MTV Video Music Awards Winners 2023

Video of the year

• Doja Cat — “Attention”
• Miley Cyrus — “Flowers”
• Nicki Minaj — “Super Freaky Girl”
• Olivia Rodrigo — “vampire”
• Sam Smith, Kim Petras — “Unholy”
• SZA — “Kill Bill”
• WINNER: Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero”

Artist of the year

• Beyoncé
• Doja Cat
• KAROL G
• Nicki Minaj
• Shakira
• WINNER: Taylor Swift

Song of the year

• Miley Cyrus — “Flowers”
• Olivia Rodrigo — “vampire”
• Rema & Selena Gomez — “Calm Down”
• Sam Smith, Kim Petras — “Unholy”
• Steve Lacy — “Bad Habit”
• SZA — “Kill Bill”
• WINNER: Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero”

Best new artist

• GloRilla
• WINNER: Ice Spice
• Kaliii
• Peso Pluma
• PinkPantheress
• Reneé Rapp

Show of the summer

• Beyoncé
• BLACKPINK
• Drake
• Ed Sheeran
• Karol G
• WINNER: Taylor Swift

Group of the year

• WINNER: BLACKPINK
• FIFTY FIFTY
• FLO
• Jonas Brothers
• Måneskin
• NewJeans
• SEVENTEEN
• TOMORROW x TOGETHER

Song of the summer

• Beyoncé — “Cuff It”
• Billie Eilish — “What Was I Made For? (From The Motion Picture Barbie)”
• Doja Cat — “Paint the Town Red”
• Doechii ft. Kodak Black — “What It Is (Block Boy)”
• Dua Lipa — “Dance the Night (From Barbie The Album)”
• FIFTY FIFTY — “Cupid”
• Gunna — “fukumean”
• WINNER: Jung Kook ft. Latto — “Seven”
• Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice– “Barbie World (with Aqua) [From Barbie The Album]”
• Olivia Rodrigo — “vampire”
• SZA — “Kill Bill”
• Taylor Swift ft. Ice Spice — “Karma”
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER and Jonas Brothers — “Do It Like That”
• Luke Combs — “Fast Car”
• Troye Sivan — “Rush”
• Yng Lvcas & Peso Pluma — “La Bebe (Remix)”

Album of the year

• Beyoncé — “Renaissance”
• Drake & 21 Savage — “Her Loss”
• Metro Boomin — “Heroes & Villains”
• Miley Cyrus — “Endless Summer Vacation”
• SZA — “SOS”
• WINNER: Taylor Swift — “Midnights”

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: Reneé Rapp — “Colorado”
• January 2023: Sam Ryder — “All The Way Over”
• February 2023: Armani White — “GOATED”
• March 2023: FLETCHER — “Becky’s So Hot”
• WINNER: April 2023: TOMORROW X TOGETHER — “Sugar Rush Ride”
• May 2023: Ice Spice — “Princess Diana”
• June 2023: FLO — “Losing You”
• July 2023: Lauren Spencer Smith — “That Part”

Best collaboration

• David Guetta & 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”
• WINNER: KAROL G, Shakira — “TQG”
• Metro Boomin with The Weeknd, 21 Savage, and Diddy — “Creepin’ (Remix)”
• Rema & Selena Gomez — “Calm Down”

Best pop

• Demi Lovato — “Swine”
• Dua Lipa — “Dance The Night (From Barbie The Album)”
• Ed Sheeran — “Eyes Closed”
• Miley Cyrus — “Flowers”
• Olivia Rodrigo — “vampire”
• P!NK — “TRUSTFALL”
• WINNER: Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero”

Best hip-hop

• Diddy ft. Bryson Tiller, Ashanti, Yung Miami — “Gotta Move On”
• DJ Khaled ft. Drake & Lil Baby — “STAYING ALIVE”
• GloRilla & Cardi B — “Tomorrow 2”
• Lil Uzi Vert — “Just Wanna Rock”
• Lil Wayne ft. Swizz Beatz & DMX — “Kant Nobody”
• Metro Boomin ft Future — “Superhero (Heroes and Villains)”
• WINNER: Nicki Minaj — “Super Freaky Girl”

Best R&B

• Alicia Keys ft. Lucky Daye — “Stay”
• Chlöe ft. Chris Brown — “How Does It Feel”
• Metro Boomin with The Weeknd, 21 Savage, and Diddy — “Creepin’ (Remix)”
• WINNER: SZA — “Shirt”
• Toosii — “Favorite Song”
• Yung Bleu & Nicki Minaj — “Love In The Way”

Best alternative

• blink-182 — “EDGING”
• boygenius — “the film”
• Fall Out Boy — “Hold Me Like A Grudge”
• WINNER: Lana Del Rey ft. Jon Batiste — “Candy Necklace”
• Paramore — “This Is Why”
• Thirty Seconds To Mars — “Stuck”

