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Beyoncé delivered the most flawless performance in VMAs history

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Beyoncé already won an award that MTV brought back just for her and brought the mothers of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Mike Brown, and Oscar Grant onto the red carpet, but it was her stunning performance of songs from her visual album "Lemonade" that left people literally in awe.

Beyoncé, appropriately, even dropped the microphone. 

She essentially followed the order of her album, starting with "Pray You Catch Me," and transitioning into "Hold Up," "Don’t Hurt Yourself," and "Sorry."

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The visuals were on point, with fire imagery, a literal bat where she smacked a camera, and stunning choreography.

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Beyoncé ended with a slamming performance of "Formation" with dozens of dancers backing her up. The last shot showed the dancers lying down, making the gender symbol for female.

Honestly, people lost their minds.

Beyoncé just had the best performance at the Video Music Awards of all time. And we’re all just lucky to have witnessed it. You can watch it in full below.

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Megan Willett-Wei was an executive editor at Business Insider. Her teams spanned the worlds of lifestyle — including beauty, style, travel, food, and royals — and she also helped oversee Business Insider's freelance program.Before her role at Business Insider, she was a lifestyle reporter for Business Insider and a digital culture reporter at Tech Insider. Her work has been syndicated by Slate, CNN, MSN.com, and more.She is a graduate of Wellesley College where she double majored in English and Art History.