Britney Spears opened the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday Night. The pop singer appeared nervous and awkward. She won all three nominations.

The career of Britney Spears might have a bounce back. She was originally not going to attend the MTV Video Music Awards. However, she showed up and swept the awards by winning all three of her nominations.

Her career has been overshadowed in recent years by a variety of personal woes, many of them happening less than a year ago.

Spears took home the awards for video of the year, best pop video and best female video, all for the tune "Piece of Me."

"I'm in shock right now," Spears said after accepting her third award.

The acceptance speeches were brief. However, she gave multiple thanks to God, her family and her fans.

Spears opened the ceremony with only four sentences. She also covered up her face with the microphone.

"Thank you so much. Thank you for all the love. I'm here tonight to celebrate a very important birthday, the 25th anniversary of the VMAs. This is the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards and it starts right now."

That was about it for the opener.

One other upset about the awards was the lack of 25th anniversary performers. If this was to be an anniversary ceremony, they forgot to invite them.