“I started out as a paper boy, I didn't know I was going to be here.” He then led the audience with a chant of “bad boy.” “Love wins, y'all, love wins,” he started his speech. It was an incredible collection of some of his biggest hits like “Bad Boy for Life” and “Mo Money Mo Problems,” joined by some of his greatest collaborators: Yung Miami, Keyshia Cole, and sweetest of all, his son, King Combs. The legendary rapper also performed at the VMAs for the first time since 2005. He is third recipient of the award, following the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2022 and the Foo Fighters in 2021. “If collaborating with the legendary Shakira had been impressive, having an award with her is something from another planet," Karol G exclaimed.ĭiddy received the Global Icon Award from Mary J. The duo gave their acceptance speech entirely in Spanish. She also took home the award for best collaboration for “TQG,” her song with Karol G. "Thank you for inspiring me and for injecting me with so much strength and so much desire to move forward, I love you so much.” “This is for you my people, my Latin American people, inside and outside this country,” she said, switching to Spanish.
“MTV, thank you for being such a big part of my career since I was only 18 years old,” Shakira said, also thanking her parents and her children, who she brought to the show.
53” with Bizarrap among them - in a set introduced by her “Hips Don’t Lie” collaborator Wyclef Jean. Gomez stood a few feet from the microphone but jumped in when Rema asked her to, telling the crowd: “I want to send all of my love to Nigeria, thank you."Ĭolombian icon Shakira received the Video Vanguard Award and performed an incredible bilingual medley of her decades of hits - “She Wolf,” her collaboration with Rauw Alejandro “Te Felicito,” the viral, record-breaking “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. “Shout out to Fela (Kuti) who started Afrobeats in the first place…and I want to give a big shout out to the next generation of Afrobeats.” “Africa in the house!” Rema started his acceptance speech. K-pop boy band Tomorrow X Together and Brazilian superstar Anitta premiered their new collaboration, the glossy retro-pop of “Back for More.”Īnother K-pop group, Stray Kids, brought “S-Class" to the stage, regional Mexicana star Peso Pluma performed “Lady Gaga” and reggaetonera Karol G delivered “Oki Doki” and “Tá OK (remix),"Ĭomedian Tiffany Haddish presented the award for “Best Afrobeats” in the category’s inaugural year, given to Rema and Selena Gomez for their massive hit “Calm Down.” “I ain’t nothing like you,” she raps, “I’m on a whole other level.”Īs much as Swift dominated, the VMAs centered on music's global power. Host Nicki Minaj performed her latest single, the dreamy “Last Time I Saw You” before jumping into a brand-new tease of a fiery new trap cut from her highly-anticipated “Pink Friday 2” album. New music was abundant throughout the show. Her “Karma (Remix)” collaborator, Ice Spice, won best new artist. Swift took home nine of the 11 awards she was up for, including artist of the year in a category made up entirely of women nominees for the first time in VMA history. The night’s top nominee later returned to the stage to pick up the song of the year trophy for “Anti-Hero” and also the best direction award. “You’re pop personified,” she told the group. Bass handed her a friendship bracelet, just as fans do at the superstar’s shows. In coordinating suits, Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick and JC Chasez shared the stage with Swift. The night's first presenters were none other than NSYNC, who reunited to hand the best pop video award to Swift. The show, held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, was Swift's from nearly the beginning. “I can't believe it was a year ago that I announced the ‘Midnights’ album.” The fact that this is a fan-voted award means so much to me,” Swift said in her acceptance speech.
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Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards for her “Anti-Hero” music video on a night full of surprises.
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