The winners of the 2015 YouTube Music Awards have been revealed.
The
video-streaming site is honouring a mix of talent ranging from Drake,
Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, and Beyonce to emerging artists such as Sam Smith
and Hozier.
The 50 winners have been chosen based on their YouTube views, subscribers, and engagement over the last six months.
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Online
sensations: On Monday it was announced Rihanna, left, Miley Cyrus,
middle, and Beyonce, right, are a few of the winners that will be
honoured at the 2015 YouTube Music Awards on March 23
Popular videos released this year include Taylor Swift's Shake It Off!, Sam Smith's Only One, and Beyonce's Partition.
For this year's ceremony, YouTube is switching things up.
Instead
of hosting a live show, some of the award-winning artists are coming
together to create nine original music videos which will air during the
online event.
The
new content will be created by musicians including Charli XCX, Sheeran,
Martin Garrix, Max Schneider, Migos, Megan Nicole, Cahoots, Nicky Jam
and Shamir.
Emerging artistis: Newcomers such as Hozier, left, and Sam Smith, right, will also be honoured
The ceremony, in which the original clips will debut, will take place at 10 a.m. PST on March 23.
Vice is set to produce the interactive online event.
And a few fans will get to join the fun behind-the-scenes, as others will be asked to be a part of the videos.
For
the winners announcement, YouTube noted their site has reached 47
billion views, 164 million subscribers, and 1600 videos uploaded in the
last six months. A montage of the innovative talent was also featured.
Most searched: Winners, such as Taylor
Swift pictured, were chosen based on their YouTube views, subscribers,
and engagement over the last six months
Other artists who will be honoured this year included Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, and One Direction.
The YouTube Music Awards launched in 2013 and were held in a warehouse at New York's Pier 36.
They followed with a year off and are now set to make their return.
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