Major winners
Video of the year: “Humble,” Artist of the year: Ed Sheeran Collaboration: “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever,” Zayn & Taylor Swift
Pop: “Down,” Fifth Harmony feat. Gucci Mane
Hip-hop: “Humble,” Kendrick Lamar
Dance: “Stay,” Alessia Cara & Zedd
Rock: “Heavydirtysoul,”
Twenty One Pilots
Song of summer: “XO Tour Llif3,” Lil Uzi Vert
New artist: Khalid
“We must show these Nazi white supremacist jerks in Charlottesville, and all over the country, that as a nation with liberty as our slogan, we have zero tolerance for their violence and their hatred and their discrimination. We must resist,” Michael Jackson’s eldest daughter said before presenting an award.
Lamar’s performance kicked off the three-hour show — hosted by Katy Perry — followed by the premiere of Swift’s video for “Look What You Made Me Do,” which featured the singer dressed like a zombie in one scene and surrounded by slithering snakes in another.
Spotify said Swift’s song set a new global first-day streaming record. The music delivery site said Saturday it had logged more than 8 million same-day streams for her new single.
The 27-year-old singer dropped the song late Thursday to streaming platforms and itunes.
Youtube said Saturday the song’s lyric video broke a record for that site, with more than 19 million same-day views.