Rihanna clearly enjoyed herself at Thursday's VMAs, giggling and getting serenaded with some One Direction by her bestie, Katy Perry. But with five nominations going in, she had to wait until near the end of the broadcast to take home some hardware. When it came, though, the last embrace was the sweetest.

After opening the show with a bracing performance of "Cockiness" with A$AP Rocky
 and "We Found Love" with house DJ Calvin Harris, she capped the evening with the biggest prize: Video of the Year.