The MTV Video Music Awards – VMAs 2023 took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, yesterday night September 12. And the MTV VMAs 2023 winners list is officially revealed now. Check out the list below.
This year, Taylor Swift led the pack both in nominations and wins, with eight nods in all surrounding 2022’s “Anti-Hero.” She won seven of her eight main awards, losing Best Editing to Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire.”
Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo, Miley Cyrus, and Nicki Minaj were all up for multiple trophies this year, and the latest pool of first-time nominees included Best New Artist winner Ice Spice as well as Boygenius, GloRilla, Flo Milli, and more. Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bad Bunny, Lana Del Rey, Diddy, and Janelle Monáe were returning nominees for 2023, too.
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MTV VMAs 2023 Full Winners List Here:
Video of the Year
- Doja Cat – Attention
- Miley Cyrus – Flowers
- Nicki Minaj – Super Freaky Girl
- Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
- Sam Smith & Kim Petras – Unholy
- SZA – Kill Bill
- WINNER: Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Artist of the Year
- Beyoncé
- Doja Cat
- Karol G
- Nicki Minaj
- Shakira
- WINNER: Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
- Miley Cyrus – Flowers
- Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
- Rema & Selena Gomez – Calm Down
- Sam Smith & Kim Petras – Unholy
- Steve Lacy – Bad Habit
- SZA – Kill Bill
- WINNER: Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Best New Artist
- GloRilla
- WINNER: Ice Spice
- Kaliii
- Peso Pluma
- PinkPantheress
- Reneé Rapp
Best Direction
- Doja Cat – Attention (dir. Tanu Muño)
- Drake – Falling Back (dir. Director X)
- Kendrick Lamar – Count Me Out (dir. Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar)
- Megan Thee Stallion – Her (dir. Colin Tilley)
- Sam Smith & Kim Petras – Unholy (dir. Floria Sigismondi)
- SZA – Kill Bill (dir. Christian Breslauer)
- WINNER: Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero (dir. Taylor Swift)
Best Collaboration
- David Guetta & Bebe Rexha – I’m Good (Blue)
- Post Malone & Doja Cat – I Like You (A Happier Song)
- Diddy Featuring Bryson Tiller, Ashanti & Yung Miami – Gotta Move On
- WINNER: Karol G & Shakira – TQG
- Metro Boomin Featuring The Weeknd, 21 Savage and Diddy – Creepin’ (Remix)
- Rema & Selena Gomez – Calm Down
Best Hip-Hop
- Diddy Featuring Bryson Tiller, Ashanti & Yung Miami – Gotta Move On
- DJ Khaled Featuring Drake & Lil Baby – Staying Alive
- Glorilla & Cardi B – Tomorrow 2
- Lil Uzi Vert – Just Wanna Rock
- Lil Wayne Featuring Swizz Beatz & DMX – Kant Nobody
- Metro Boomin Featuring Future – Superhero (Heroes and Villains)
- WINNER: Nicki Minaj – Super Freaky Girl
Best Afrobeats
- Ayra Starr – Rush
- Burna Boy – It’s Plenty
- Davido ft. Musa Keys – Unavailable
- Fireboy DML & Asake – Bandana
- Libianca – People
- WINNER: Rema & Selena Gomez – Calm Down
- Wizkid Featuring Ayra Starr – 2 Sugar
Best Latin
- WINNER: Anitta – Funk Rave
- Bad Bunny – Where She Goes
- Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma – Ella Baila Sola
- Grupo Frontera & Bad Bunny – Un X100to
- Karol G & Shakira – TQG
- Rosalía – Despechá
- Shakira – Acróstico
Best R&B
- Alicia Keys Featuring Lucky Daye – Stay
- Chlöe Featuring Chris Brown – How Does It Feel
- Metro Boomin Featuring The Weeknd, 21 Savage & Diddy – Creepin’ (Remix)
- WINNER: SZA – Shirt
- Toosii – Favorite Song
- Yung Bleu & Nicki Minaj – Love in the Way
Best K-Pop
- Aespa – Girls
- Blackpink – Pink Venom
- Fiffty Fifty – Cupid
- Seventeen – Super
- WINNER: Stray Kids – S-Class
- Tomorrow X Together – Sugar Rush Ride
Best Pop
