Agencies/Los Angeles
Katy Perry won Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles, but it was Beyonce who stole the show, revealing her pregnancy live on stage.
From left: Beyonce arrives for the MTV Video Music Awards 2011 in Los Angeles.; Katy Perry, winner of the Video of the Year Award for Firework. and Lady Gaga holds her Best Female Video Award and Best Video With A Message Award
Rhythm and blues diva Beyonce first wowed the crowd at the Nokia Theatre on the music video industry’s biggest night of the year, with a performance of her hit Love on Top, after which she rubbed her belly to announce the first child for her and her husband, rap mogul Jay-Z.
The MTV VMAs annually turn up the volume on surprises and outrageous acts by the world’s top singers and bands. Last year it was Lady Gaga’s meat dress and the year before the Kanye West and Taylor Swift speech mishap. But nobody saw the Beyonce’s pregnancy coming - except Jay-Z.
Perry won Video of the Year for her eye-popping Firework clip, while Lady Gaga won Best Female Video for Born This Way and Best Video with A Message.
Lady Gaga opened the VMAs singing her song You and I and dressed in drag as her male alter ego, Joe Calderone. She stayed in the fictional character throughout the programme and accepted awards.
British soul singer Adele got to take home three awards, namely Best Editing, Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction for Rolling in the Deep.
Justin Bieber won Best Male Video for U Smile, while the Best Collaboration went to Katy Perry and Kanye West’s ET. Britney Spears won Best Pop Video and was also honoured with an MTV Video Vanguard award for her visual legacy.
