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LOS ANGELES: Taylor Swift took house the highest prize on the 2023 MTV Video Tune Awards for her “Anti-Hero” song video on an evening filled with surprises.
“That is implausible. The truth that it is a fan-voted award manner such a lot to me,” Swift stated in her acceptance speech.
“I will be able to’t consider it was once a yr in the past that I introduced the Nighttimes album.”
The display, held on the Prudential Middle in Newark, New Jersey, was once Swift’s from just about the start.
The evening’s first presenters have been none instead of NSYNC, who reunited handy the Best possible Pop Video award to Swift.
In coordinating fits, Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick and JC Chasez shared the degree with Swift.
Bass passed her a friendship bracelet, simply as enthusiasts do on the celebrity’s presentations.
“You might be pop personified,” she informed the crowd.
The evening’s best nominee later returned to the degree to pick out up the Tune of the 12 months trophy for “Anti-Hero” and likewise the Best possible Route award.
Swift took house 9 of the 11 awards she was once up for, together with Artist of the 12 months in a class made up solely of girls nominees for the primary time in VMA historical past.
Her “Karma (Remix)” collaborator, Ice Spice, gained very best new artist.
“Oh my God, that is so cool,” she stated. “I simply wish to thank my munchkins.”
New song was once plentiful all the way through the display.
Host Nicki Minaj carried out her newest unmarried, the dreamy “Closing Time I Noticed You” prior to leaping right into a brand-new tease of a fiery new lure lower from her highly-anticipated “Crimson Friday 2” album.
“I ain’t not anything such as you,” she raps, “I am on an entire different degree.”
Up to Swift ruled, the VMAs centred on song’s world energy.
Okay-pop boy band Day after today X In combination and Brazilian celebrity Anitta premiered their new collaboration, the shiny retro-pop of “Again for Extra.”
Some other Okay-pop crew, Stray Youngsters, introduced their billboard chart hit “S-Magnificence” to the degree, regional Mexicana megastar Peso Pluma carried out “Woman Gaga” and reggaeton technology Karol G delivered “Oki Doki” and “Ta OK (remix).”
Comic Tiffany Haddish offered the award for “Best possible Afrobeats” within the class’s inaugural yr, given to Rema and Selena Gomez for his or her large hit “Calm Down.”
“Africa in the home!” Rema began his acceptance speech.
“Shout out to Fela (Kuti) who began Afrobeats within the first position, and I wish to give a large shout-out to the following era of Afrobeats.”
Gomez stood a couple of toes from the microphone however jumped in when Rema requested her to, telling the gang: “I wish to ship all of my like to Nigeria, thanks.”
Colombian icon Shakira won the Video Forefront Award and carried out a fantastic bilingual medley of her many years of hits.
“MTV, thanks for being this kind of giant a part of my occupation since I used to be most effective 18 years previous,” Shakira stated, additionally thanking her folks and her youngsters, whom she dropped at the display.
“That is for you my other folks, my Latin American other folks, outside and inside this nation,” she stated, switching to Spanish.
“Thanks for uplifting me and for injecting me with such a lot power and such a lot want to transport ahead, I really like you such a lot.”
She additionally took house the award for very best collaboration for “TQG,” her music with Karol G.
The duo gave their acceptance speech solely in Spanish.
“If participating with the mythical Shakira were spectacular, having an award along with her is one thing from some other planet,” Karol G exclaimed.
Diddy won the World Icon Award from Mary J.Blige and his daughter Likelihood Combs.
He’s the 3rd recipient of the award, following the Crimson Sizzling Chili Peppers in 2022 and the Foo Warring parties in 2021.
The mythical rapper additionally carried out on the VMAs for the primary time since 2005.
It was once a fantastic assortment of a few of his greatest hits like “Unhealthy Boy for Existence” and “Mo Cash Mo Issues,” joined through a few of his largest collaborators: Yung Miami, Keyshia Cole, and sweetest of all, his son, King Combs.
“Love wins, y’all, love wins,” he began his speech.
“I began out as a paper boy, I did not know I used to be going to be right here.
” He then led the target market with a chant of “dangerous boy.”
“That is for 30 years,” he endured.
“I pray to God that you just get to do what you like for 30 years.”
Lil Wayne opened the display with a efficiency of his new unmarried “Kat Meals.”
Instantly afterwards, Olivia Rodrigo introduced her “Vampire” song video set to the degree, prior to launching into her cheeky pop-punk unmarried “Get Him Again!” Between the 2 tracks, snippets of her bought singles performed aloud, On the identical second, she was once rushed from the degree in a pre-planned “malfunction,” additional mirroring the “Vampire” video and symbolising a transfer from her first report to her 2nd.
The reside units have been many: Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion introduced “Bongos” to lifestyles with giant choreography; Demi Lovato performed a rock n’ roll medley of her greatest hits: “Middle Assault,” into “Sorry Now not Sorry,” “Cool for the Summer time” prior to the most productive Okay-pop award was once given to Stray Youngsters.
Later, Anitta would win the “very best Latin” award for the second one yr in a row, turning in one of the vital extra endearing acceptance speeches of the evening — “I wanna thank myself,” she laughed.
“As a result of I paintings so laborious!” French Montana used his place as very best R&B presenter along Ashanti to attract consideration to Morocco earthquake reduction, spotlighting a reduction fund that he stated he would in my opinion donate to.
Montana grew up in Morocco.
Close to the top of the display, the MTV Video Tune Awards celebrated 50 years of hip-hop with a star-studded finale efficiency.
Grandmaster Flash and the Livid 5 began with “The Message,” which resulted in Doug E.Contemporary and Slick Rick’s “The Display.”
Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, LL Cool J and DMC of Run-DMC closed it out — an lively birthday celebration of a multigenerational tradition.
