Taylor Swift Takes MTV's Top Award
2023-09-14
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1Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) for her Anti-Hero music video.
2The music network's yearly awards show took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
3"This is unbelievable. The fact that this is a fan-voted award means so much to me," Swift said in her acceptance speech.
4"I can't believe it was a year ago that I announced the Midnights album."
5The night's first presenters were from the male musical act NSYNC. They reunited to hand the best pop video award to Swift.
6Swift received the most nominations of any performer.
7Swift later returned to the stage to receive the song of the year award for Anti-hero and also the best direction award.
8The performer received nine awards in total.
9Those included artist of the year in a group of nominees made up of women for the first time on the VMA show.
10Ice Spice, who worked with Swift on Karma (Remix), won best new artist.
11New music filled the show with songs from Nicki Minaj who also was the host.
12Minaj performed the new song Last Time I saw You.
13She then performed a piece from her upcoming Pink Friday 2 album.
14The award show centered on showing music's international power. K-pop, or Korean pop, boy group Tomorrow X Together and Brazilian artist Anitta introduced a new song together, Back for More.
15Another K-pop group, Stray Kids, performed the song S-Class.
16Mexican singer Peso Pluma performed a song called Lady Gaga and Colombian singer Karol G sang Oki Doki and another song Tá OK (remix).
17Tiffany Haddish presented the award for "Best Afrobeats," a new award group.
18Afrobeats is music with influences from Africa and Black American culture.
19Rema and Selena Gomez won the award for the popular song Calm Down.
20"Africa in the house!" Rema said in his acceptance speech.
21Gomez said, "I want to send all of my love to Nigeria, thank you."
22Colombian star Shakira received the Video Vanguard Award and performed a mix of her popular songs.
23"MTV, thank you for being such a big part of my career since I was only 18 years old," Shakira said.
24She also thanked her parents and her children, who she brought to the show.
25"This is for you my people, my Latin American people, inside and outside this country," she said in the Spanish language.
26Diddy received the Global Icon Award from Mary J. Blige and his daughter Chance Combs.
27He is the third act to receive the award, after the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2022 and the Foo Fighters in 2021.
28The artist also performed at the VMAs for the first time since 2005.
29The performance was a collection of some of his most popular songs like Bad Boy for Life and Mo Money Mo Problems.
30Lil Wayne opened the show with a performance of his new single Kat Food.
31Olivia Rodrigo then brought her Vampire music video to the stage before performing Get Him Back!
32Later, Anitta would win the "best Latin" award for the second year.
33In her acceptance speech, she laughed, saying, "I wanna thank myself."
34And she added, "Because I work so hard!"
35French Montana, a performer who presented an award, brought attention to an effort to provide aid to victims of the Morocco earthquake.
36The performer grew up in Morocco.
37The VMA show ended with a celebration of 50 years of the musical form hip-hop.
38It included Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, LL Cool J, and DMC of Run-DMC.
39I'm Gregory Stachel.
1Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) for her Anti-Hero music video. 2The music network's yearly awards show took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. 3"This is unbelievable. The fact that this is a fan-voted award means so much to me," Swift said in her acceptance speech. "I can't believe it was a year ago that I announced the Midnights album." 4The night's first presenters were from the male musical act NSYNC. They reunited to hand the best pop video award to Swift. 5Swift received the most nominations of any performer. Swift later returned to the stage to receive the song of the year award for Anti-hero and also the best direction award. 6The performer received nine awards in total. Those included artist of the year in a group of nominees made up of women for the first time on the VMA show. 7Ice Spice, who worked with Swift on Karma (Remix), won best new artist. 8New music filled the show with songs from Nicki Minaj who also was the host. Minaj performed the new song Last Time I saw You. She then performed a piece from her upcoming Pink Friday 2 album. 9The award show centered on showing music's international power. K-pop, or Korean pop, boy group Tomorrow X Together and Brazilian artist Anitta introduced a new song together, Back for More. 10Another K-pop group, Stray Kids, performed the song S-Class. Mexican singer Peso Pluma performed a song called Lady Gaga and Colombian singer Karol G sang Oki Doki and another song Tá OK (remix). 11Tiffany Haddish presented the award for "Best Afrobeats," a new award group. Afrobeats is music with influences from Africa and Black American culture. Rema and Selena Gomez won the award for the popular song Calm Down. 12"Africa in the house!" Rema said in his acceptance speech. Gomez said, "I want to send all of my love to Nigeria, thank you." 13Colombian star Shakira received the Video Vanguard Award and performed a mix of her popular songs. 14"MTV, thank you for being such a big part of my career since I was only 18 years old," Shakira said. She also thanked her parents and her children, who she brought to the show. 15"This is for you my people, my Latin American people, inside and outside this country," she said in the Spanish language. 16Diddy received the Global Icon Award from Mary J. Blige and his daughter Chance Combs. He is the third act to receive the award, after the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2022 and the Foo Fighters in 2021. 17The artist also performed at the VMAs for the first time since 2005. The performance was a collection of some of his most popular songs like Bad Boy for Life and Mo Money Mo Problems. 18Lil Wayne opened the show with a performance of his new single Kat Food. Olivia Rodrigo then brought her Vampire music video to the stage before performing Get Him Back! 19Later, Anitta would win the "best Latin" award for the second year. In her acceptance speech, she laughed, saying, "I wanna thank myself." And she added, "Because I work so hard!" 20French Montana, a performer who presented an award, brought attention to an effort to provide aid to victims of the Morocco earthquake. The performer grew up in Morocco. 21The VMA show ended with a celebration of 50 years of the musical form hip-hop. It included Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, LL Cool J, and DMC of Run-DMC. 22I'm Gregory Stachel. 23Maria Sherman reported this story for The Associated Press. Gregory Stachel adapted the story for VOA Learning English. 24___________________________________________________ 25Words in This Story 26pop - n. music that is popular 27host - n. a person who talks to guests on a television or radio show 28hip-hop - n. rap music