Directed by Hamish Hamilton   Dave Diomedi   Cast *NSYNC ... Performer 2 Chainz ... Self Drop and Abel ... Themselves Christina Aguilera ... Self Floyd Albee ... Self Lou Asaro ... Self Jonathan Augustavo ... Self (as Jon Augustavo) Iggy Azalea ... Self Jordan Bahat ... Self Lance Bass ... Performer Bemo ... Self Beyoncé ... Self (as Beyoncé Knowles) Dustin Bowser ... Self Bonnie Brae ... Self Cori Broadus ... Self (as Cori B.) JC Chasez ... Performer (as J.C. Chasez) Kelly Clarkson ... Self J. Cole ... Self Jamaica Craft ... Self Miley Cyrus ... Self - Nominee & Performer Alexandra Daddario ... Self Ray Dalton ... Self Daniel Delevin ... Self David Devlin ... Self Director X ... Self Jeff Dotson ... Self Drake ... Self - Nominee & Performer (as Aubrey Graham) Joshua Dun ... Self (as Josh Dun) Mikky Ekko ... Self Fall Out Boy ... Themselves Jimmy Fallon ... Self - Presenter Joey Fatone ... Performer Jarrett Fijal ... Self David Fincher ... Self Foxes ... Self Fun. ... Themselves Lady Gaga ... Self - Performer Selena Gomez ... Self - Nominee & Presenter Ellie Goulding ... Self Ariana Grande ... Self - Performer Grady Hall ... Self Ross Hallard ... Self Calvin Harris ... Self Tip 'T.I.' Harris ... Self (as T.I.) Kevin Hart ... Self - Presenter Paris Hilton ... Self Imagine Dragons ... Themselves Jay-Z ... Self D.W. Johnson ... Self (as Derek Johnson) Derek R. Johnson ... Self Tyler Joseph ... Self Chris Kirkpatrick ... Performer Jason Koenig ... Self Kendrick Lamar ... Self Mary Lambert ... Self Charlie Lambros ... Self Jared Leto ... Self - Presenter Ryan Lewis ... Self - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Mego Lin ... Self Veronica Logsdon ... Self Jacquelyn London ... Self Demi Lovato ... Self Macklemore ... Self - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ... Themselves - Nominee & Performer Austin Mahone ... Self - Nominee & Performer Anthony Mandler ... Self Jai Manselle ... Self Matt Marr ... Dancer - Psy Bruno Mars ... Self - Nominee & Performer Paul Martinez ... Self Robert McHugh ... Self Megaforce ... Self Miguel ... Self Mumford & Sons ... Themselves Yusuf Nasir ... Lady Gaga Dancer - 'Applause' Ryo Noguchi ... Self One Direction ... Themselves - Presenters Sabrina Parisi ... Self Katy Perry ... Self - Performer Pink ... Self Pitbull ... Self Royal Post ... Self Rihanna ... Self Naya Rivera ... Self Fatima Robinson ... Self A$AP Rocky ... Self - Nominee & Presenter (as Rakim Mayers) Nick Rondeau ... Self Nate Ruess ... Self Emeli Sandé ... Self - Presenter Ryan Sanson ... Self Malik Hassan Sayeed ... Self (as Malik Sayeed) Big Sean ... Self Ed Sheeran ... Self Casper Smart ... Self Snoop Dogg ... Self Harry Styles ... Self (as One Direction) Taylor Swift ... Self - Nominee & Presenter Anthony Talauega ... Self Richmond Talauega ... Self J.R. Taylor ... Self Robin Thicke ... Self - Nominee & Performer Thirty Seconds to Mars ... Themselves Justin Timberlake ... Self - Nominee & Performer Twenty One Pilots ... Themselves Vampire Weekend ... Themselves Wanz ... Self The Weeknd ... Self Terri Whittaker ... Self Pharrell Williams ... Self Jonathan Wu ... Self Ye ... Self - Performer (as Kanye West) Alexis Zabe ... Self Zed ... Self Uncredited Cast Christina Grady ... Dancer Nekai Johnson ... Ariana Grande Dancer Brian Nicholson ... Ariana Grande Dancer Scott Nicholson ... Ariana Grande Dancer Tracy J. Takahashi ... Ariana Grande Dancer Produced by Nicole Alexander   Ben Biscotti   Melanie Block   Joanna Bomberg   Rob Crawford   Amy Doyle   Garrett English   Emily Harper   Jesse Ignjatovic   Jeff Jacobs   Jen Jones   Heidi Kelso   Gary Lanvy   Lee Lodge   Bernadette Rodriguez   Chase Simonds   Dave Sirulnick   Original Music by Devine Evans

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