Best Pop Video: Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea, “Problem”; Best Rock Video: Lorde, “Royals”; Artist to Watch: 5 Seconds of Summer, “She Looks So Perfect”; Best Collaboration: Beyonce feat. Jay Z, “Drunk in Love”; MTV Clubland Award: Zedd ft. Hayley Williams, “Stay the Night”; Best Video with a Social Message: Beyonce, “Pretty Hurts”; Best Cinematography: Beyonce, “Pretty Hurts”; Best Editing: Eminem, “Rap God”; Best Choreography: Sia, “Chandelier”; Best Direction: DJ Snake & Lil Jon, “Turn Down for What”; Best Art Direction: Arcade Fire, “Reflektor”; Best Visual Effects: OK Go, “The Writing’s On the Wall”; Best Lyric Video: 5 Seconds of Summer, “Don’t Stop”; Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award: Beyonce.
As many commentators observed , the presence of Beyonce with her husband and daughter was “the night’s biggest moment’. Beyonce thanked her fans and told publicly to her daughter and husband that she love them. This was appreciated as an answers to divorce rumors from the last month.