The pop star Taylor Swift triumphed last night with his song Anti hero during a long awards gala Music Video Awards (VMA) from the female-dominated music channel MTV, hip-hop anniversary celebrations and a last-minute mix-up.
Taylor Swift took her ‘forbidden steps’ during Shakira’s memorable performance at the VMAs: she sang, danced and even demonstrated her sensuality
Taylor Swift, who is doing great with her tour The eraswas the most nominated and lived up to expectations, winning the most coveted awards: artist of the year, music video of the year, song of the year and pop song, but also the direction, because it was she who stood behind – and in front of – the camera.
Swift, who competed for eleven “astronaut” statuettes, ultimately won nine: tIt also won album of the year, best summer show, cinematography and visual effects.
However, MTV sowed confusion when after four hours the gala at the Prudential Center (New Jersey, USA) ended without announcing the winners of several categories, which it later updated on X (formerly Twitter) and on its website without questions from the media .
In general, and despite the unforeseen, It was a special gala for women, who for the first time received all nominations for artist of the year.and especially for Latin American women, who monopolized the stage by collecting awards, such as Shakira, Karol G and Anitta, and give exciting and colorful performances.
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The VMAs are the oldest music awards on the MTV network: They’ve been presented since 1984, so virtually every headliner of the night had an anecdote to share about growing up watching the music television channel, creating an atmosphere of nostalgia.
Meetings such as that of the pop boy band also contributed to this atmosphere. NSYNC or the emo-style rock band Falling out boywhich contrasted with more current names, such as Doja Cat, Peso Pluma, the Mexicans The Warning or the Koreans Stray Kids.
Latin power in music
The Colombian women Shakira won an award in tribute to her career, the Video Vanguard Award, which he dedicated to his “Latin American people”, and later collected another with his compatriot Karol G for their collaboration “TGQ”, in which they remembered Barranquilla and Medellín, their cities.
Shakira ‘rocked’ the MTV Video Music Awards with her sensual hip movement: the Colombian offered a memorable presentation with the best of her repertoire
Shakira starred in one of the gala’s great moments, compressing her hits into a fast-paced 10-minute medley in which she had time to dance, move her famous hips, “surf” the crowd and to climb on stage that rose into the air.
The shows of Anita, which first offered Brazilian funk and then a remarkable collaboration with the group K-pop Tomorrow x Together; Cardi B, who reunited with Meghan Thee Stallion; and Karol G, who made reggaeton resound in the room.
Separately, Fat Joe and Thalía presented the award for the Latin category, in which Anitta repeated for the second year with “Funk rave,” pointing out that “Latin music reached $1 billion in 2022,” a growing popularity clearly reflected in this MTV gala.
hip hop anniversary
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Hip-hop was another headliner to coincide with the genre’s 50th anniversary, with a final concert featuring pioneers such as Grandmaster Flash, LL Cool J, Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj, for which it won the award for the best video clip in this genre Super crazy girl.
A while earlier, P. Diddy, who received the Global Icon Award, discussed his most popular songs, such as I will miss you And last nightin which he was accompanied by Keyshia Cole; and there were also other notable names such as young rapper Ice Spice, best new artist.
MTV presented several awards per music genre and this year saw the premiere of the “afrobeats” award, which went to Nigerian singer Rema for his song Take it easy together with the American of Mexican descent Selena Gomez and which he dedicated to Africa.
