Pop star Taylor Swift triumphed at the MTV Music Video Awards on Tuesday with the song “Anti-Hero,” in a gala dominated by women, hip-hop celebrations and last-minute confusion.
Taylor Swift, currently in the spotlight with her “The Eras” tour, took home the most coveted awards: Artist of the Year, Video of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Song and Performance.
Swift won nine of the seven awards she was nominated for: she also won album of the year, best summer show, cinematography and visual effects.
And the #VMA for Video Of The Year goes to… ‘Anti-Hero’ by Taylor Swift! pic.twitter.com/UY6CVzxCy7
-MTV (@MTV) September 13, 2023
This night is sparkling, and so is everyone else @taylorswift13‘S #VMAs pic.twitter.com/ogITWpfKPE
-MTV (@MTV) September 13, 2023
However, MTV sowed confusion when after four hours the gala at the Prudential Center in New Jersey, United States, ended without announcing the winners in various categories, which they then updated on the social network X (formerly Twitter) and on social media. the website itself, without responding to questions from the media.
The gala turned out to be special for women, who absolutely dominated all nominations for artist of the year, and especially for Latinas, who took over the stage and stood out all night, such as Shakira, Karol G and the Brazilian Anita.
Colombian Shakira took home the Video Vanguard Award in honor of her career, which she dedicated to the “Latin American people”, then collected another with her compatriot Karol G for the collaboration “TGQ”, in which she featured Barranquilla and commemorated Medellín. their cities.
A real dream team!!! congratulations for @Shakira And @karolg when winning the #VMA for the best cooperation pic.twitter.com/UfuSaHnNCE
– Video Music Awards (@vmas) September 13, 2023
.@SHAKIRA DID THAT
She stuck the #VMAs on stage with her Vanguard performance!! pic.twitter.com/RgaXbHkmId
– Video Music Awards (@vmas) September 13, 2023
In addition to Shakira’s performance, Anitta’s was another highlight, followed by Cardi B and Karol G.
Fat Joe and Thalia presented the award in the Latin category, with Anitta repeating her win for the second year with “Funk rave”.
“I want to thank myself for working so hard.”
PERIOD OF TIME! @Anitta takes it home #VMA for Best Latin ❤️ pic.twitter.com/qSVla3SJFj
-MTV (@MTV) September 13, 2023
Hip-hop was also a star as its 50th anniversary was celebrated, with a closing concert featuring pioneers like Grandmaster Flash, LL Cool J, Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj, who took home the award for the genre’s best music video for ” Super Strange girl”.
Previously, P. Diddy, who received the Global Icon Award, recalled his most popular songs on stage, such as “I’ll be miss you” and “Last night”, accompanied by Keyshia Cole; and there were other notable names, such as young rapper Ice Spice, who won best new artist.
MTV awarded several awards by musical genre and debuted this year with the “Afrobeats” award, given to Nigerian singer Rema for the song “Calm Down”, featuring Mexican-North American Selena Gomez.
The MTV Awards date back to 1984.
Source: DN
