Taylor Swift wins prime honour at MTV’s Video Music Awards

Pop celebrity Taylor Swift dominated MTV’s annual Video Music Awards on Tuesday, including 9 trophies to her assortment as she claimed the highest prize for her smash hit music “Anti-Hero”.

The first single from Swift’s 2022 Midnights album, Anti-Hero depicts a litany of insecurities with a refrain declaring: It’s me, hello, I’m the issue, it is me.

“This is unbelievable,” the singer, on a break from her record-setting Eras Tour, mentioned on stage as she held the Moon Person statuette for video of the 12 months. “The fact this is a fan-voted award means so much to me.”

It was the second straight win for Swift within the video of the 12 months class. Last 12 months, she gained the prize for her 10-minute model of breakup music All Too Well.

Swift’s 9 awards on Tuesday tied the file for the most important VMA haul in a single evening, MTV mentioned. Her accolades included music, artist and album of the 12 months, bringing her lifetime VMA whole to 23, second solely to Beyonce.

At the beginning of Tuesday evening’s present on the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, the 33-year-old gushed as she obtained the pop video award from members of Nineteen Nineties boy band NSYNC, the group that gained the identical honour 20 years in the past.

“I had your dolls!” Swift mentioned to band members together with Lance Bass and Justin Timberlake. “You are pop personified. So to receive this from your golden pop hands, it’s too much.”

Among different winners, rapper Ice Spice was named finest new artist. Stray Kids, a band put collectively by means of a actuality present, gained one of the best Okay-pop award, and SZA scored finest R&B video for Shirt.

Rema and Selena Gomez gained the primary VMA for Afrobeats music for his or her collaboration Calm Down.

Performers on the ceremony, held on the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, included Demi Lovato, Lil Wayne, Olivia Rodrigo, host Nicki Minaj and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, who obtained the Global Icon award.

Minaj, who gained one of the best hip hop video trophy, additionally joined Grandmaster Flash, LL Cool J and different rap luminaries for a multi-song celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of hip hop that concluded with Run DMC’s Walk This Way.

Colombian pop singer Shakira was honoured with the Video Vanguard Award for lifetime achievement. After performing a bilingual medley of her hits together with Hips Don’t Lie and Whenever, Wherever, the singer saluted her followers.

“Thank you so much for being my army and helping me fight all my battles,” she mentioned.

Later, she and fellow Colombian singer Karol G gained finest collaboration for TQG.