1/40Rihanna and Drake pose onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
Showtime! Inside the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards
FROM the audience to the stage, keep up with all the star-studded action at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards.
2/40Kim Kardashian West and Ariana Grande attend the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
3/40Britney Spears attends the 2016 MTV Music Video Awards at Madison Square Gareden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
4/40Drake presents Rihanna with the “The Video Vanguard Award” during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
5/40Drake presents Rihanna with the “The Video Vanguard Award” during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
6/40Kanye West onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: AFP
7/40Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West sit in the audience at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
8/40Beyonce performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
9/40Beyonce performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
10/40Beyonce performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
11/40Britney Spears and G Eazy perform onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
12/40Britney Spears and G Eazy perform onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
13/40Britney Spears perform onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: AP
14/40Olympic athletes Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian pose with Kim Kardashian West at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
15/40Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
16/40Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: AP
17/40Singer Joe Jonas and model Naomi Campbell attend the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
18/40Beyonce embraces US Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman as fellow gymnasts look on after Beyonce was presented with the award for “Best Female Video” at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. Picture: AP
19/40Beyonce accepts the award for “Best Female Video” onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: AFP
20/40Amber Rose and Hailey Baldwin take a selfie during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
21/40Ariana Grande performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: AFP
22/40Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj perform onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: AFP
23/40Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the 2016 MTV Music Video Awards at Madison Square Gareden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
24/40Alicia Keys onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: AP
25/40Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
26/40Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: AFP
27/40Beyonce accepts the award for “Video of the Year” onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
28/40Jimmy Fallon presents Beyonce with “Video of the Year” for “Formation” onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
29/40Heidi Klum and Alicia Keys attend the 2016 MTV Music Video Awards at Madison Square Gareden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
30/40Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
31/40Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: AFP
32/40Fifth Harmony and Ty Dolla $ign accept the award for best collaboration video for “Work From Home” at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: AFP
33/40Andrew Taggart of The Chainsmokers and Halsey perform onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
34/40Andrew Taggart of The Chainsmokers and Halsey perform onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: AP
35/40Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: Getty
36/40Drake escorts Rihanna during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at the Madison Square Garden in New York on August 28, 2016. Picture: AFP
37/40Rita Ora and Ansel Elgort present on stage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: AFP
38/40Shameik Moore and Jaden Smith onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: AP
39/40Jack Lawless, JinJoo Lee, Cole Whittle and Joe Jonas of DNCE accepts the award for Best New Artist onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. Picture: AFP
40/40Future performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Picture: AFP
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