry]] received the most nominations this year at ten, followed by [[Adele]], and [[Kanye West]], who were both tied at seven.<ref name="Katy Perry Crushes Gaga In MTV Music Video Noms"/> A [[Britney Spears]] tribute was held, consisting of adult and children dancers alike, they wore costumes based on the music videos of Spears. [[Hamish Hamilton (director)|Hamish Hamilton]] directed the show.


At the ceremony, Katy Perry won three awards, including top prize [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] for "[[Firework (Katy Perry song)|Firework]]". Adele also won three awards, all in the technical fields, including [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]] and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] for "[[Rolling in the Deep]]". [[Britney Spears]] won a total of two awards, [[Best Pop Video]] for her single [[Till the World Ends]] and the [[Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award]] for her influence and impact in music. [[Lady Gaga]] also won two awards, including [[Best Female Video]] for "[[Born This Way (song)|Born This Way]]".<ref name="Katy Perry, Adele score at Video Music Awards"/>
At the ceremony, Katy Perry won three awards, including top prize [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] for "[[Firework (Katy Perry song)|Firework]]". Adele also won three awards, all in the technical fields, including [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]] and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] for "[[Rolling in the Deep]]". Britney Spears won a total of two awards, [[Best Pop Video]] for her single "[[Till the World Ends]]" and the [[Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award]] for her influence and impact in music. [[Lady Gaga]] also won two awards, including [[Best Female Video]] for "[[Born This Way (song)|Born This Way]]".<ref name="Katy Perry, Adele score at Video Music Awards"/>
Other winners included [[Beyoncé]], [[Justin Bieber]], [[Tyler, the Creator]], [[Nicki Minaj]], [[Kanye West]] (shared with Perry), [[Foo Fighters]], and the [[Beastie Boys]] who all won one apiece.<ref name="Beyonce and Lady Gaga dominate MTV Video Music awards"/><ref name="Gaga, Perry win big at VMAs, Beyonce steals show"/>
Other winners included [[Beyoncé]], [[Justin Bieber]], [[Tyler, the Creator]], [[Nicki Minaj]], [[Kanye West]] (shared with Perry), [[Foo Fighters]], and the [[Beastie Boys]] who all won one apiece.<ref name="Beyonce and Lady Gaga dominate MTV Video Music awards"/><ref name="Gaga, Perry win big at VMAs, Beyonce steals show"/>


