All the Awards That Should've Been Given Out at the 2014 Video Music Awards

Um, there weren't many awards at the 2014 VMAs, so we made some up.

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The 2014 MTV VMAs took place last night, where eight awards were given out during a two-hour broadcast. That's less than half of the actual 18 awards that were up for grabs this year, which tells you the sad state of affairs for awards shows. Unfortunately they have become less about championing the people who did some amazing things, and more about self-promotion and selling ads.

Being the kind, respectable people that we are, Complex put together a list of a dozen awards that weren't given out last night, but should have been, ranging from the Lifetime Booty Achievement award to "Best Trap Arms." Not for nothing, our awards do have one thing in common with the VMAs: Not one award was given out to Iggy Azalea

The “Jay Z Never Change” Award: Juicy J

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The “Interesting Career Choice” Award: Cellists performing with Iggy Azalea

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The “Never Invited Back” Award: Jay Pharoah

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The "Dwyane Wade Lifetime Achievement" Award: Usher

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The “Overstayed Their 15 Minutes of Fame” Award: 5 Seconds of Summer

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The “Big Come Up” Award: Big Sean

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The “Best Trap Arms” Award: Taylor Swift

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The “RiFF RAFF Shade” Award: Ariana Grande

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The “Creep of the Night” Award: Usher

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Bruh.

The “Industry Plant” Award: Fifth Harmony

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The "Lifetime Booty Achievement" Award: Jennifer Lopez

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#Amen.

The “Shameless Promotion” Award: DJ Mustard

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The “Boost Mobile Rihanna” Award: Rita Ora

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The “Alphet Copycat” Award: RiFF RAFF and Katy Perry

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The “Miley Cyrus Shade” Award: Jennifer Lopez

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The “Try to Steal Beyoncé's Shine” Award: G-Unit

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The “Pettiest Moment of the Night” Award: Gwen Stefani

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The “Amateur Hour” Award: Everyone but Beyoncé

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