Britney Spears wins 'grand slam' at the VMA 2008

The music video of Britney Spears' hit song Piece Of Me won three awards in the MTV Video Music Awards 2008 held Sunday evening, September 07, 2008 at the Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles, California.

Piece of Me won 3 awards out of its 3 nominations: Video of the Year, Best Pop Video and Best Female Video.

The music video won over other worthy Best Female Video contenders such as Touch My Body by Mariah Carey, I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry, No Air by Jordin Sparks and Take a Bow by Rihanna.

In the Best Pop Video category, which was presented by equally controversial Paris Hilton, Britney edged out Danity Kane's Damaged, Burnin' Up by the Jonas Brothers, Nine in the Afternoon by Panic at the Disco and Ready, Set, Go! by Tokio Hotel, who later won as Best New Artist.

As for Video of the Year award, Piece of Me beat Chris Brown's Forever, Jonas Brothers' Burnin' Up, Pussycat Dolls' When I Grow Up and The Ting Tings' Shut Up and Let Me Go.

The song Piece of Me is the one that cites Philippines twice and has been debated or discussed upon by people of all races.

It is Britney's first time ever to win in the MTV Video Music Awards after being nominated 16 times in the past.

According to some observers, Britney's victory was just a consolation to her after her widely-bashed comeback performance at the VMA last year.

Here's the complete list of winners in the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA 2008):

(winners are highlighted)

Video of the Year
* Chris Brown — "Forever"
* Jonas Brothers — "Burnin' Up"
* Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up"
* Britney Spears — "Piece of Me"
* The Ting Tings — "Shut Up and Let Me Go"

Best Male Video
* Chris Brown — "With You"
* Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain) — "Low"
* Lil Wayne (featuring Static Major) — "Lollipop"
* T.I. — "No Matter What"
* Usher (featuring Young Jeezy) — "Love in This Club"

Best Female Video
* Mariah Carey — "Touch My Body"
* Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl"
* Rihanna — "Take a Bow"
* Jordin Sparks (featuring Chris Brown) — "No Air"
* Britney Spears — "Piece of Me"

Best New Artist
* Miley Cyrus — "7 Things"
* Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl"
* Jordin Sparks (featuring Chris Brown) — "No Air"
* Taylor Swift — "Teardrops on My Guitar"
* Tokio Hotel — "Ready, Set, Go!"

Best Pop Video
* Danity Kane — "Damaged"
* Jonas Brothers — "Burnin' Up"
* Panic at the Disco — "Nine in the Afternoon"
* Britney Spears — "Piece of Me"
* Tokio Hotel — "Ready, Set, Go!

Best Rock Video
* Fall Out Boy (featuring John Mayer) — "Beat It"
* Foo Fighters — "The Pretender"
* Linkin Park — "Shadow of the Day"
* Paramore — "Crushcrushcrush"
* Slipknot — "Psychosocial"

Best Hip-Hop Video
* Mary J. Blige — "Just Fine"
* Lupe Fiasco (featuring Matthew Santos) — "Superstar"
* Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain) — "Low"
* Lil Wayne (featuring Static Major) — "Lollipop"
* Kanye West (featuring Chris Martin) — "Homecoming"

Best Dancing in a Video
* Chris Brown — "Forever"
* Danity Kane — "Damaged"
* Madonna (featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland) — "4 Minutes"
* Ne-Yo — "Closer"
* Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up"

Best Direction in a Video
* Linkin Park — "Shadow of the Day" (Director: Joe Hahn
* Erykah Badu — "Honey" (Director: Erykah Badu & Mr. Roboto)
* Panic at the Disco — "Nine in the Afternoon" (Director: Shane Drake)
* Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up" (Director: Joseph Kahn)
* Rihanna — "Take a Bow" (Director: Anthony Mandler)

Best Choreography in a Video
* Adele — "Chasing Pavements" (Choreographer: Marguerite Derricks)
* Chris Brown — "Forever" (Choreographers: Tone & Rich)
* Chris Brown (featuring T-Pain) — "Kiss Kiss" (Choreographer: Flii Stylz)
* Gnarls Barkley — "Run" (Choreographer: Michael Rooney)
* Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up" (Choreographers: Robin Antin and Mikey Minden)

Best Special Effects in a Video
* Erykah Badu — "Honey" (Special Effects: X1 FX)
* Coldplay — "Violet Hill" (Special Effects: Asa Mader)
* Missy Elliott — "Ching-a-Ling/Shake Your Pom Pom" (Special Effects: Les Umberger)
* Linkin Park — "Bleed It Out" (Special Effects: David Lebensfeld and Adam Catino)
* Kanye West (featuring T-Pain) — "Good Life" (Special Effects: SoMe, Jonas & François)

Best Art Direction in a Video
* Gnarls Barkley — "Run" (Art Directors: Happy and Kells Jesse)
* MGMT — "Electric Feel" (Art Director: Sophie Kosofsky)
* Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl" (Art Director: Benji Bamps)
* Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up" (Art Director: Marcelle Gravel)
* The White Stripes — "Conquest" (Art Director: David Fitzpatrick)

Best Editing in a Video
* Erykah Badu — "Honey" (Editor: T. David Binns)
* Death Cab for Cutie — "I Will Possess Your Heart" (Editors: Aaron Stewart-Ahn and Jeff Buchanan)
* Ne-Yo — "Closer" (Editor: Clark Eddy)
* Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl" (Editor: Tom Lindsay)
* Weezer — "Pork and Beans" (Editor: Jeff Consiglio and Colin Woods)

Best Cinematography in a Video
* Erykah Badu — "Honey" (Director of Photography: Karsten "Crash" Gopinath)
* Death Cab for Cutie — "I Will Possess Your Heart" (Directors of Photography: Aaron Stewart-Ahn and Shawn Kim)
* Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl" (Director of Photography: Simon Thirlaway)
* Pussycat Dolls — "When I Grow Up" (Director of Photography: Christopher Probst)
* The White Stripes — "Conquest" (Director of Photography: Wyatt Troll)

Aside from Paris, Britney and the nominees, other celebrities who were spotted in the event either as presenters, guests and performers were Great Olympian Michael Phelps, Zac Efron, Christina Aguilera, Ashley Tisdale, Melanie Brown, Lauren Conrad, Taylor Swift, Vanessa Hudgens, Kobe Bryant, Demi Moore, Chace Crawford, Jamie Foxx, Shia LaBeouf, Kristen Stewart and Lindsay Lohan.

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Pink, who was one of the performers, experienced a wardrobe malfunction exposing her upper private part.