NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards show was all about performances that got the sweat dripping, the muscles ripping and the adrenaline pumping. Here are the top moments from Sunday’s show:

JUST CALL THEM THE BEYONCE MUSIC AWARDS

If there was any doubt that this night was all about Beyonce, she killed any notion of that idea with her amazing medley of songs from her incredible “Lemonade” visual album.

As the leading nominee, all eyes were on her to prove herself as the biggest musical act of her generation.

And as usual, she delivered a flawless performance.

She moved seamlessly between outfits, songs and stages, singing with passion and strength. She danced through fire and smoke, took a baseball bat to a camera and had her dancers end the performance laying on the stage to symbolize the power of women. Mic dropped.

KANYE MAKES A CASE FOR ‘FAMOUS’

MTV has learned it’s better to give Kanye West the microphone than risk him taking it from someone else.

West, who famously jumped on stage to interrupt Taylor Swift at the VMAs in 2009, didn’t perform, but instead took the time to explain his controversial music video “Famous.”

He referenced back to his own past antics when he acknowledged that his music video might lose to Beyonce in the video of the year category. (It did.)

He made sure to reference several people whose images appeared in the video, including his former girlfriend Amber Rose, his wife’s ex Ray J and his perennial target, Swift, who was not there.

RIHANNA DELIVERS A FULL SHOW

Any artist would have a hard time trying to match a Beyonce performance of this magnitude, but the multifaceted R&B singer Rihanna proved she could hold her own over the course of four separate performances throughout the show.

Rihanna, who was given the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, worked her way through her multitude of hits, from “Please Don’t Stop the Music,” to “Work” and “Diamonds.”