Taylor Swift, who led the nominations with 11, emerged as the top winner of the 2023 VMAs, securing a total of 8 awards. Notably, her music video “Anti-Hero” clinched the most prestigious award of the night, Video of the Year. Additionally, K-Pop sensation BLACKPINK was crowned Group of the Year. Among the noteworthy first-time winners were Ice Spice, Rema, and Stray Kids. Meanwhile, Selena Gomez marked her second MTV Video Music Award win, a decade after the first.
See the full list of winners below!
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 *WINNER*
Artist of the Year
Beyoncé
Doja Cat
Karol G
Nicki Minaj
Shakira
Taylor Swift *WINNER*
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 *WINNER*
Album of the Year
Renaissance — Beyoncé
Her Loss — Drake & 21 Savage
Heroes & Villains — Metro Boomin
Endless Summer Vacation — Miley Cyrus
SOS — SZA
Midnights — Taylor Swift *WINNER*
Group of the Year
Blackpink *WINNER*
Fifty Fifty
Flo
Jonas Brothers
Maneskin
NewJeans
Seventeen
Tomorrow X Together
Best New Artist
GloRilla
Ice Spice *WINNER*
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 *WINNER*
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 *WINNER*
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 *WINNER*
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 *WINNER*
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 *WINNER*
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 *WINNER*
This Is Why — Paramore
Stuck — Thirty Seconds To Mars
Best Rock
The Teacher — Foo Fighters
Lost — Linkin Park
The Loneliest — Maneskin *WINNER*
Lux Æterna — Metallica
You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween — Muse
Tippa My Tongue — Red Hot Chili Peppers
Best Latin
Funk Rave — Anitta *WINNER*
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 *WINNER*
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 *WINNER*
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 *WINNER*
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 *WINNER*
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 *WINNER*
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 *WINNER*
Best Choreography
Pink Venom — BLACKPINK *WINNER*
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 *WINNER*
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 *WINNER*
Kill Bill — SZA
Anti-Hero — Taylor Swift
Show of Summer
Beyoncé
BLACKPINK
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Karol G
Taylor Swift *WINNER*
Song of Summer
Cuff It — Beyoncé
What Was I Made For? — Billie Eilish
Paint The Town Red — Doja Cat
What It Is (Block Boy) — Doechii feat. Kodak Black
Dance The Night — Dua Lipa
Cupid — Fifty Fifty
fukumean — Gunna
Seven — Jungkook feat. Latto *WINNER*
Barbie World — Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice & Aqua
vampire — Olivia Rodrigo
Kill Bill — SZA
Karma — Taylor Swift feat. Ice Spice
Do It Like That — Tomorrow X Together & Jonas Brothers
Fast Car — Luke Combs
Rush — Troye Sivan
La Bebe — Yng Lvcas & Peso Pluma
Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
Shakira
Global Icon Award
Diddy
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