Taylor Swift Steals the Show at the 2023 MTV VMAs 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)

This year’s MTV Video Music Awards were one star-studded affair and Taylor Swift was definitely the ceremony’s shiniest star. She was crowned as the biggest winner of the night after collecting nine shiny trophies, including video of the year with “Anti-Hero”.

The race for the ceremony’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 stood a chance against Swift’s “Anti-Hero”.

This song came out victorious in several more categories, including the song of the year, best pop, best direction, best visual effects, best editing, and best cinematography. Swift was also named the artist of the year, in addition to winning awards for show of the summer with The Eras Tour, and album of the year with Midnights.

It was also a huge night for Ice Spice, who defeated the likes of GloRilla and Peso Pluma to be named the best new artist. Karol G and Shakira won the award for best collaboration with “TQG”, while Blackpink was named the group of the year.

The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards were held on September 12 in Newark, New Jersey, with Nicki Minaj returning to host the show for the second year in a row.

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