- Demi Lovato – Swine
- Dua Lipa – Dance the Night
- Ed Sheeran – Eyes Closed
- Miley Cyrus – Flowers
- Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
- P!nk – Trustfall
- WINNER: Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Best Alternative
- Blink-182 – Edging
- Boygenius – The Film
- Fall Out Boy – Hold Me Like a Grudge
- WINNER: Lana Del Rey Featuring Jon Batiste – Candy Necklace
- Paramore – This Is Why
- Thirty Seconds to Mars – Stuck
Best Rock
- Foo Fighters – The Teacher
- Linkin Park – Lost (Original Version)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Tippa My Tongue
- WINNER: Måneskin – The Loneliest
- Metallica – Lux Æterna
- Muse – You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween
Best Cinematography
- Adele – I Drink Wine
- Ed Sheeran – Eyes Closed
- Janelle Monáe – Lipstick Lover
- Kendrick Lamar – Count Me Out
- Miley Cyrus – Flowers
- Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
- WINNER: Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Best Visual Effects
- Fall Out Boy – Love From the Other Side
- Harry Styles – Music for a Sushi Restaurant
- Melanie Martinez – Void
- Nicki Minaj – Super Freaky Girl
- Sam Smith & Kim Petras – Unholy
- WINNER: Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Best Choreography
- WINNER: Blackpink – Pink Venom
- Dua Lipa – Dance the Night
- Jonas Brothers – Waffle House
- Megan Thee Stallion – Her
- Panic! at the Disco – Middle of a Breakup
- Sam Smith & Kim Petras – Unholy
Best Art Direction
- Boygenius – The Film
- Blackpink – Pink Venom
- WINNER: Doja Cat – Attention
- Lana Del Rey Featuring Jon Batiste – Candy Necklace
- Megan Thee Stallion – Her
- SZA – Shirt
Best Editing
- Blackpink – Pink Venom
- Kendrick Lamar – Rich Spirit
- Miley Cyrus – River
- WINNER: Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
- SZA – Kill Bill
- Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Video for Good
- Alicia Keys – If I Ain’t Got You (Orchestral)
- Bad Bunny – El Apagón – Aquí Vive Gente
- Demi Lovato – Swine
- WINNER: Dove Cameron – Breakfast
- Imagine Dragons – “Crushed
- Maluma – La Reina
Push Performance of the Year
- August 2022: Saucy Santana – Booty
- September 2022: Stephen Sanchez – Until I Found You
- October 2022: Jvke – Golden Hour
- November 2022: Flo Milli – Conceited
- December 2022: Reneé Rapp – Colorado
- January 2023: Sam Ryder – All the Way Over
- February 2023: Armani White – Goated
- March 2023: Fletcher – Becky’s So Hot
- WINNER: April 2023: Tomorrow X Together – Sugar Rush Ride
- May 2023: Ice Spice – Princess Diana
- June 2023: Flo – Losing You
- July 2023: Lauren Spencer Smith – That Part
Show of the Summer (Social Only)
- Beyoncé
- Blackpink
- Drake
- Ed Sheeran
- Karol G
- WINNER: Taylor Swift
Group of the Year (Social Only)
- WINNER: Blackpink
- Fifty Fifty
- Flo
- Jonas Brothers
- Måneskin
- NewJeans
- Seventeen
- Tomorrow x Together
Album of the Year (Social Only)
- Beyoncé – Renaissance
- Drake & 21 Savage – Her Loss
- Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains
- Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
- SZA – SOS
- WINNER: Taylor Swift – Midnights
Song of the Summer (Social Only)
- Beyoncé – Cuff It
- Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
- Doja Cat – Paint the Town Red
- Doechii Featuring Kodak Black – What It Is
- Dua Lipa – Dance the Night
- Fifty Fifty – Cupid
- Gunna – Fukumean
- WINNER: Jung Kook Featuring Latto – Seven
- Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice – Barbie World
- Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
- SZA – Kill Bill
- Taylor Swift Featuring Ice Spice – Karma
- Tomorrow x Together & Jonas Brothers – Do It Like That
- Luke Combs – Fast Car
- Troye Sivan – Rush
- Yng Lvcas & Peso Pluma – La Bebé (Remix)
