One Direction is the Big Winner at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards

Kevin Hart kicked off his debut as host of the MTV Video Music Awards by talking about Snooki’s baby and by addressing Kristen Stewart’s cheating ways. Telling the audience to just leave her alone, he suggested that she and Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders had basically created two new dwarfs: Adultery and Cheating. Anyway…on to the music and awards.
 
Taylor Swift, Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne, P!nk, and Green Day all delivered the first performances of new songs on stage at the VMAs. And One Direction – the night’s big winner in three categories – Frank Ocean, 2 Chainz and Calvin Harris all made their VMA performance debuts.
 

2012 VMA Award Winners:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR:
Rihanna f/ Calvin Harris
Title: “We Found Love”

BEST NEW ARTIST
One Direction
Title: “What Makes You Beautiful”

BEST MALE VIDEO
Chris Brown
Title: “Turn Up the Music”

BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Nicki Minaj
Title: “Starships”

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO
Drake featuring Lil Wayne
Title: “HYFR”

BEST POP VIDEO
One Direction
Title: “What Makes You Beautiful”

BEST ROCK VIDEO
Coldplay
Title: “Paradise”

BEST ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC VIDEO
Calvin Harris
Title: “Feel So Close”

BEST VIDEO WITH A MESSAGE
Demi Lovato
Title: “Skyscraper”

MOST SHARE-WORTHY VIDEO
One Direction
Title: “What Makes You Beautiful”

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES:

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Chris Brown
Title: “Turn Up the Music”
Choreography by Anwar “Flii” Burton

BEST EDITING
Beyonce
Title: “Countdown”
Editing by Alexander Hammer & Jeremiah Shuff

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Skrillex
Title: “First of the Year (Equinox)”
Visual Effects by Deka Bros & Tony T. Datis

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
M.I.A.
Title: “Bad Girls”
Cinematography by Andre Chemetoff

BEST ART DIRECTION
Katy Perry
Title: “Wide Awake”
Art-Direction by Benji Bamps

BEST DIRECTION
M.I.A.
Title: “Bad Girls”
Direction by Romain Gavras

Source: MTV

—Posted by Rebecca Murray