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The 2007 MTV Video Music Awards took place September 9th, in Las Vegas at The Palms. The VMAs aired live that evening at 9:00 p.m. ET on MTV. MTV originally announced that the show would never be reaired in its entirety, but program listings eventually showed that that was not the case. Perhaps as a concession that TV viewing audiences for the VMAs were decreasing year over year, the 2007 VMAs were produced on a smaller budget and in front of a smaller crowd. Unlike in past years where the show was shown on MTV in 16:9 HDTV letterbox format, this year the ceremony was aired in 4:3 on the main channel. However, it was still produced in high definition, and will air on MHD, Viacom’s high definition channel, on September 22 at 9pm EDT.

The week before the ceremony, the network aired VMA Week on TRL, along with other programming around the VMA’s, including exclusive performances from top artists.

On August 7th, the nominees were announced live on TRL with a special performance by Kanye West.

Winners:

Video of the Year
Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - “Umbrella”
Male Artist of the Year
Justin Timberlake - “Let Me Talk To You/ My Love” featuring T.I. and Timbaland, “SexyBack” featuring Timbaland, “What Goes Around…Comes Around”, “Love Stoned”
Female Artist of the Year
Fergie - “Big Girls Don’t Cry”, “Glamorous” featuring Ludacris, “Fergalicious” featuring Will.I.Am, “London Bridge”
Best New Artist
Gym Class Heroes - “Clothes Off” featuring Patrick Stump, “Cupid’s Chokehold/Breakfast in America” featuring Patrick Stump
Best Group
Fall Out Boy - “This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race”, “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs”, “The Take Over, The Break’s Over”
Most Earthshattering Collaboration
Beyoncé featuring Shakira - “Beautiful Liar”
Quadruple Threat of the Year
Justin Timberlake
Monster Single of the Year
Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - “Umbrella”
Best Director
Justin Timberlake - “What Goes Around…Comes Around” - Director: Samuel Bayer
Best Editing in a Video
Gnarls Barkley - “Smiley Faces” - Editor: Ken Mowe
Best Choreography in a Video
Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. - “My Love” - Choreographer: Marty Kuldeka