2017 : The 2017 show was hosted by Katy Perry . Kendrick Lamar won six awards , including Video of the Year for " Humble " , and Pink was honored with the Video Vanguard Award . Jared Leto paid tribute to Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell , who both died over the past three months . The music video for Taylor Swift 's song " Look What You Made Me Do " premiered during the broadcast . Compared to the previous year , viewership was down from 6.5 million to 5.4 million viewers , making it the lowest viewed VMAs since Nielsen started measuring the show in 1994
2017 show
2017 MTV Video Music Awards
MTV Video Music Award