Britney Spears wins at the VMAs! Britney Spears had never won a VMA. Tonight, Spears wins VMAs for Piece of Me, taking female video of the year and pop video of the year.

The music video of Piece of Me was not without trouble back when it was recorded. LALATE readers will remember the anticipation that went into the shooting of the video and the rumors that plagued that video. Even chatter said Spears was unhappy with the dance routines in the video. But tonight it didn’t matter with Spears’ big wins.

Chris Brown won male video of the year for “With You,” Pussycat Dolls won best dancing in a video with “When I Grow Up”.

Other winners:
Linkin Park best rock video for “Shadow of the Day.”
Lil Wayne best hip-hop video for “Lollipop”