2015 MTV VMAs highlights
Taylor Swift joined Nicki Minaj onstage for "The Night is Still Young" during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles. The two then broke out into Swift's "Bad Blood" to prove that their feud, documented on Twitter a few weeks earlier, was completely put to rest.
Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj performs onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus speaks onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Britney Spears
Britney Spears, a VMAs veteran, speaks onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson
Bruno Mars (C) and Mark Ronson (R) accept the Best Male Video award for "Uptown Funk" onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Nicki Minaj and Rebel WIlson
Nicki Minaj (L) accepts award for Best Hip-Hop Video for "Anaconda" from Rebel Wilson onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles. Wilson wore a cop costume to jokingly protest stripper police.
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus speaks onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles. She talked about the times she lost at the VMAs.
Taylor Swift wins Best Female Video
Taylor Swift reacts as she heads to the stage to accept the award for Best Female Video for "Blank Space" at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Taylor Swift accepts Best Female Video award
Taylor Swift accepts the Best Female Video award for "Blank Space" onstage from recording artists Big Sean and Nick Jonas during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
Jared Leto
Jared Leto speaks onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Nick Jonas and Big Sean
Nick Jonas (L) and Big Sean speak onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Miley Cyrus
Host Miley Cyrus changes outfits yet again between awards at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Miley Cyrus
Host Miley Cyrus wore several outlandish, barely-there costumes onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj accepts award for Best Hip-Hop Video for "Anaconda" onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles. Minaj also called out Miley Cyrus for criticizing her for starting a "pop star war" in the New York Times.
The Weeknd
The Weeknd performs onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles. Stars like Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez got up on their feet and danced to "Can't Feel My Face."
The Weeknd
The Weeknd performs "Can't Feel My Face" at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
The Weeknd
The Weeknd performs onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Macklemore
Macklemore (L) and Grandmaster Caz perform on the Pepsi Stage, during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, at The Orpheum Theatre on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Ryan Lewis
Ryan Lewis performs on the Pepsi Stage, during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, at The Orpheum Theatre on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Macklemore
Kool Moe Dee, Macklemore and Grandmaster Caz perform on the Pepsi Stage, during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, at The Orpheum Theatre on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift accepts Best Pop Video award for "Blank Space" onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Demi Lovato and Iggy Azalea
Demi Lovato (L) and Iggy Azalea perform on the Pepsi Stage, during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, at The Orpheum Theatre on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Demi Lovato
Demi Lovato performs on the Pepsi Stage, during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, at The Orpheum Theatre on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Tori Kelly
Tori Kelly performs onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Miguel and Gigi Hadid
Singer Miguel and model Gigi Hadid speak onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
Rita Ora and Emily Ratajkowski
Singer Rita Ora (L) and model Emily Ratajkowski speak onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
"One Man Can Change the World"
Kanye West, Big Sean and John Legend accept the Video with a Social Message award for "One Man Can Change The World" from Jussie Smollett and Serayah onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams (center) performs on the Pepsi Stage, during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, at The Orpheum Theatre on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams performs on the Pepsi Stage, during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, at The Orpheum Theatre on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Kanye and Taylor Swift have a moment
Taylor Swift presents the Video Vanguard Award to Kanye West at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Kanye West
Vanguard Award winner Kanye West speaks onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Kanye West for President 2020
Vanguard Award winner Kanye West announces plans to run for President in 2020 during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Ne-Yo and Kylie Jenner
Ne-Yo (L) and Kylie Jenner speak onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber performs onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber performs onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber got emotional onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus speaks onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
A$AP Rocky
A$AP Rocky performs onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots
Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots performs onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Taylor Swift
Swan Squad members model Gigi Hadid, actress Serayah, Taylor Swift, director Joseph Kahn (honorary member) and model Lily Aldridge accept the Video of the Year award for "Bad Blood" onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus performs during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on August 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.