2023 MTV VMAs: Taylor Swift Steals the Show With Nine Wins

    Taylor Swift at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards in September 2023
    Taylor Swift at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards in September 2023. Photo by Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock (14095570bb)

    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