The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards were held in New Jersey on September 12 with Nicki Minaj hosting the show, as well as performing, at the Prudential Center.
Taylor Swift, who was the most nominated artist of the year with a whopping 11 nods, made VMAs history as she took home the ‘Video of the Year’ award for ‘Anti-Hero’, making her the first artist to win four times. She also won the Song of the Year award.
Boy band NSYNC reunited on stage after 13 years to present the first award for Best Pop Video, which also went to Taylor Swift.
Nicki Minaj won the VMAs award for Best Hip-Hop for her song ‘Super Freaky Girl’. Rema and Selena Gomez won the award for Best Afrobeats for their hit track ‘Calm Down’. They won the first-ever Afrobeats award at the VMAs.
Shakira received the Video Vanguard Award and performed an incredible bilingual medley of her decades of hits.
Check out the other winners here:
GLOBAL ICON AWARD:
Sean "Diddy" Combs
VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD:
WINNER: Shakira
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift – "Anti-Hero"
SONG OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift – "Anti-Hero"
BEST NEW ARTIST
WINNER: Ice Spice - 10K Projects / Capitol Records
PUSH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
WINNER: April 2023: TOMORROW X TOGETHER – "Sugar Rush Ride" – BIGHIT MUSIC / Republic Records
BEST COLLABORATION
WINNER: KAROL G, Shakira – "TQG" – Universal Music Latino
BEST POP
WINNER: Taylor Swift – "Anti-Hero" – Republic Records
BEST HIP-HOP
WINNER: Nicki Minaj – "Super Freaky Girl" – Republic Records
BEST R&B
WINNER: SZA – "Shirt" – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records
BEST ROCK
WINNER: Måneskin – "THE LONELIEST" – Arista Records
BEST LATIN
WINNER: Anitta – "Funk Rave" – Republic Records
BEST K-POP
WINNER: Stray Kids – "S-Class" – JYP / Republic
BEST AFROBEATS
WINNER: Rema & Selena Gomez – "Calm Down" – Mavin Global Holdings Ltd / Jonzing World Entertainment / SMG Music / Interscope Records
VIDEO FOR GOOD
WINNER: Dove Cameron - "Breakfast"
BEST DIRECTION
WINNER: Taylor Swift – "Anti-Hero" – Republic Records - Directed by Taylor Swift