MTV Video Music Awards: Taylor Swift wins Song of the Year for ‘Anti-Hero’; check out the other winners

The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards were held in New Jersey on September 12 with Nicki Minaj hosting the show, as well as performing, at the Prudential Center.

Taylor Swift, who was the most nominated artist of the year with a whopping 11 nods, made VMAs history as she took home the ‘Video of the Year’ award for ‘Anti-Hero’, making her the first artist to win four times. She also won the Song of the Year award.

Boy band NSYNC reunited on stage after 13 years to present the first award for Best Pop Video, which also went to Taylor Swift.

Nicki Minaj won the VMAs award for Best Hip-Hop for her song ‘Super Freaky Girl’. Rema and Selena Gomez won the award for Best Afrobeats for their hit track ‘Calm Down’. They won the first-ever Afrobeats award at the VMAs.

Shakira received the Video Vanguard Award and performed an incredible bilingual medley of her decades of hits.

Check out the other winners here:

GLOBAL ICON AWARD:

Sean "Diddy" Combs

VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD:

WINNER: Shakira

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Taylor Swift – "Anti-Hero"

SONG OF THE YEAR

Taylor Swift – "Anti-Hero"

BEST NEW ARTIST

WINNER: Ice Spice - 10K Projects / Capitol Records

PUSH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

WINNER: April 2023: TOMORROW X TOGETHER – "Sugar Rush Ride" – BIGHIT MUSIC / Republic Records

BEST COLLABORATION

WINNER: KAROL G, Shakira – "TQG" – Universal Music Latino

BEST POP

WINNER: Taylor Swift – "Anti-Hero" – Republic Records

BEST HIP-HOP

WINNER: Nicki Minaj – "Super Freaky Girl" – Republic Records

BEST R&B

WINNER: SZA – "Shirt" – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records

BEST ROCK

WINNER: Måneskin – "THE LONELIEST" – Arista Records

BEST LATIN

WINNER: Anitta – "Funk Rave" – Republic Records

BEST K-POP

WINNER: Stray Kids – "S-Class" – JYP / Republic

BEST AFROBEATS

WINNER: Rema & Selena Gomez – "Calm Down" – Mavin Global Holdings Ltd / Jonzing World Entertainment / SMG Music / Interscope Records

VIDEO FOR GOOD

WINNER: Dove Cameron - "Breakfast"

BEST DIRECTION

WINNER: Taylor Swift – "Anti-Hero" – Republic Records - Directed by Taylor Swift