Best rock

• Foo Fighters — “The Teacher”
• Linkin Park — “Lost (Original Version)”
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — “Tippa My Tongue”
• WINNER: Måneskin — “THE LONELIEST”
• Metallica — “Lux Æterna”
• Muse — “You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween”

Best Latin

• WINNER: Anitta — “Funk Rave”
• Bad Bunny — “WHERE SHE GOES”
• Eslabon Armado, Peso Pluma — “Ella Baila Sola”
• Grupo Frontera Bad Bunny — “un x100to”
• KAROL G, Shakira — “TQG”
• ROSALÍA — “DESPECHÁ”
• Shakira — “Acróstico”

Best K-pop

• aespa — “Girls”
• BLACKPINK — “Pink Venom”
• FIFTY FIFTY — “Cupid”
• SEVENTEEN — “Super”
• Stray Kids — “S-Class”
• TOMORROW X TOGETHER — “Sugar Rush Ride”

Best afrobeats

• Ayra Starr — “Rush”
• Burna Boy — “It’s Plenty”
• Davido ft. Musa Keys — “UNAVAILABLE”
• Fireboy DML & Asake — ”Bandana”
• Libianca — “People”
• WINNER: Rema & Selena Gomez — “Calm Down”
• Wizkid ft Ayra Starr– “2 Sugar”

Video for good

• Alicia Keys — If I Ain’t Got You (Orchestral)
• Bad Bunny — “El Apagón — Aquí Vive Gente”
• Demi Lovato — “Swine”
• WINNER: Dove Cameron — “Breakfast”
• Imagine Dragons — “Crushed”
• Maluma — “La Reina”

Best direction

• Doja Cat — “Attention” — Directed by Tanu Muiño
• Drake — “Falling Back” — Directed by Director X (Julien Christian Lutz)
• Kendrick Lamar — “Count Me Out” — Directed by Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar
• Megan Thee Stallion — “Her” — Directed by Colin Tilley
• Sam Smith, Kim Petras — “Unholy” — Directed by Floria Sigismondi
• SZA — “Kill Bill” — Directed by Christian Breslauer
• WINNER: Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero” — Directed by Taylor Swift

Best cinematography

• Adele — “I Drink Wine” — Cinematography by Adam Newport-Berra
• Ed Sheeran — “Eyes Closed” — Cinematography by Natasha Baier
• Janelle Monae — “Lipstick Lover” — Cinematography by Allison Anderson
• Kendrick Lamar — “Count Me Out” — Cinematography by Adam Newport-Berra
• Miley Cyrus — “Flowers” — Cinematography by Marcell Rev
• Olivia Rodrigo — “vampire” — Cinematography by Russ Fraser
• WINNER: Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero” — Cinematography by Rina Yang

Best visual effects

• Fall Out Boy — “Love From The Other Side” — Visual effects by Thomas Bailey and Josh Shaffner
• Harry Styles — “Music For A Sushi Restaurant” — Visual effects by Chelsea Delfino and Black Kite Studios
• Melanie Martinez — “VOID” — Visual effects by Carbon
• Nicki Minaj — “Super Freaky Girl” — Visual effects by Max Colt and Sergio Mashevskyi
• Sam Smith, Kim Petras — “Unholy” — Visual effects by Max Colt / FRENDER
• WINNER: Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero” — Visual effects by Parliament

Best choreography

• WINNER: BLACKPINK — “Pink Venom” — Choreography by Kiel Tutin, Sienna Lalau, Lee Jung (YGX), Taryn Cheng (YGX)
• Dua Lipa — “Dance The Night (From Barbie The Album)” — Choreography by Charm LaDonna
• Jonas Brothers — “Waffle House” — Choreography by Jerry Reece
• Megan Thee Stallion — “Her” — Choreography by Sean Bankhead
• Panic! At The Disco — “Middle Of A Breakup” — Choreography by Monika Felice Smith
• Sam Smith, Kim Petras — “Unholy” — Choreography by (LA)HORDE — Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer, Arthur Harel

Best art direction

• boygenius — “the film” — Art direction by Jen Dunlap
• BLACKPINK — “Pink Venom” — Art direction by Seo Hyun Seung (GIGANT)
• WINNER: Doja Cat — “Attention” — Art direction by Spencer Graves
• Lana Del Rey ft. Jon Batiste — “Candy Necklace” — Art direction by Brandon Mendez
• Megan Thee Stallion — “Her” — Art direction by Niko Philipides
• SZA — “Shirt” — Art direction by Kate Bunch

Best editing

• BLACKPINK — “Pink Venom” — Edited by Seo Hyun Seung (GIGANT)
• Kendrick Lamar — “Rich Spirit” — Edited by Grason Caldwell
• Miley Cyrus — “River” — Edited by Brandan Walter
• WINNER: Olivia Rodrigo — “vampire” — Edited by Sofia Kerpan and David Checel
• SZA — “Kill Bill” — Edited by Luis Caraza Peimbert
• Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero” — Edited by Chancler Haynes