During the awards ceremony, [[Beyoncé]] revealed that she was pregnant with her first child, when she ended her performance of "[[Love on Top]]" (2011).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/28/beyonce-pregnant_n_939890.html |title=Beyonce Pregnant, Flaunts Baby Bump On VMA Red Carpet |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |publisher=[[AOL Inc.]] |date=August 28, 2011 |accessdate=August 28, 2011}}</ref> ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' later confirmed that Knowles was five-months pregnant and her pregnancy announcement had broken the "most tweets per second recorded for a single event" Twitter record, receiving 8,868 tweets per second.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/29/beyonce-pregnancy-twiter-record-mtv-vmas_n_941064.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003|title=Beyoncé Pregnancy: New Twitter Record Set At MTV VMAs|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|publisher=[[AOL Inc.]]|date=August 29, 2011 |accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref> MTV reported that Knowles' performance of "Love on Top" and the announcement of her pregnancy at the awards ceremony combined with [[Britney Spears]] tribute helped 2011's MTV Video Music Awards become the most-watched broadcast in MTV history, pulling in 12.4 million viewers. In addition, data from [[Google]] Insights showed that the most searched for term from August 29, 2011 to September 4, 2011 was "Beyonce pregnant" which reached 'breakout' levels – a term used by Google to describe a search with an increase of over 5,000 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/news-beyonc-pregnancy-grips-google-users-us-open-125354938.html|title=News of Beyoncé’s pregnancy grips Google users, US Open, ESPN popular |date=September 5, 2011 |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]. [[Yahoo!]] |accessdate=September 10, 2011}}</ref>
During the awards ceremony, [[Beyoncé]] revealed that she was pregnant with [[Blue Ivy Carter|her first child]], when she ended her performance of "[[Love on Top]]" (2011).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/28/beyonce-pregnant_n_939890.html |title=Beyonce Pregnant, Flaunts Baby Bump On VMA Red Carpet |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |publisher=[[AOL Inc.]] |date=August 28, 2011 |access-date=August 28, 2011}}</ref> ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' later confirmed that Knowles was five-months pregnant and her pregnancy announcement had broken the "most tweets per second recorded for a single event" Twitter record, receiving 8,868 tweets per second.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/29/beyonce-pregnancy-twiter-record-mtv-vmas_n_941064.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003|title=Beyoncé Pregnancy: New Twitter Record Set At MTV VMAs|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|publisher=[[AOL Inc.]]|date=August 29, 2011 |access-date=August 30, 2011}}</ref> MTV reported that Knowles' performance of "Love on Top" and the announcement of her pregnancy at the awards ceremony combined with Britney Spears tribute helped 2011's MTV Video Music Awards become the most-watched broadcast in MTV history, pulling in 12.4 million viewers. In addition, data from [[Google]] Insights showed that the most searched for term from August 29, 2011 to September 4, 2011 was "Beyonce pregnant" which reached 'breakout' levels – a term used by Google to describe a search with an increase of over 5,000 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/news-beyonc-pregnancy-grips-google-users-us-open-125354938.html|title=News of Beyoncé's pregnancy grips Google users, US Open, ESPN popular |date=September 5, 2011 |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]. [[Yahoo!]] |access-date=September 10, 2011}}</ref>


