American megastar Taylor Swift and Colombian artist Shakira emerged Tuesday night near New York as the big winners of the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards.
Award for best song, best pop music, best direction and award for best video clip for its success anti hero: In total, Taylor Swift won no less than nine awards (out of eleven nominations) during this ceremony that took place in a stadium in Newark, New Jersey.
“C’est incroyable”, a lancé la superstar multimillionnaire et aux dizaines de millions d’abonnés sur les réseaux sociaux, en acceptant le prix le most important de la soirée, celui du meilleur clip vidéo, qu’elle avait déjà reporté en 2022 for Too good: the short film.
Shakira, another great winner
Another star of the year, the artist Shakira, 46, won the most prestigious award of the evening, that of “Video Vanguardia”, which rewards innovations in the audiovisual recording industry.
Wearing a long, very airy and shiny dress, the Colombian singer ended her performance by taking a walk to a platform that elevated her above the audience.
“Thank you MTV. Thank you for playing such an important role in my career since I was 18 years old,” he exclaimed.
It was the rapper Lil Wayne, originally from Harlem, who opened the annual edition of the MTV VMAs. The one who triumphed on stage thus received an award for his long career in rap. “He’s so surreal. I started out as a paperboy,” the 53-year-old rapper said.
Hip-hop in the spotlight
New York hip hop artist Nicki Minaj set Neward Stadium on fire for the second year in a row, where she performed her new single live, Last time I saw you, which will appear on their next album scheduled for November. She also won best hip-hop video for super weird girl.
In addition, several hip-hop stars performed during the evening to celebrate 50 years of this musical genre born in the Bronx. Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, DMC, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and LL Cool J closed the ceremony with a joint performance. The Global Icon Award went to Diddy, another figure in the sector.
The award for best R&B video went to the artist SZA for Shirtwhile South Korean group Stray Kids won the award for best K-pop music video before triumphing on stage.
Nigerian Rema won the award for best afrobeats video, a new category, for his single Take it easy with Selena Gomez. The song surpassed one billion streams on Spotify over the weekend. “It means a lot to see Afrobeats grow so much,” Rema said when accepting the award.
Source: BFM TV
