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Photos: Highlights of the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards

August 27, 2017, 10:11 PM

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The 2017 MTV Video Music Awards premiered Sunday from The Forum in Inglewood, California. Click through the photo gallery to see highlights from the VMAs, hosted by Katy Perry, which featured performances from Miley Cyrus, Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd and more.

Pink accepts the MTV Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP
Kendrick Lamar performs at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP
Host Katy Perry is lowered onto the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Host Katy Perry is lowered onto the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Hailee Steinfeld arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Lil Mama releases a bird from a cage at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
21 Savage, left, and Amber Rose arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Jack Antonoff accepts the award for best collaboration on behalf of Zayn Malik and Taylor Swift for “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)” at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Dinah Jane, from left, Normani Kordei, Lauren Jauregui, and Ally Brooke of Fifth Harmony perform a medley at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Alessia Cara accepts the award for best dance video for “Stay” at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Julia Michaels performs “Issues” at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP
Miley Cyrus performs “Younger Now” at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Pink performs a medley at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP
Ed Sheeran accepts the award for artist of the year at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP
Pink, center, Carey Hart, left, and their daughter Willow arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Dinah Jane, from left, Ally Brooke, Normani Kordei, and Lauren Jauregui of Fifth Harmony arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Jennie Pegouskie, left, and Ed Sheeran arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Sarah Kate Ellis, GLADD president and CEO, third from left, and transgender service members arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. Heyer was killed in Charlottesville, Va., after a car crashed into demonstrators protesting a white supremacy rally. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Katy Perry arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Jack Lawless, from left, Joe Jonas, JinJoo Lee and Cole Whittle of DNCE arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Nev Schulman arrives wearing a Star of David and a heart pin at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Cardi B performs during a pre-show at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Shawn Mendes arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Kendrick Lamar, left, DJ Khaled and his son Asahd Tuck arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Demi Lovato arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Jared Leto arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Kodak Black arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Bebe Rexha arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Millie Bobby Brown arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Heidi Klum arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Jennie Pegouskie, left, and Ed Sheeran arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Kesha arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Farrah Abraham arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
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