==Performances==
==Performances==
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!colspan=2|Main show
!colspan=2|Main show
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|[[Jessie J]]<br><small>House Artist</small> || "[[Price Tag]]"<br>"[[Girls Just Want to Have Fun]]"<br>"[[Do It Like a Dude]]"<br>"Rainbow"<br>"[[Firework (song)|Firework]]"<br>"[[Domino (Jessie J song)|Domino]]"<br>"[[No Scrubs]]"<br>"[[Who's Laughing Now (song)|Who's Laughing Now]]"<br>"[[Fuck You (Cee Lo Green song)|Forget You]]"<br>"[[Nobody's Perfect (Jessie J song)|Nobody's Perfect]]"<br>"[[Mamma Knows Best]]"
|[[Jessie J]]<br><small>House Artist</small> || "[[Price Tag]]"<br>"[[Girls Just Want to Have Fun]]"<br>"[[Do It Like a Dude]]"<br>"Rainbow"<br>"[[Firework (song)|Firework]]"<br>"[[Domino (Jessie J song)|Domino]]"<br>"[[No Scrubs]]"<br>"[[Who's Laughing Now (Jessie J song)|Who's Laughing Now]]"<br>"[[Fuck You (Cee Lo Green song)|Forget You]]"<br>"[[Nobody's Perfect (Jessie J song)|Nobody's Perfect]]"<br>"[[Mamma Knows Best]]"
|-
|-
|[[Lady Gaga]]<br>[[Brian May]] || "[[You and I (Lady Gaga song)|Yoü and I]]"
|[[Lady Gaga]]<br>[[Brian May]] || "[[You and I (Lady Gaga song)|Yoü and I]]"
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|[[Chris Brown (American entertainer)|Chris Brown]] || "[[Yeah 3x]]"<br>"[[Beautiful People (Chris Brown song)|Beautiful People]]"
|[[Chris Brown (American entertainer)|Chris Brown]] || "[[Yeah 3x]]"<br>"[[Beautiful People (Chris Brown song)|Beautiful People]]"
|-
|-
|Dance tribute to [[Britney Spears]] || "[[...Baby One More Time (song)|...Baby One More Time]]"<br>"[[Oops!... I Did It Again (song)|Oops!... I Did It Again]]"<br>"[[Stronger (Britney Spears song)|Stronger]]" (interlude)<br>"[[(You Drive Me) Crazy]]" (interlude)<br>"[[Toxic (song)|Toxic]]"<br>"[[Circus (song)|Circus]]"<br>"[[Me Against the Music]]"<br>"[[Hold It Against Me]]" (interlude)<br>"[[I'm a Slave 4 U]]"<br>"[[Till the World Ends]]"
|Dance tribute to [[Britney Spears]] || "[[...Baby One More Time (song)|...Baby One More Time]]"<br>"[[Oops!... I Did It Again (song)|Oops!... I Did It Again]]"<br>"[[Stronger (Britney Spears song)|Stronger]]" (interlude)<br>"[[(You Drive Me) Crazy]]" (interlude)<br>"[[Toxic (song)|Toxic]]"<br>"[[Circus (Britney Spears song)|Circus]]"<br>"[[Me Against the Music]]"<br>"[[Hold It Against Me]]" (interlude)<br>"[[I'm a Slave 4 U]]"<br>"[[Till the World Ends]]"
|-
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|[[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] || "[[Love on Top]]"
|[[Beyoncé]] || "[[Love on Top]]"
|-
|-
|[[Young the Giant]] || "[[My Body (Young the Giant song)|My Body]]"
|[[Young the Giant]] || "[[My Body (Young the Giant song)|My Body]]"
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==Presenters==
==Presenters==
* [[Kevin Hart (actor)|Kevin Hart]] – performed opening monologue welcoming audience to show and introduced the first set of presenters
* [[Kevin Hart (actor)|Kevin Hart]] – opened the show and introduced the first set of presenters
* [[Jonah Hill]] and [[Nicki Minaj]] – presented Best Pop Video
* [[Jonah Hill]] and [[Nicki Minaj]] – presented Best Pop Video
* [[Miley Cyrus]] and [[Shaun White]] – presented Best Rock Video
* [[Miley Cyrus]] and [[Shaun White]] – presented Best Rock Video
* [[Will Ferrell]], [[Seth Rogen]], [[Jack Black]] (as the [[Beastie Boys]]) and [[OFWGKTA|Odd Future]] – presented Best Hip-Hop Video
* [[Will Ferrell]], [[Seth Rogen]], [[Jack Black]] (as the [[Beastie Boys]]) and [[OFWGKTA|Odd Future]] – presented Best Hip-Hop Video
* [[Beavis & Butt-Head]] and [[Nicki Minaj]] - performed a comedy sketch.
* [[Beavis and Butt-Head]] and [[Nicki Minaj]] - performed a comedy sketch
* [[Demi Lovato]] and [[Chord Overstreet]] – presented Best Collaboration
* [[Demi Lovato]] and [[Chord Overstreet]] – presented Best Collaboration
* [[Rick Ross (rapper)|Rick Ross]] and [[Paul Rudd]] – introduced [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]], [[Ne-Yo]] and [[Nayer]]
* [[Rick Ross (rapper)|Rick Ross]] and [[Paul Rudd]] – introduced [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]], [[Ne-Yo]] and [[Nayer]]
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* [[Lady Gaga]] (as Jo Calderone) – introduced the [[Britney Spears]] tribute performance and presented the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award
* [[Lady Gaga]] (as Jo Calderone) – introduced the [[Britney Spears]] tribute performance and presented the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award
* [[Britney Spears]] and [[Lady Gaga]] – introduced [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]]
* [[Britney Spears]] and [[Lady Gaga]] – introduced [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]]
* [[Selena Gomez]] and [[Taylor Lautner]] – presented Best New Artist.
* [[Selena Gomez]] and [[Taylor Lautner]] – presented Best New Artist
* [[Jared Leto]] and [[Zoe Saldana]] – introduced [[Young the Giant]]
* [[Jared Leto]] and [[Zoe Saldana]] – introduced [[Young the Giant]]
* [[Cloris Leachman]], [[Sammi Giancola]], [[Snooki]], [[Deena Nicole Cortese]] and [[JWoww]] – presented Best Female Video
* [[Cloris Leachman]], [[Sammi Giancola]], [[Snooki]], [[Deena Nicole Cortese]] and [[JWoww]] – presented Best Female Video
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* [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] – "[[Run the World (Girls)]]"
* [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] – "[[Run the World (Girls)]]"
* [[Nicki Minaj]] – "[[Super Bass]]"
* [[Nicki Minaj]] – "[[Super Bass]]"
* [[Katy Perry]] – "[[Firework (song)|Firework]]
* [[Katy Perry]] – "[[Firework (song)|Firework]]"


