2009 MTV Video Music Awards

2009 MTV Video Music Awards
2009 MTV Video Music Awards
Date	Sunday, September 13, 2009
Location	Radio City Music Hall (New York City)
Country	United States
Hosted by	Russell Brand
Most awards	Beyoncé, Green Day and ; Lady Gaga (3)
Most nominations	Beyoncé and Lady Gaga (9)
Website	http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV and VH1
Produced by	Jesse Ignjatovic ; Dave Sirulnick
Directed by	Hamish Hamilton

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. The ceremony was hosted by Russell Brand.

Beyoncé, Green Day, and Lady Gaga were tied for the most-awarded acts of the night, winning three awards each. Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" won 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. 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.

The ceremony was marred by an incident in which 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", referring to the aforementioned "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)". 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 onstage to finish her acceptance speech. The incident was highly publicized, with Rolling Stone naming it the "wildest" moment in the history of the VMAs in 2013.

The broadcast was seen by a total of 9 million viewers, a 17% increase over 2008, making it the most-watched VMAs since 2004.^[1]^[2]

^ MTV's 2009 VMAS Pull Nine Million Viewers, Best ratings since '04 Archived September 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Rolling Stone. 2009.
^ 2009 VMAs Ratings Up 17%, Hollyscoop.com. 2009.

[ratings-1] MTV's 2009 VMAS Pull Nine Million Viewers, Best ratings since '04 Archived September 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Rolling Stone. 2009.

[2] 2009 VMAs Ratings Up 17%, Hollyscoop.com. 2009.

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