2011 MTV Video Music Awards


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. A Britney Spears tribute was held, consisting of adult and children dancers alike, they wore costumes based on the music videos of Spears. British television director Hamish Hamilton directed the show for television viewing.
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".
Other winners included Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, Tyler, the Creator, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, Foo Fighters, and the Beastie Boys who all won one apiece.
During the awards ceremony, Beyoncé revealed that she was pregnant with her first child, when she ended her performance of "Love on Top". 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. 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.

Performances

Presenters

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

Video of the Year

Katy Perry – "Firework"
Justin Bieber – "U Smile"
"Lady Gaga – "Born This Way"
Tyler, The Creator – "Yonkers"
Britney Spears – "Till the World Ends"
Foo Fighters – "Walk"
Nicki Minaj – "Super Bass"
Katy Perry – "E.T."
Beastie Boys – "Make Some Noise"
Beyoncé – "Run the World "
Katy Perry – "E.T."
Adele – "Rolling in the Deep"
Adele – "Rolling in the Deep"
Adele – "Rolling in the Deep"
Lady Gaga – "Born This Way"
Wisin & Yandel – "Zun Zun Rompiendo Caderas"
Britney Spears