The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards were held last night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Nicki Minaj hosted for the second year in a row. Taylor Swift walked away with the most prestigious award of the night; Video of the Year for “Anti- Hero,” Swift has won this award for the second consecutive year. She is the first artist in history to ever win this award two years in a row.
Swift went on to win 8 other awards including, Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Video (Presented by all members of *NSYNC), Show of the Summer, Album of the Year (Midnights), Best Direction (which she directed), Best Cinematography (Cinematography by Rina Yang), and Best Visual Effects (Visual Effects by Carbon). The only awards she didn’t win that she was nominated for were Best Editing and Song of the Summer. The Video Vanguard Award went to Shakira and the Global Icon Award went to Diddy, (Puff Daddy/Sean Combs).
Best New Artist: Ice Spice
Push Performance of the Year: TOMORROW X TOGETHER - “Sugar Rush Ride”
Best Collaboration: KAROL G, Shakira – “TQG”
Best Hip-Hop: Nicki Minaj – “Super Freaky Girl”
Best R&B: SZA – “Shirt”
Best Alternative: Lana Del Rey ft. Hon Batiste – “Candy Necklace”
Best Rock: Maneskin – “THE LONELIEST”
Best Latin: Anitta – “Funk Rave”
Best K-Pop: Stray Kids – “S-Class”
Best Afrobeats: Rema & Selena Gomez – “Calm Down”
Video for Good: Dove Cameron – “Breakfast
Group of the Year: BLACKPINK
Song of the Summer: Jung Kook ft. Latto – “Seven”
Best Choreography: BLACKPINK – “Pink Venom” (Choreography by Kiel Tutin, Sienna Lalau, Lee Jung
(YGX), Taryn Cheng (YGX)
Best Art Direction: Doja Cat – “Attention” (Art Direction by Spencer Graves)
Best Editing: Olivia Rodrigo –“vampire” (Edited by Sofia Kerpan and David Checel)
By-FZ
