2010 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards took place on September 12, 2010 at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, honoring the best music videos from the previous year. Chelsea Handler hosted the event, the first woman in sixteen years, which is the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards to do so.
At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, Lady Gaga broke the record for most nominations, 13, and took home eight awards (seven for “Bad Romance” and one for “Telephone”). She accepted the Video of the Year award for “Bad Romance” wearing a controversial dress made from cuts of meat. During her speech she revealed her upcoming album’s title, Born This Way and sang a portion of the title track. Her win tied a-ha’s “Take on Me” in 1986 for the second highest number of wins. (Peter Gabriel previously won 10 in 1987). Justin Bieber won Best New Artist, making him the youngest person to ever win a VMA.
A year after an incident in which Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech, Taylor Swift performed her song “Innocent”, talking nicely about him while West performed “Runaway” which pointed at himself for that same incident.
Eminem, who performed at the show, did not receive his awards in person, due to leaving immediately to go perform with Jay-Z at The Home & Home Tour in New York City the next day. Additionally, Will.i.am’s “blackface” outfit sparked controversy towards African-Americans. Overall, the show grabbed an impressive 11.4 million viewers — the largest audience for an MTV Video Music Awards since 2002. For all nominations, please see HERE and the winner list check out HERE.
Performances
Pre-show
* Nicki Minaj (featuring will.i.am) — “Your Love” (intro) / “Check It Out”
Main show
* Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — “Not Afraid” / “Love the Way You Lie”
* Justin Bieber — “U Smile” (intro) / “Baby” / “Somebody to Love”
* Usher — “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love” / “OMG”
* Florence and the Machine — “Dog Days Are Over”
* Taylor Swift — “Innocent”
* Drake (featuring Mary J. Blige and Swizz Beatz) — “Fancy”
* B.o.B and Paramore (featuring Bruno Mars) — “Nothin’ on You” (intro) / “Airplanes” / “The Only Exception”
* Linkin Park — “The Catalyst”
* Kanye West (featuring Pusha T) — “Runaway”
The house artist was deadmau5. The following performed along with him:
* Travie McCoy — “Billionaire”
* Jason Derülo — “Ridin’ Solo”
* Robyn — “Dancing on My Own”
Outside on the VMA Lot there were the following performances:
* N.E.R.D and Ciara — “Hot N’ Fun”
Appearances
* Lindsay Lohan, Rick Ross, Flo Rida and Lil Jon — appeared in the opening sketch
* Ellen DeGeneres — presented Best Female Video
* Kim Kardashian — introduced Justin Bieber
* The cast of Jackass 3D — presented Best Rock Video
* Kesha and Trey Songz — introduced Usher
* Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj — presented Best Male Video
* Jared Leto and Ashley Greene — introduced Florence and the Machine
* Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, Amber Riley and Jane Lynch — presented Best Pop Video
* Rosario Dawson and Chris Pine — introduced Taylor Swift
* Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake — introduced Drake, Mary J. Blige and Swizz Beatz
* Joe Manganiello and Evan Rachel Wood — presented the professional awards
* The cast of Jersey Shore — appeared in an on-stage skit with host.
* Sofía Vergara — presented Best Hip-Hop Video
* Selena Gomez and Ne-Yo — introduced B.o.B, Bruno Mars and Paramore
* Romeo and Victoria Justice — presented Best New Artist
* Emma Stone and Penn Badgley — introduced Linkin Park
* Cher — presented Video of the Year
* Aziz Ansari — introduced Kanye West
-> See all list of 2010 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations HERE
->See all list of 2010 MTV Video Music Awards Winner HERE
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