The winners of the 30th Annual MTV Video Music Awards have been announced. The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards “(commonly abbreviated as a VMA) is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium. Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video category), the annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has often been called the “Oscars for youth”, an acknowledgment of the VMA ceremony’s ability to draw millions of youth from teens to 20-somethings each year.”
The full listing of the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards winners:
BEST COLLABORATION
Pink, feat. Nate Ruess, “Just Give Me A Reason”
BEST ROCK VIDEO
30 Seconds to Mars, “Up in the Air”
BEST POP VIDEO
Selena Gomez, “Come and Get It”
BEST ART DIRECTION
Janelle Monae feat. Erykah Badu, “Q.U.E.E.N”
BEST DIRECTION
Justin Timberlake, “Suit and Tie”
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Bruno Mars, “Treasure”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Capital Cities, “Safe and Sound”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, “Can’t Hold Us”
BEST EDITING
Justin Timberlake, “Mirrors”
BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, feat. Ray Dalton, ”Can’t Hold Us”
BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Taylor Swift, “I Knew You Were Trouble”
BEST VIDEO WITH A SOCIAL MESSAGE
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, feat. Mary Lambert, “Same Love”
BEST SONG OF SUMMER
One Direction, “Best Song Ever”
ARTIST TO WATCH
Austin Mahone
BEST MALE VIDEO
Bruno Mars, “Locked Out of Heaven”
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Justin Timberlake, “Mirrors”
