Cabello wins big at MTV Awards, DJ Avicii awarded posthumously
Los Angeles: Camila Cabello emerged as the big winner at this year's MTV Video Music Awards ( VMAs), bagging top honours Artist of the Year and Video of the Year for her mega- hit Havana.
Havana, featuring Young Thug, is her first single after leaving all- girl band Fifth Harmony, Billboard reported.
Donald Glover’s hip- hop self Childish Gambino scored three major awards for the politically- charged This Is America in Video With a Message, Best Choreography and Best Direction categories.
Beyonce and Jay- Z's APES** T from their joint album Everything is love was the winner in Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction sections.
Cardi B was adjudged the Best New Artist, while Nicki Minaj's Chun- Li scored the Best Hip Hop Video trophy.
Madonna was invited to pay tribute to Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, who passed away on August 16, but the viewers accused the music diva of being self- involved in her tribute.
In the address, which has been slammed as awkward and beyond disrespectful, Madonna recalled how Aretha Franklin changed her life.
But most of the speech was about how Madonna impressed the judges by singing Franklin’s Natural Woman in an early audition.
Singer- actor Jennifer Lopez won two awards — the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard and the Best Collaboration award for Dinero, featuring DJ Khaled and Cardi B.
She created history by becoming the first Latinx recipient of the MJ award.
DJ- music producer Avicii won a posthumous award for best dance song alongside Rita Ora for their collaboration Lonely Together at MTV’s Video Music Awards.