Tuesday, 27 August 2013
It was all glamour and glitz Sunday night, at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards wrapped at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, August 25, 2013 where Justin Timberlake's Mirrors was crowned the Video of the Year. Not only did he receive the prestigious Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, he also gave a stunning 16-minute performance that featured a brief on-stage reunion with NSYNC, his former group. ANTHONY ADA ABRAHAM monitored the presentations.
The 20/20 Experience singer won more awards than any other artiste, collecting a total of four Moonmen, including trophies for Best Direction which went to the David Fincher-helmed Suit & Tie and Best Editing for Mirrors.
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis nabbed three statues — for Best Hip-Hop VideoCan’t Hold Us, Best Video With a Social Message Same Love, and Best Cinematography Can’t Hold Us — while Bruno Mars earned twofor Best Male Video Locked Out of Heaven and Best Choreography Treasure.
Taylor Swift got picked up for Best Female Video I Knew You Were Trouble; One Direction’s Best Song Ever was decreed the Best Song of the Summer inexplicably beating Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines; Selena Gomez won Best Pop Video Come and Get It; and Austin Mahone was dubbed the “Artiste to Watch”.
During the red carpet pre-show, Pink and Fun’s Nate Ruess were honoured with the Best Collaboration award Just Give Me a Reason, and 30 Seconds to Mars received the Moonman for Best Rock Video Up in the Air.