===Best New Artist===
===Best New Artist===
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{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Nicki Minaj]] – "[[Super Bass]]"'''
{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Nicki Minaj]] – "[[Super Bass]]"'''
* [[Chris Brown]] (featuring [[Lil Wayne]] and [[Busta Rhymes]]) – "[[Look at Me Now (Chris Brown song)|Look at Me Now]]"
* [[Chris Brown]] (featuring [[Lil Wayne]] and [[Busta Rhymes]]) – "[[Look at Me Now (Chris Brown song)|Look at Me Now]]"
* [[Lupe Fiasco]] – "[[The Show Goes On]]"
* [[Lupe Fiasco]] – "[[The Show Goes On (song)|The Show Goes On]]"
* [[Lil Wayne]] (featuring [[Cory Gunz]]) – "[[6 Foot 7 Foot]]"
* [[Lil Wayne]] (featuring [[Cory Gunz]]) – "[[6 Foot 7 Foot]]"
* [[Kanye West]] (featuring [[Rihanna]] and [[Kid Cudi]]) – "[[All of the Lights]]"
* [[Kanye West]] (featuring [[Rihanna]] and [[Kid Cudi]]) – "[[All of the Lights]]"
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{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Beastie Boys]] – "[[Make Some Noise (Beastie Boys song)|Make Some Noise]]" (Director: [[Adam Yauch]])'''
{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Beastie Boys]] – "[[Make Some Noise (Beastie Boys song)|Make Some Noise]]" (Director: [[Adam Yauch]])'''
* [[Adele]] – "[[Rolling in the Deep]]" (Director: Sam Brown)
* [[Adele]] – "[[Rolling in the Deep]]" (Director: Sam Brown)
* [[Eminem]] (featuring [[Rihanna]]) – "[[Love the Way You Lie]]" (Director: [[Joseph Kahn]])
* [[Eminem]] (featuring [[Rihanna]]) – "[[Love the Way You Lie]]" (Director: [[Joseph Kahn (director)|Joseph Kahn]])
* [[Katy Perry]] (featuring [[Kanye West]]) – "[[E.T. (song)|E.T.]]" (Director: [[Floria Sigismondi]])
* [[Katy Perry]] (featuring [[Kanye West]]) – "[[E.T. (song)|E.T.]]" (Director: [[Floria Sigismondi]])
* [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]] – "[[Hurricane (Thirty Seconds to Mars song)|Hurricane]]" (Director: [[Jared Leto|Bartholomew Cubbins]])
* [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]] – "[[Hurricane (Thirty Seconds to Mars song)|Hurricane]]" (Director: [[Jared Leto|Bartholomew Cubbins]])
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{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] – "[[Run the World (Girls)]]" (Choreographer: Frank Gatson, Sheryl Murakami and Jeffrey Page)'''
{{blue ribbon}} '''[[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] – "[[Run the World (Girls)]]" (Choreographer: Frank Gatson, Sheryl Murakami and Jeffrey Page)'''
* [[Lady Gaga]] – "[[Judas (Lady Gaga song)|Judas]]" (Choreographer: [[Laurieann Gibson]])
* [[Lady Gaga]] – "[[Judas (Lady Gaga song)|Judas]]" (Choreographer: [[Laurieann Gibson]])
* [[LMFAO (group)|LMFAO]] (featuring [[Lauren Bennett]] and [[GoonRock]]) – "[[Party Rock Anthem]]" (Choreographer: [[Hokuto "Hok" Konishi]])
* [[LMFAO (group)|LMFAO]] (featuring [[Lauren Bennett]] and [[GoonRock]]) – "[[Party Rock Anthem]]" (Choreographer: [[Hokuto Konishi]])
* [[Bruno Mars]] – "[[The Lazy Song]]" (Choreographers: [[Bruno Mars]] and [[Poreotics]])
* [[Bruno Mars]] – "[[The Lazy Song]]" (Choreographers: [[Bruno Mars]] and [[Poreotics]])
* [[Britney Spears]] – "[[Till the World Ends]]" (Choreographer: [[Brian Friedman]])
* [[Britney Spears]] – "[[Till the World Ends]]" (Choreographer: [[Brian Friedman]])
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* [[Prince Royce]] – "[[Corazón Sin Cara]]"
* [[Prince Royce]] – "[[Corazón Sin Cara]]"


===Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award===
===[[Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award]]===
'''[[Britney Spears]]'''
* '''[[Britney Spears]]'''


==References==
==References==
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<ref name="Gaga, Perry win big at VMAs, Beyonce steals show">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/29/us-mtv-idUSTRE77R31E20110829|title=Gaga, Perry win big at VMAs, Beyonce steals show|date=August 29, 2011|work=Reuters|accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref>
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==External links==
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2011 MTV Video Music Awards
DateSunday, August 28, 2011
LocationNokia Theatre (Los Angeles, California)
CountryUnited States
Most awardsKaty Perry and Adele (3 each)
Most nominationsKaty Perry (10)
Websitewww.mtv.com/vma/2011/
Television/radio coverage
NetworkMTV and VH1
Produced byAmy Doyle
Garrett English
Jesse Ignjatovic
Dave Sirulnick
Directed byHamish Hamilton
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The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards took place on August 28, at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, honoring the best music videos from the previous year. On July 20, the nominees were announced. Katy Perry received the most nominations this year at ten, followed by Adele, and Kanye West, who were both tied at seven.[1] A Britney Spears tribute was held, consisting of adult and children dancers alike, they wore costumes based on the music videos of Spears. Hamish Hamilton directed the show.

At the ceremony, Katy Perry won three awards, including top prize Video of the Year for "Firework". Adele also won three awards, all in the technical fields, including Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Editing for "Rolling in the Deep". Britney Spears won a total of two awards, Best Pop Video for her single "Till the World Ends" and the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award for her influence and impact in music. Lady Gaga also won two awards, including Best Female Video for "Born This Way".[2] Other winners included Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, Tyler, the Creator, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West (shared with Perry), Foo Fighters, and the Beastie Boys who all won one apiece.[3][4]

During the awards ceremony, Beyoncé revealed that she was pregnant with her first child, when she ended her performance of "Love on Top" (2011).[5] The Huffington Post later confirmed that Knowles was five-months pregnant and her pregnancy announcement had broken the "most tweets per second recorded for a single event" Twitter record, receiving 8,868 tweets per second.[6] MTV reported that Knowles' performance of "Love on Top" and the announcement of her pregnancy at the awards ceremony combined with Britney Spears tribute helped 2011's MTV Video Music Awards become the most-watched broadcast in MTV history, pulling in 12.4 million viewers. In addition, data from Google Insights showed that the most searched for term from August 29, 2011 to September 4, 2011 was "Beyonce pregnant" which reached 'breakout' levels – a term used by Google to describe a search with an increase of over 5,000 percent.[7]

