With seven big wins, including Video of the Year, Taylor Swift continued her dominant award show run at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. Swift is now tied with Beyoncé for most VMA wins ever with 30 Moon People each.
Swift, who also repeated as Artist of the Year, won most of her awards for “Fortnight.” The collaboration with Post Malone won awards for Song of the Summer, Editing, Collaboration and Direction. She also took home another individual award for Pop Video.
Though she is on a short touring hiatus, Swift will return to the stage this fall with a handful of North American dates to wrap up her record-setting Eras Tour. Gracie Abrams will open for Swift in Miami, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Toronto and Vancouver.
Post Malone will also hit the road this fall with tour dates across the U.S. in support of his new country album F-1 Trillion.
Megan Thee Stallion, who hosted the event, collected two of her own awards for Art Direction and Trending Video, which celebrated “Mamushi” and “BOA,” respectively. She brought Japanese rapper and “Mamushi” collaborator Yuki Chiba on stage for a mashup of songs from her Megan album.
Eminem was the night’s other multiple-award winner honored with Hip-hop video and Visual Effects. He opened the show with a performance of his hit song “Houdini.”
Ironically, Dua Lipa also won an award for her song “Houdini.” The unrelated track was recognized for its choreography.
Chappell Roan Picked As Best New Artist
Wielding a sword in an homage to Joan of Arc, breakout artist Chappell Roan performed her song “Good Luck, Babe!” in a fiery VMAs debut. She ultimately won the fan vote for Best New Artist, beating finalists Gracie Abrams and Tyla, who won the Afrobeats award for “Water.”
Roan, who started the year on a modest theatre tour, has turned into a can’t-miss act at festivals like Coachella and Lollapalooza. She will wrap up the European leg of her tour, then return to the U.S. for a few more dates this fall finishing at Austin City Limits Festival.
“Espresso” is Song of the Year
Sabrina Carpenter also wowed with her space-themed medley performance that included “Espresso,” “Taste” and “Please Please Please” from her new album Short ‘n Sweet. All three songs are currently in the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Her album is also sitting atop the Billboard 200
Carpenter is set to start her Short ‘n Sweet World Tour later this month with Amaarae, Griff and Declan McKenna offering support on her U.S. dates. English singer Rachel Chinouriri will open for Carpenter on her international dates.
Billie Eilish Skips VMAs But Still Wins
Billie Eilish, who is set to start Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour this fall, picked up her second video for good award which recognizes the best video with a message. This one was for her song “What Was I Made For?” from the Barbie soundtrack. She was also nominated for video of the year for “Lunch” and two different Songs of the Summer for “Birds of a Feather” and Charli XCX’s “Guess featuring Billie Eilish.”
Eilish recently announced that Nat & Alex Wolff, Towa Bird and The Marias will open on select stops during her U.S. dates.
Other VMA Winners
- Katy Perry was honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard. She performed a medley of her classic hits and newer releases from her upcoming album 143.
- Lisa, of the popular South Korean girl group Blackpink, won the K-pop award and South Korean boy band Seventeen took home the award for Band of the Year.
- Legendary performer Lenny Kravitz won the award for Rock Video for “Human.” He will be in Las Vegas this fall for a short residency at Park MGM.
- LeSserafim won the Push Performance Award.
- Benson Boone won for the award for Alternative Video.
- Anitta won Latin Video for her hit “Mil Veces”
- Ariana Grande took home a Cinematography ward for “we can’t be friends (wait for your love).”
- SZA’s “Snooze” won R&B Video of the Year.
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