Rihanna, One Direction Win Big at the 2012 MTV VMAs!

It was a night of surprises at the MTV Video Music Awards. Rihanna's "We Found Love" won Video of the Year against favorite Gotye for "Somebody That I Used to Know." It was the second win for Rihanna, who previously won for "Umbrella" in 2007. She is only the second artist to win this category twice, following Eminem, who won for "The Real Slim Shady" (2000) and "Without Me" (2002).

Despite her victory in the top category, Rihanna lost her Female Video bid to Nicki Minaj, pulled off an upset against both Rihanna and Katy Perry to win for her video "Starships." It's her first win and second nomination in the category.

Chris Brown won Best Male Video for "Turn Up the Music." It's his second win in the category, following "With You" in 2008. He upset the predicted favorite in the category, Justin Bieber, who won the category just last year. He also defeated Drake, with whom he has been embroiled in a heated public feud. Brown has enjoyed a comeback this year following his 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna, including a Grammy for R&B Album in February.

"Turn Up the Music" also won a technical award tonight: Best Choreography.

One Direction also pulled off an upset against Bieber; they claimed Best Pop Video for "What Makes You Beautiful." The British boy band, who also performed their song "One Thing" during the ceremony, won two other things: Best New Artist and Most Share-Worthy Video, making them the night's top winner with three Moon Men.

Drake didn't go home empty handed. He and Rihanna both led with five VMA bids, of which Drake won one: Best Hip-Hop Video for "HYFR," his collaboration with Lil Wayne. His victory prevented Kanye West, nominated twice in the category for "Paris" and "Mercy," from finally winning his first award in the category.

As expected, Coldplay won Best Rock Video for "Paradise," defeating Linkin Park, who had won the category three times previous and had hoped to tie Aerosmith's record for most wins in that field.

Calvin Harris, who shared Rihanna's Video of the Year award for his featured work on "We Found Love," won another Moon Man: Best Electronic-Dance Video for "Feel So Close," upsetting frontrunner Skrillex.

Skrillex's video for "First Of The Year (Equinox)" didn't go away empty handed, though. It won Best Visual Effects. Also prevailing in technical categories was M.I.A.'s video for "Bad Girls," which lost Video of the Year, but claimed Best Direction and Best Cinematography.

Katy Perry's "Wide Awake," another also-ran for Video of the Year, won Best Art Direction. Beyonce was sidelined in the race for Female Video, but her "Countdown" nevertheless won Best Editing.

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The full List of 2012 MTV Video Music Awards invaded the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept 6. Rihanna and Drake led with five nominations, followed by Katy Perry with four.

One Direction was the night's big winner with three awards, while Chris Brown and M.I.A followed with two each.

A complete list of nominees and winners is below.

Video of the Year
Katy Perry, "Wide Awake"
Gotye, "Somebody That I Used To Know"
*WINNER: Rihanna, "We Found Love"
Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"
M.I.A., "Bad Girls"

Best New Artist
Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, "We Are Young"
Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe"
Frank Ocean, "Swim Good"
*WINNER: One Direction, "What Makes You Beautiful"
The Wanted, "Glad You Came"

Best Pop Video
*WINNER: One Direction, "What Makes You Beautiful"
Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, "We Are Young"
Rihanna, "We Found Love"
Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend"
Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa, "Payphone"

Best Female Video
Rihanna, "We Found Love"
Katy Perry, "Part of Me"
Beyoncé, "Love on Top"
*WINNER: Nicki Minaj, "Starships"
Selena Gomez & The Scene, "Love You Like a Love Song"

Best Male Video
Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend"
Frank Ocean, "Swim Good"
Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"
*WINNER: Chris Brown, "Turn Up the Music"
Usher, "Climax"

Best Hip-Hop Video
Childish Gambino, "Heartbeat"
*WINNER: Drake feat. Lil Wayne, "HYFR"
Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean & 2 Chainz, "Mercy"
Watch the Throne, "Paris"
Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chainz, "Beez in the Trap"

Best Video With a Message
*WINNER: Demi Lovato, "Skyscraper"
Rise Against, "Ballad of Hollis Brown"
Kelly Clarkson, "Dark Side"
Gym Class Heroes, "The Fighter"
K'Naan feat. Nelly Furtado, "Is Anybody Out There?"
Lil Wayne, "How to Love"

Best Electronic Dance Music Video
Duck Sauce, "Big Bad Wolf"
*WINNER: Calvin Harris, "Feel So Close"
Skrillex, "First of the Year (Equinox)"
Martin Solveig, "The Night Out"
Avicii, "Le7els"

Best Rock Video
*WINNER: Coldplay, "Paradise"
The Black Keys, "Lonely Boy"
Linkin Park, "BURN IT DOWN"
Jack White, "Sixteen Saltines"
Imagine Dragons, "It's Time"

Best Art Direction
*WINNER: Katy Perry, "Wide Awake"
Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"
Lana Del Rey, "Born to Die"
Regina Spektor, "All the Rowboats"
Of Monsters & Men, "Little Talks"

Best Choreography
*WINNER: Chris Brown, "Turn Up the Music"
Rihanna, "Where Have You Been"
Beyoncé, "Countdown"
Avicii, "Le7els"
Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull, "Dance Again"

Best Cinematography
*WINNER: M.I.A., "Bad Girls"
Adele, "Someone Like You"
Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"
Coldplay feat. Rihanna, "Princess of China"
Lana Del Rey, "Born to Die"

Best Direction
*WINNER: M.I.A., "Bad Girls"
Duck Sauce, "Big Bad Wolf"
Coldplay feat. Rihanna, "Princess of China"
Frank Ocean, "Swim Good"
Watch the Throne, "Otis"

Best Editing
*WINNER: Beyoncé, "Countdown"
A$AP Rocky, "Goldie"
Gotye, "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Watch the Throne, "Paris"
Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz, "Mercy"

Best Visual Effects
Katy Perry, "Wide Awake"
Rihanna, "Where Have You Been"
David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, "Turn Me On"
Linkin Park, "BURN IT DOWN"
*WINNER: Skrillex, "First of the Year (Equinox)"

there were some cool preformances, congrats to the winners.

I didn't see the show this year but I guess I didn't care for the winners/performers after I read who they were.

I wish there was an academy that voted on music videos because the main VMAs are fan determined yet that doesn't mean the video is the best.

The Grammys, Emmys, Oscars, etc are voted on by an academy of people with knowledge of music, tv shows, films etc and I just think they should have an official academy that votes on what music video they feel deserves to win instead of the fans being the only ones to decide.

I mean they have the Emmys and the People's Choice awards for music so they should have both types [academy picks winner and fans pick winner] for music videos.

One Direction winning best new artist over frank ocean was absolute bullshit wheres Kanye when you need him.

LOL see that's the downside of it being a popular vote.

I think it has only been that way since 2005 or 2006 and the results are so so because often times popular artists for a MTV viewer include Justin Bieber and One Direction who end up beating people who deserve to win stuff like Adele, Gotye, Kanye West etc because they have crazy fans who can spam the voting process..

It should be one vote per IP address. The 'Biebers' etc may still win but maybe not 100% every year..

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