Taylor Swift Leads with 8 Nods, SZA Follows with 6, and More Historic Milestones
MTV has revealed the nominations for the highly anticipated Video Music Awards 2023. Leading the pack is the Taylor Swift, who secured an impressive eight nominations. Following closely, SZA earns six nods. Shakira is the most nominated Latin Artist with four nominations. Additionally, the K-Pop sensation BLACKPINK stands tall as the most nominated K-Pop act, securing four nods. Notably, only women are nominated for Artist if the Year for the first time in VMAs history.
The 2023 VMAs will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Here’s the complete list of nominations:
Video of the Year
Attention — Doja Cat
Flowers — Miley Cyrus
Super Freaky Girl — Nicki Minaj
Vampire — Olivia Rodrigo
Unholy — Sam Smith & Kim Petras
Kill Bill — SZA
Anti-Hero — Taylor Swift
Artist of the Year
Beyoncé
Doja Cat
Karol G
Nicki Minaj
Shakira
Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
Flowers — Miley Cyrus
Vampire — Olivia Rodrigo
Calm Down — Rema & Selena Gomez
Unholy — Sam Smith & Kim Petras
Bad Habit — Steve Lacy
Kill Bill — SZA
Anti-Hero — Taylor Swift
Best New Artist
GloRilla
Ice Spice
Kaliii
Peso Pluma
PinkPantheress
Reneé Rapp
Push Performance of the Year
Booty — Saucy Santana
Until I Found You — Stephen Sanchez
Golden Hour — JVKE
Conceited — Flo Milli
Colorado — Reneé Rapp
All The Way Over — Sam Ryder
Goated. — Armani White
Becky’s So Hot — FLETCHER
Sugar Rush Ride — TOMORROW X TOGETHER
Princess Diana — Ice Spice
Losing You — FLO
That Part — Lauren Spencer-Smith
Best Collaboration
I’m Good (Blue) — David Guetta & Bebe Rexha
Gotta Move On (Queens Remix) — Diddy ft. Bryson Tiller, Ashanti & Yung Miami
TQG — Karol G & Shakira
Creepin’ (Remix) — Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage
I Like You (a Happier Song) — Post Malone & Doja Cat
Calm Down — Rema & Selena Gomez
Best Pop
Swine — Demi Lovato
Dance The Night (from Barbie) — Dua Lipa
Eyes Closed — Ed Sheeran
Flowers — Miley Cyrus
Vampire — Olivia Rodrigo
Trustfall — P!nk
Anti-Hero — Taylor Swift
Best Hip-Hop
Gotta Move On (Queens Remix) — Diddy ft. Bryson Tiller, Ashanti & Yung Miami
Staying Alive — DJ Khaled ft. Drake & Lil Baby
Tomorrow 2 — GloRilla & Cardi B
Just Wanna Rock — Lil Uzi Vert
Kant Nobody — Lil Wayne ft. Swizz Beatz & DMX
Superhero (Heroes & Villains) — Metro Boomin ft. Future
Super Freaky Girl — Nicki Minaj
Best R&B
Stay — Alicia Keys ft. Lucky Daye
How Does It Feel — Chlöe & Chris Brown
Creepin’ (Remix) — Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage
Shirt — SZA
Favorite Song — Toosii
Love In The Way — Yung Bleu & Nicki Minaj
Best Alternative
Edging — blink-182
The Film — Boygenius
Hold Me Like A Grudge — Fall Out Boy
Candy Necklace — Lana Del Rey ft. Jon Batiste
This Is Why — Paramore
Stuck — Thirty Seconds To Mars
Best Rock
The Teacher — Foo Fighters
Lost — Linkin Park
The Loneliest — Maneskin
Lux Æterna — Metallica
You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween — Muse
Tippa My Tongue — Red Hot Chili Peppers
Best Latin
Funk Rave — Anitta
Where She Goes — Bad Bunny
Ella Baila Sola — Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma
Un x100to — Grupo Frontera & Bad Bunny
TQG — Karol G & Shakira
DESPECHÁ — Rosalía
Acróstico — Shakira
Best K-Pop
Girls — Aespa
Pink Venom — BLACKPINK
Cupid — FIFTY FIFTY
Super — SEVENTEEN
S-Class — Stray Kids
Sugar Rush Ride — TOMORROW X TOGETHER
Best Afrobeats
Rush — Ayra Starr
It’s Plenty — Burna Boy
Unavailable — Davido ft. Musa Keys
Bandana — Fireboy DML & Asake
People — Libianca
Calm Down — Rema & Selena Gomez
2 Sugar — WizKid ft. Ayra Starr
Video for Good
If I Ain’t Got You (Orchestral) — Alicia Keys
El Apagón — Bad Bunny
Swine — Demi Lovato
Breakfast — Dove Cameron
Crushed — Imagine Dragons
La Reina — Maluma
Best Direction
Attention — Doja Cat
Falling Back — Drake
Count Me Out — Kendrick Lamar
Her — Megan Thee Stallion
Unholy — Sam Smith & Kim Petras
Kill Bill — SZA
Anti-Hero — Taylor Swift
Best Cinematography
I Drink Wine — Adele
Eyes Closed — Ed Sheeran
Lipstick Lover — Janelle Monae
Count Me Out — Kendrick Lamar
Flowers — Miley Cyrus
Vampire — Olivia Rodrigo
Anti-Hero — Taylor Swift
Best Visual Effects
Love From The Other Side — Fall Out Boy
Music For a Sushi Restaurant — Harry Styles
Void — Melanie Martinez
Super Freaky Girl — Nicki Minaj
Unholy — Sam Smith & Kim Petras
Anti-Hero — Taylor Swift
Best Choreography
Pink Venom — BLACKPINK
Dance The Night (From Barbie) — Dua Lipa
Waffle House — Jonas Brothers
Her — Megan Thee Stallion
Middle of a Breakup — Panic! At the Disco
Unholy — Sam Smith & Kim Petras
Best Art Direction
Pink Venom — BLACKPINK
The Film – Boygenius
Attention — Doja Cat
Candy Necklace — Lana Del Rey ft. Jon Batiste
Her — Megan Thee Stallion
Shirt — SZA
Best Editing
Pink Venom — BLACKPINK
Rich Spirit — Kendrick Lamar
River — Miley Cyrus
Vampire — Olivia Rodrigo
Kill Bill — SZA
Anti-Hero — Taylor Swift
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