Taylor Swift always felt right at home on the MTV Video Music Awards stage, and she hit it time and time again this year! The pop sensation was the biggest winner of the night at this year’s MTV VMAs with nine awards, including video of the year with “Anti-Hero”.
The race for the night’s most-coveted award also included Doja Cat’s “Attention”, Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers”, Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl”, Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire”, Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy”, and SZA’s “Kill Bill”, but none of them could come even close to “Anti-Hero”.
In addition to winning her record-extending fourth award for video of the year, Swift also won song of the year, best pop, best direction, best visual effects, best editing, and best cinematography with “Anti-Hero”. She came out victorious in three other categories – artist of the year, show of the summer, and album of the year with Midnights.
As for the rest of the winners’ list, Ice Spice was crowned as the best new artist, following in the footsteps of Dove Cameron and Olivia Rodrigo. Shakira also had a reason to celebrate after collecting the trophy for best collaboration with Karol G for “TQG”, in addition to being honored with the lifetime-achievement Video Vanguard Award.
The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards were held in Newark, New Jersey on September 12, with Nicki Minaj hosting the festivities for the second consecutive year.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS AT THE 2023 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero” – Republic Records
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift
SONG OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero” – Republic Records
VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD
Shakira
GLOBAL ICON AWARD
Diddy
BEST NEW ARTIST
Ice Spice – 10K Projects / Capitol Records
PUSH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
April 2023: TOMORROW X TOGETHER – “Sugar Rush Ride” – BIGHIT MUSIC / Republic Records
BEST COLLABORATION
KAROL G, Shakira – “TQG” – Universal Music Latino
BEST POP
Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero” – Republic Records
BEST HIP-HOP
Nicki Minaj – “Super Freaky Girl” – Republic Records
BEST R&B
SZA – “Shirt” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records
BEST ALTERNATIVE
Lana Del Rey ft. Jon Batiste – “Candy Necklace” – Interscope Records
BEST ROCK
Måneskin – “THE LONELIEST” – Arista Records
BEST LATIN
Anitta – “Funk Rave” – Republic Records
BEST K-POP
Stray Kids – “S-Class” – JYP / Republic
BEST AFROBEATS
Rema & Selena Gomez – “Calm Down” – Mavin Global Holdings Ltd / Jonzing World
VIDEO FOR GOOD
Dove Cameron – “Breakfast” – Columbia Records
BEST DIRECTION
Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero” – Republic Records – Directed by Taylor Swift
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero” – Republic Records – Cinematography by Rina Yang
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero” – Republic Records – Visual Effects by Parliament
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
BLACKPINK – “Pink Venom” – YG Entertainment / Interscope Records – Choreography by Kiel Tutin, Sienna Lalau, Lee Jung (YGX), Taryn Cheng (YGX)
BEST ART DIRECTION
Doja Cat – “Attention” – Kemosabe Records / RCA Records – Art Direction by Spencer Graves
BEST EDITING
Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero” – Republic Records – Edited by Chancler Haynes