Performances

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Performer(s) Song(s)
Pre-show
Cobra Starship
Sabi		 "You Make Me Feel..."
Main show
Jessie J
House Artist		 "Price Tag"
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
"Do It Like a Dude"
"Rainbow"
"Firework"
"Domino"
"No Scrubs"
"Who's Laughing Now"
"Forget You"
"Nobody's Perfect"
"Mamma Knows Best"
Lady Gaga
Brian May		 "Yoü and I"
Jay-Z
Kanye West		 "Otis"
Pitbull
Ne-Yo
Nayer		 "Give Me Everything"
Adele "Someone Like You"
Chris Brown "Yeah 3x"
"Beautiful People"
Dance tribute to Britney Spears "...Baby One More Time"
"Oops!... I Did It Again"
"Stronger" (interlude)
"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (interlude)
"Toxic"
"Circus"
"Me Against the Music"
"Hold It Against Me" (interlude)
"I'm a Slave 4 U"
"Till the World Ends"
Beyoncé "Love on Top"
Young the Giant "My Body"
Bruno Mars "Valerie"
Lil Wayne "How to Love"
"John"

Presenters

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Awards

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Nominees were announced on July 20, 2011.[8] Winners are in bold.

Katy Perry with her awards, including Video of the Year

Video of the Year

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Blue ribbon Katy Perry – "Firework"

Best Male Video

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Blue ribbon Justin Bieber – "U Smile"

Best Female Video

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Blue ribbon "Lady Gaga – "Born This Way"

Best New Artist

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Blue ribbon Tyler, The Creator – "Yonkers"

Best Pop Video

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Blue ribbon Britney Spears – "Till the World Ends"

Best Rock Video

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Blue ribbon Foo Fighters – "Walk"

Best Hip-Hop Video

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Blue ribbon Nicki Minaj – "Super Bass"

Best Collaboration

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Blue ribbon Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) – "E.T."

Best Direction

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Blue ribbon Beastie Boys – "Make Some Noise" (Director: Adam Yauch)

Best Choreography

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Blue ribbon Beyoncé – "Run the World (Girls)" (Choreographer: Frank Gatson, Sheryl Murakami and Jeffrey Page)

Best Special Effects

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Blue ribbon Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) – "E.T." (Special Effects: Jeff Dotson for Dot & Effects)

Best Art Direction

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Blue ribbon Adele – "Rolling in the Deep" (Art Director: Nathan Parker)

Best Editing

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Blue ribbon Adele – "Rolling in the Deep" (Editor: Art Jones at Work)

Best Cinematography

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Blue ribbon Adele – "Rolling in the Deep" (Director of Photography: Tom Townend)

Best Video with a Message

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Blue ribbon Lady Gaga – "Born This Way"

Best Latino Artist

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Blue ribbon Wisin & Yandel – "Zun Zun Rompiendo Caderas"[9]

Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

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References

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  1. ^ Serjeant, Jill (July 20, 2011). "Katy Perry Crushes Gaga In MTV Music Video Noms". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
  2. ^ "Katy Perry, Adele score at Video Music Awards". Los Angeles Times. August 29, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  3. ^ "Beyonce and Lady Gaga dominate MTV Video Music awards". BBC News. August 29, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  4. ^ "Gaga, Perry win big at VMAs, Beyonce steals show". Reuters. August 29, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  5. ^ "Beyonce Pregnant, Flaunts Baby Bump On VMA Red Carpet". The Huffington Post. AOL Inc. August 28, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  6. ^ "Beyoncé Pregnancy: New Twitter Record Set At MTV VMAs". The Huffington Post. AOL Inc. August 29, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  7. ^ "News of Beyoncé's pregnancy grips Google users, US Open, ESPN popular". Yahoo! News. Yahoo!. September 5, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  8. ^ Gallo, Phil (July 20, 2011). "Katy Perry, Adele, Kanye West Lead 2011 MTV VMA Nominees". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
  9. ^ "Wisin Y Yandel Named 2011's 'Best Latino Artist'". Tr3́s. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2011.

See also

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