Taylor Swift is no stranger to dominating the MTV Video Music Awards, but she truly outdid herself this year. After coming into the night as the most-nominated artist, she managed to come out victorious in nine categories, including video of the year with “Anti-Hero”.
Swift defeated the likes of 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” to win video of the year with “Anti-Hero”—but her hands were already full by that point.
“Anti-Hero” also won Swift awards for song of the year, best pop, best direction, best visual effects, best editing, and best cinematography. She was also crowned as artist of the year, in addition to winning the award for show of the summer and album of the year with Midnights. This brings her MTV VMAs all-time total to 23 awards, only two behind Beyoncé.
Swift was definitely the VMA’s shiniest star, but Ice Spice also had a reason to celebrate after being named the best new artist. Karol G and Shakira won best collaboration with “TQG”, while Shakira also collected the honorary Video Vanguard Award.
The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards returned to the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on September 12, with Nicki Minaj serving as the ceremony’s host.
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