LOS ANGELES: Taylor Swift took house the highest prize on the 2023 MTV Video Tune Awards for her “Anti-Hero” song video on an evening filled with surprises.
“That is implausible. The truth that it is a fan-voted award manner such a lot to me,” Swift stated in her acceptance speech.
“I will be able to’t consider it was once a yr in the past that I introduced the Nighttimes album.”googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );
The display, held on the Prudential Middle in Newark, New Jersey, was once Swift’s from just about the start.
The evening’s first presenters have been none instead of NSYNC, who reunited handy the Best possible Pop Video award to Swift.
In coordinating fits, Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick and JC Chasez shared the degree with Swift.
Bass passed her a friendship bracelet, simply as enthusiasts do on the celebrity’s presentations.
“You might be pop personified,” she informed the crowd.
The evening’s best nominee later returned to the degree to pick out up the Tune of the 12 months trophy for “Anti-Hero” and likewise the Best possible Route award.
Swift took house 9 of the 11 awards she was once up for, together with Artist of the 12 months in a class made up solely of girls nominees for the primary time in VMA historical past.
Her “Karma (Remix)” collaborator, Ice Spice, gained very best new artist.
“Oh my God, that is so cool,” she stated. “I simply wish to thank my munchkins.”
New song was once plentiful all the way through the display.
Host Nicki Minaj carried out her newest unmarried, the dreamy “Closing Time I Noticed You” prior to leaping right into a brand-new tease of a fiery new lure lower from her highly-anticipated “Crimson Friday 2” album.
“I ain’t not anything such as you,” she raps, “I am on an entire different degree.”
Up to Swift ruled, the VMAs centred on song’s world energy.
Okay-pop boy band Day after today X In combination and Brazilian celebrity Anitta premiered their new collaboration, the shiny retro-pop of “Again for Extra.”
Some other Okay-pop crew, Stray Youngsters, introduced their billboard chart hit “S-Magnificence” to the degree, regional Mexicana megastar Peso Pluma carried out “Woman Gaga” and reggaeton technology Karol G delivered “Oki Doki” and “Ta OK (remix).”
Comic Tiffany Haddish offered the award for “Best possible Afrobeats” within the class’s inaugural yr, given to Rema and Selena Gomez for his or her large hit “Calm Down.”
“Africa in the home!” Rema began his acceptance speech.
“Shout out to Fela (Kuti) who began Afrobeats within the first position, and I wish to give a large shout-out to the following era of Afrobeats.”
Gomez stood a couple of toes from the microphone however jumped in when Rema requested her to, telling the gang: “I wish to ship all of my like to Nigeria, thanks.”
Colombian icon Shakira won the Video Forefront Award and carried out a fantastic bilingual medley of her many years of hits.
“MTV, thanks for being this kind of giant a part of my occupation since I used to be most effective 18 years previous,” Shakira stated, additionally thanking her folks and her youngsters, whom she dropped at the display.
“That is for you my other folks, my Latin American other folks, outside and inside this nation,” she stated, switching to Spanish.
“Thanks for uplifting me and for injecting me with such a lot power and such a lot want to transport ahead, I really like you such a lot.”
She additionally took house the award for very best collaboration for “TQG,” her music with Karol G.
The duo gave their acceptance speech solely in Spanish.
“If participating with the mythical Shakira were spectacular, having an award along with her is one thing from some other planet,” Karol G exclaimed.
Diddy won the World Icon Award from Mary J.Blige and his daughter Likelihood Combs.
He’s the 3rd recipient of the award, following the Crimson Sizzling Chili Peppers in 2022 and the Foo Warring parties in 2021.
The mythical rapper additionally carried out on the VMAs for the primary time since 2005.
It was once a fantastic assortment of a few of his greatest hits like “Unhealthy Boy for Existence” and “Mo Cash Mo Issues,” joined through a few of his largest collaborators: Yung Miami, Keyshia Cole, and sweetest of all, his son, King Combs.
“Love wins, y’all, love wins,” he began his speech.
“I began out as a paper boy, I did not know I used to be going to be right here.
” He then led the target market with a chant of “dangerous boy.”
“That is for 30 years,” he endured.
“I pray to God that you just get to do what you like for 30 years.”
Lil Wayne opened the display with a efficiency of his new unmarried “Kat Meals.”
Instantly afterwards, Olivia Rodrigo introduced her “Vampire” song video set to the degree, prior to launching into her cheeky pop-punk unmarried “Get Him Again!” Between the 2 tracks, snippets of her bought singles performed aloud, On the identical second, she was once rushed from the degree in a pre-planned “malfunction,” additional mirroring the “Vampire” video and symbolising a transfer from her first report to her 2nd.
The reside units have been many: Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion introduced “Bongos” to lifestyles with giant choreography; Demi Lovato performed a rock n’ roll medley of her greatest hits: “Middle Assault,” into “Sorry Now not Sorry,” “Cool for the Summer time” prior to the most productive Okay-pop award was once given to Stray Youngsters.
Later, Anitta would win the “very best Latin” award for the second one yr in a row, turning in one of the vital extra endearing acceptance speeches of the evening — “I wanna thank myself,” she laughed.
“As a result of I paintings so laborious!” French Montana used his place as very best R&B presenter along Ashanti to attract consideration to Morocco earthquake reduction, spotlighting a reduction fund that he stated he would in my opinion donate to.
Montana grew up in Morocco.
Close to the top of the display, the MTV Video Tune Awards celebrated 50 years of hip-hop with a star-studded finale efficiency.
Grandmaster Flash and the Livid 5 began with “The Message,” which resulted in Doug E.Contemporary and Slick Rick’s “The Display.”
Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, LL Cool J and DMC of Run-DMC closed it out — an lively birthday celebration of a multigenerational tradition.