Gaga and Beyonce steal MTV Video Music Awards limelight

Popstar Lady Gaga sang dressed in drag and Beyonce revealed that she is pregnant at this year's MTV Video Music Awards show.

Lady Gaga appeared as alter-ego Jo Calderone and sang You And I. She won the Female Video and Video with a Message awards for Born This Way.

Beyonce performed Love On Top and at the end took off her jacket to reveal a baby bump. She won the Choreography award for Run The World (Girls).

British singer Adele sang Someone Like You and won awards for Cinematography, Art Direction and Editing for Rolling In The Deep.

Legendary soul singer Tony Bennett paid tribute to Amy Winehouse who died earlier this year and introduced a clip of the pair singing Body and Soul.

New comers Young The Giant, an indie-rock band from California, performed their song My Body.

Chris Brown performed with an aerial number, soaring above the crowd in between high-stepping choreography.

Britney Spears was honoured with MTV's Vanguard Award and a group of children dressed in many of her costumes performed for the audience.

She also won the Pop Music Video award for Till The World's End.

Video footage courtesy MTV Video Music Awards show.