Beyonce Wins Big at VMAs - Full List of Winners

Taking place this year at the city's Madison Square Garden, the ceremony attracted a host of big names from the music and entertainment world, with the likes of Kanye West, Rihanna and Drake all present. While Kanye didn't take the opportunity to perform during his allotted four minutes on stage, Beyoncé, Rihanna and Britney Spears were among the live performers on the night.

And it was the artist behind the acclaimed visual album 'Lemonade' who dominated proceedings, picking up eight awards across the course of the night, including Best Pop Video (for 'Formation'), Best Female Video ('Hold Up') and the coveted Video of the Year award ('Formation'), beating off the likes of Adele and Justin Bieber in the process.

Elsewhere, Calvin Harris won Best Male Video for the Rihanna-featuring 'This Is What You Came For', Twenty One Pilots were victorious in scooping Best Rock Video ('Heathens') and Coldplay won their only award of the night in the form of Best Visual Effects for the visuals for their single 'Up&Up'. David Bowie's video for 'Blackstar', meanwhile, won the award for Best Art Direction.

The winners in full:

Video of the Year

Beyoncé — 'Formation'

Best Male Video

Calvin Harris (featuring Rihanna) — 'This Is What You Came For'

Best Female Video

Beyoncé — 'Hold Up'

Best New Artist

DNCE

Best Pop Video

Beyoncé — 'Formation'

Best Rock Video

Twenty One Pilots — 'Heathens'

Best Hip-Hop Video

Drake — 'Hotline Bling'

Best Electronic Video

Calvin Harris and Disciples — 'How Deep Is Your Love'

Best Collaboration Video

Fifth Harmony (featuring Ty Dolla Sign) — 'Work from Home'

Breakthrough Long Form Video

Beyoncé — 'Lemonade'

Best Direction

Beyoncé — 'Formation' (Director: Melina Matsoukas)

Best Choreography

Beyoncé — 'Formation' (Choreographers: Chris Grant, JaQuel Knight and Dana Foglia)

Best Visual Effects

Coldplay — 'Up&Up' (Visual Effects: Vania Heymann and GloriaFX)

Best Art Direction

David Bowie — 'Blackstar' (Art Director: Jan Houllevigue)

Best Editing

Beyoncé — 'Formation' (Editor: Jeff Selis)

Best Cinematography

Beyoncé — 'Formation' (Director of Photography: Malik Sayeed)

Song of Summer

The Chainsmokers (featuring Halsey) — 'Closer'

Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

Rihanna

Check out 'Formation' here: