Taylor Swift dominated the 2023 MTV VMAs. On September 12, Taylor Swift took home the award for video of the year from the MTV Video Music Awards for the second year in a row.
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00:00 Taylor Swift dominates the 2023 MTV VMAs.
00:07 On September 12, Taylor Swift took home the award for Video of the Year from the MTV Video
00:10 Music Awards for the second year in a row.
00:15 However, CNN reports that Swift took a break from her Eros tour to appear at the event
00:20 in New Jersey to accept her Moonman trophy.
00:23 In 2022, Swift won Video of the Year for her "All Too Well" music video.
00:32 This year, she took home the same award for her "Antihero" music video.
00:39 Swift ended up taking home three other awards at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards including
00:43 Best Pop, Best Direction, and Song of the Year.
00:46 "I am so, so happy because this is validating my favorite part of what I get to do," she
00:54 said.
00:55 Swift was also nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Editing, and Artist
00:59 of the Year.
01:01 After releasing her latest album, Midnight, Swift claimed all of the top ten spots on
01:04 the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
01:08 CNN reports that Swift became the first artist to ever achieve this accomplishment in the
01:12 64-year history of Billboard.
01:16 Previously on the MTV VMAs, Swift's acceptance speech for the Best Female Video Award was
01:20 interrupted by Kanye West in 2009.
01:23 In 2015, Swift and West briefly made amends when she presented Ye with the Michael Jackson
01:29 Video Vanguard Award.
01:29 "I'm so, so happy because this is validating my favorite part of what I get to do," she
01:36 said.
01:37 "I am so, so happy because this is validating my favorite part of what I get to do."