Britney Spears' comeback was given a huge boost last night - when the former pop wreck walked away with three gongs at the MTV Video Music Awards.

The singer - who opened the show - picked up Best Female Video, Best Pop Video and Video of the Year her Piece Of Me video.

New mum Christina also triumphed at the awards, performing her new single Keeps Getting Better.

The Genie In A Bottle singer – who hasn’t performed since giving birth in January - stunned the crowd with her tight-fitting stage costume.

But the pop princesses were not the only stars to wow the VMA’s - Kanye West brought the climax to the show a year after insisting he'd never return to the event after his treatment at the 2007 VMAs in Las Vegas.

The night's winners were:

Best Female Video - Piece of Me by Britney Spears
Best Male Video - With You by Chris Brown
Best Dancing in A Video - When I Grow Up by Pussycat Dolls
Best Rock Video - Shadow of The Day by Linkin Park
Best Hip Hop Video - Lollipop by Lil Wayne
Best New Artist - Tokio Hotel
Best Pop Video - Piece of Me by Britney Spears
Video of The Year - Piece of Me by Britney Spears

See Britney, Christina, Lindsay, The Jonas Brothers & many more attempt to outshine each other in our VMAs Red Carpet Round-Up!