The wait is finally over as the highly anticipated VMA 2023 announced its amazing awardees!
The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) announced its winners for this year at an extravagant awards night. It happened at the Prudential Center in New Jersey on Tuesday, September 12.
VMAs started with an hour-and-a-half-long pre-show hosted by Saweetie alongside Dometi Pongo, Kevan Kenney, and Nessa. NLE Choppa and Sabrina Carpenter put on the show starter with their stage presence and performances to welcome the crowd to the night’s vibe.
A total of 27 categories were presented for the VMAs. And as the show’s theme for the year also pays tribute in celebration of HipHop’s 50th anniversary, queen of rap Nicki Minaj was chosen to take center stage as the night’s emcee.
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The Biggest Comebacks
One thing that made this year’s VMAs special is the return of the icons. Shakira and Sean “Diddy” Combs were given honorary awards, including the prestigious Video Vanguard Award and the Global Icon Award.
The two also had their much-awaited performances after 15 years.
The Music Melting Pot
The award show then sheds light on the rap and hip-hop industry; pulling up the rap card, legend Lil Wayne shared the stage with multi-awarded producer Metro Boomin, plus fellow rappers Swae Lee, NAV, Future, and Boogie Wit Da Hoodie.
Cardi B also made the crowd wild as she performed her latest single, “Bongos,” featuring Megan Thee Stallion.
It is a mix of everything in the music scene as the audiences also jived and went loco over Latin music as Karol G, Anitta, and Peso Pluma performed. Hyped-up rock fans enjoyed performances from Fall Out Boy and Maneskin.
Other performances are from pop stars Demi Lovato, Olivia Rodrigo, and Doja Cat. In the country music scene, Kelsea Ballerini represented the genre.
Meanwhile, a star-studded performance of K-Pop groups TOMORROW X TOGETHER and STRAY KIDS excited the Hallyu fans.
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The Moon Man Goes To
The winners have been announced for each category, of which Taylor Swift took the lead and bagged nine wins.
This includes Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for “Midnights” and Best Collaboration for her song “I Bet “You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version),” and seven awards for her single “Anti Hero” for Video of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, and Best Editing.
Here are the winners of the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards:
- PUSH Performance of the Year Winner: TOMORROW X TOGETHER – “Sugar Rush Ride”
- Video for Good Winner: Dove Cameron – “Breakfast”
- Best K-Pop Winner: Stray Kids – “S-Class”
- Best R&B Winner: SZA – “Shirt”
- Best Latin Winner: Anitta – “Funk Rave”
- Best Afrobeats Winner: Rema & Selena Gomez – “Calm Down”
- Best Hip-Hop Winner: Nicki Minaj – “Super Freaky Girl”
- Best Collaboration Winner: KAROL G, Shakira – “TQG”
- Best New Artist Winner: Ice Spice
- Best Rock Winner: Måneskin – THE LONELIEST
- Best Art Direction Winner: Doja Cat – “Attention” Art Direction by Spencer Graves
- Song of Summer Winner: Jung Kook of BTS ft. Latto – “Seven”
- Group of the Year Winner: BLACKPINK
- Best Alternative Winner: Lana Del Rey ft. Jon Batiste – “Candy Necklace”
- Best Editing Winner: Olivia Rodrigo – “Vampire” Edited by Sofia Kerpan & David Checel
- Best Choreography Winner: BLACKPINK – “Pink Venom” Choreography by Kiel Tutin, Sienna Lalau, Lee Jung (YGX), Taryn Cheng (YGX)
Meanwhile, Variety reported the VMA 2023 was recorded to have garnered 865,000 viewers compared to 630,000 in 2022.
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Who do you think deserves to take home the moon person next year?
Source: MTV
