Beyoncé – ' Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)'.Video of the Year īeyoncé – ' Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)' Kid Cudi, Wale and UCB – 'Remembering DJ AM'.The All-American Rejects, Wale and UCB – ' Gives You Hell'.Solange, Wale and UCB – ' Use Somebody'.Pitbull, Wale and UCB – ' I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)'.3OH!3, Wale and UCB – ' Don't Trust Me'.Throughout the show they also had various special guests and performed the following songs: Rapper Wale and go-go band UCB served as the house band for the show, performing right before, during, and right after commercial breaks. The broadcast was seen by a total of 9 million viewers, a 17% increase over 2008, making it the most-watched VMAs since 2004.

The incident was highly publicized after the ceremony, with Rolling Stone naming it the 'wildest' moment in the history of the Video Music Awards in 2013. When Beyoncé was eventually awarded Video of the Year, she acknowledged the moment when she had won her first VMA as part of Destiny's Child, and invited Swift back to the stage to finish her acceptance speech. The ceremony was marred when Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance of the award for Best Female Video, in order to proclaim that despite her victory, Beyoncé still had 'one of the best videos of all time' (in reference to the aforementioned 'Single Ladies'). In the aftermath of his June 2009 death, the show featured various tributes to Michael Jackson, including an opening act featuring a medley of Jackson's biggest hits and a special appearance by Janet Jackson to perform her duet ' Scream', and the premiere of a trailer for the posthumous documentary film Michael Jackson's This Is It. Beyoncé's ' Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)' would win the award for Video of the Year, while Beyoncé and Lady Gaga were both tied for the largest number of nominations with nine, followed by Britney Spears with seven. The ceremony was hosted by Russell Brand.īeyoncé, Green Day, and Lady Gaga were tied for the most-awarded acts of the night, winning three awards each. The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, honoring the best music videos from the previous year between June 2008 to June 2009, were presented on September 13, 2009, at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and televised by MTV.

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