Beyoncé wins top VMA after Kanye crashes Taylor’s moment

Beyoncé took home Video of the Year at last night’s MTV’s Video Music Awards, only after a night marred by the latest round of antics from Kanye West at an awards ceremony.&

In what has certainly been the talk of the event, West’s abruptly crashed the stage when Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me” was named Best Female Video. Just moments after beginning her acceptance speech for her first career VMA win, West ran on stage and snatched the microphone from the 19-year old pop-country star. “Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you,” West said. “I’ll let you finish, but Beyoncé has one of the best videos of all time. One of the best videos of all time!” However, Beyoncé wasn’t even nominated for Best Female Video. Swift remained on stage and held on to her trophy while the audience at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall watched in disbelief before they began to boo West and then cheer for Swift.

Later in the night, when Beyoncé “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” did win for Video of the Year, Beyonce gave thanks and then asked that Swift join her on stage so that she could give a proper acceptance speech.

West later apologized through his blog (and to Swift’s mom backstage, while still maintaining his feelings that Beyoncé should have won), but only after a wide array of stars denounced his antics while talking to reporters or through messages on Twitter, personal blogs and other sources. Several reports indicate that Pink, who also lost in the Best Female Video category, attempted to approach West after his rant but was restrained by security.

In total, Beyoncé won three awards, as did Green Day and Lady GaGa. Other winners on the night included& T.I., Britney Spears and Eminem. Boston’s Passion Pit, who were nominated in the Best Breakthrough Video category for “The Reeling”, lost out on the prized Moonman to Matt and Kim’s “Lessons Learned”.

A complete list of the winners is available below.

Best Female Video
“You Belong With Me” – Taylor Swift

Best Male Video
“Live Your Life” – T.I. featuring Rihanna

Best Rock Video
“21 Guns” – Green Day

Best Pop Video
“Womanizer” – Britney Spears