Taylor Swift, Shakira, Nicki Minaj, Måneskin And Stray Kids Among Winners At MTV VMAs
Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Taylor Swift (pictured) won big at the MTV VMAs last night, picking up nine prizes.
Going into the night with nominations in 11 categories, the pop superstar, who's currently in the middle of her record-breaking Eras Tour, scooped the event's top prize, Video Of The Year, for her 'Midnights' track Anti-Hero, as well as awards for Best Direction, Best Pop Video, Song Of The Year and Album Of The Year.
Other winners on the night included Shakira with the Video Vanguard Award, as well as Best Duo alongside Karol G for their song TQG. Ice Spice took home Best New Artist, BLACKPINK won Group Of The Year and Best Choreography, Anitta took Best Latin for Funk Rave, while Nicki Minaj won the Moonman trophy for Best Hip Hop for Super Freaky Girl. Diddy also took the stage to perform some hits and to accept the Global Icon Award.
Other performers on the night included Olivia Rodrigo, Fall Out Boy, Metro Boomin with Future, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Demi Lovato, Lil Wayne, Anitta, Doja Cat, Kelsea Ballerini, Tomorrow X Together, Karol G, Måneskin, who picked up Best Rock Video for The Loneliest, and boyband Stray Kids, who picked up Best K-Pop.
There was also a surprise appearance from American boyband NSYNC, who reunited for the first time in over a decade to present one of the prizes to Swift. The group — Lance Bass, Joey Fatone, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick and Justin Timberlake — formed in 1995, but have not performed together since the 2013 MTV VMAs.
The 40th annual VMAs took place at the Prudential Center, New Jersey. Check out a full list of winners below:
Video of the year: Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero
Artist of the year: Taylor Swift
Song of the year: Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero
Best new artist: Ice Spice
Push performance of the year: April 2023: Tomorrow X Together - Sugar Rush Ride
Best collaboration: Karol G, Shakira - TQG
Best pop: Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero
Best hip hop: Nicki Minaj - Super Freaky Girl
Best R&B: SZA - Shirt
Best alternative: Lana Del Rey featuring Jon Batiste - Candy Necklace
Best rock: Måneskin - The Loneliset
Best latin: Anitta - Funk Rave
Best K-Pop: Stray Kids - S-Class
Best Afrobeats: Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down
Video for good: Dove Cameron - Breakfast
Best direction: Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero, directed by Taylor Swift
Best cinematography: Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero, cinematography by Rina Yang
Best visual effects: Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero, visual effects by Parliament
Best choreography: Blackpink - Pink Venom, choreography by Kiel Tutin and Sienna Lalau
Best art direction: Doja Cat - Attention, art direction by Spencer Graves
Best editing: Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire, edited by Sofia Kerpan and David Checel
Show of the summer: Taylor Swift
Group of the year: Blackpink
Song of the summer: Jung Kook featuring Latto - Seven
Album of the year: Taylor Swift - 'Midnights'
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