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
