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