Complete list of winners
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Below you will find the full list of nominees and winners for each of the categories presented this Tuesday:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Winner: Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero”
Doja Cat – “Attention”
Miley Cyrus – “Flowers”
Nicki Minaj – “Super Freaky Girl”
Olivia Rodrigo – “vampire”
Sam Smith, Kim Petras – “Unholy”
SZA – “Kill Bill”
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Taylor Swift
Beyoncé
Doja cat
Carol G
Nicki Minaj
Shakira
SONG OF THE YEAR
Winner: Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero”
Miley Cyrus – “”Flowers”
Olivia Rodrigo – “vampire”
Rema and Selena Gómez – “Calm Down”
Sam Smith, Kim Petras – “Unholy”
Steve Lacy – “Bad Habit”
SZA – “Kill Bill”
BEST NEW ARTIST
Winner: Ice Spice
Glorilla
Kaliiii
Light as a feather
pink pantherin
Renee Rap
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: Renée Rapp – “Colorado”
January 2023: Sam Ryder – “All The Way Over”
February 2023: Armani White – “GOATED”
March 2023: Fletcher – “Becky’s So Hot”
Winners: April 2023: Tomorrow X Together – “Sugar Rush Ride”
May 2023: Ice Spice – “Princess Diana”
June 2023: FLO – “I Lose You”
July 2023: Lauren Spencer Smith – “That Part”
BEST COLLABORATION
Winners: Karol G, Shakira – “TQG”
David Guetta and Bebe Rexha – “I’m Good (Blue)”
Post Malone, Doja Cat – “I Like You (A Happier Song)”
Diddy ft. Bryson Tiller, Ashanti, Yung Miami – “Gotta Move On”
Metro Boomin featuring The Weeknd, 21 Savage and Diddy – “Creeping’ (Remix)”
Rema and Selena Gómez – “Calm Down”
BEST POP
Winner: Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero”
Demi Lovato – “Boar”
Dua Lipa – “Dance The Night (from Barbie the album)”
Ed Sheeran – “Eyes Closed”
Miley Cyrus – “Flowers”
Olivia Rodrigo – “vampire”
P!NK – “Trust Trap”
BEST HIP-HOP
Winner: Nicki Minaj – “Super Freaky Girl”
Diddy ft. Bryson Tiller, Ashanti, Yung Miami – “Gotta Move On”
DJ Khaled with Drake and Lil Baby – “Staying Alive”
GloRilla and Cardi B – “Tomorrow 2″
Lil Uzi Vert – “Just Wanna Rock”
Lil Wayne ft. Swizz Beatz and DMX – “Kant Nobody”
Metro Boomin ft Future – “Superhero (heroes and villains)”
BEST R&B
Winner: SZA – “Shirt”
Alicia Keys featuring Lucky Daye – “Stay”
Chloe with Chris Brown – “How does it feel?”
Metro Boomin featuring The Weeknd, 21 Savage and Diddy – “Creepin’ (Remix)”
Toosii – “Favorite song”
Yung Blue and Nicki Minaj
BEST ALTERNATIVE
Winners: Lana Del Rey with Jon Batiste – “Candy Necklace”
Blink-182 – “Edges”
boygenius – “the movie”
Fall Out Boy – “Hold Me Like a Grudge”
Paramore – “This is why”
Thirty Seconds to Mars – “Fixed”
BEST ROCK
Winner: Måneskin – “The Loneliest”
Foo Fighters – “The Teacher”
Linkin Park – “Lost (Original Version)”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Tippa My Tongue”
Metallica – “Lux Æterna”
Muse – “You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween”
DEAR LATIN
Winner: Anitta – “Funk Rave”
Bad Bunny – “Where She Goes”
Armed Link, Featherweight – “She Dances Alone”
Bad Bunny – “un x100to”
Karol G, Shakira – “TQG”
Rosalía – “Desphá”
BEST K-POP
Winner: Stray Kids – “S-Class”
aespa – “Girls”
BLACKPINK – “Pink Venom”
FIFTY FIFTY – “Cupid”
SEVENTEEN – “Super”
TOMORROW X TOGETHER – “Sugar Rush Ride”
BEST AFROBEATS
Winners: Rema & Selena Gomez – “Calm Down”
Ayra Starr – “Rush”
Burna Boy – “It’s Enough”
Davido ft. Musa Keys – “Unavailable”
Fireboy DML & Asake – “Bandana”
Libyaca – “People”
Wizkid ft. Ayra Starr – “2 Sugar.”
Source: Eluniverso
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