Taylor Swift was the big winner at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, taking home a record-breaking nine awards, including Video of the Year, Song of the Year, and Artist of the Year.
Swift’s video for her song “Anti-Hero” was named Video of the Year, beating out competition from Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo, and Lil Nas X. The song also won Song of the Year, while Swift herself was named Artist of the Year.
Swift also won awards for Best Pop, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Editing, Album of the Year, and Show of the Summer.
Other big winners at the VMAs included Shakira, who received the Video Vanguard Award for her lifetime achievement in music videos; Nicki Minaj, who won Best Hip-Hop for her song “Super Freaky Girl”; and Anitta, who won Best Latin for her song “Funk Rave.”
The 2023 MTV VMAs were hosted by Doja Cat and took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The show featured performances by Olivia Rodrigo, Fall Out Boy, Metro Boomin with Future, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Swae Lee & NAV, and Peso Pluma.
Complete Winners List of the 2023 MTV VMAs
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero” – Republic Records
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift – Republic Records
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 Entertainment / SMG Music / Interscope Records
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
Olivia Rodrigo – “vampire” – Geffen Records – Edited by Sofia Kerpan and David Checel
