The music industry honored the top performers in the music video medium this Wednesday, September 11, at the MTV VMAs 2024. The annual Video Music Awards were hosted at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York.
The 2024 MTV VMAs were hosted by Megan Thee Stallion and featured performances from Eminem, Sabrina Carpenter, LISA, Chappell Roan, and Halsey. The ceremony honored over two dozen artists and saw Taylor Swift emerging as the biggest victor, with seven awards to her name.
Swift won both the Artist of the Year and Video of the Year awards for Fortnight—a chart-topping single from The Tortured Poets Department album. She shared the Video of the Year award with Post Malone, who is featured on the Platinum-certified (BPI) song. The pair also won the award for Best Collaboration.
Taking the stage to accept her award, Taylor Swift remembered the victims of the 9/11 attacks and paid a heartfelt tribute, saying:
"I wanted to say, you know, waking up this morning in New York on September 11, I've just been thinking about what happened 23 years ago,"
She continued:
"Everyone who lost a loved one, and everyone that we lost, and that is the most important thing about today and everything that happens tonight."
MTV VMAs 2024: Winners and highlights
The MTV VMAs 2024 opened with Eminem walking toward the stage while performing Slim Shady. The rapper had the audience, including Taylor Swift, grooving to thrilling performances of Houdini and Somebody Save Me.
The award ceremony kicked off with Taylor Swift and Post Malone receiving the first award for Best Collaboration on Fortnight. The hit single had them return to the stage for more awards in the Best Direction, Best Editing, and Song of the Summer categories.
Cyndi Lauper welcomed Sabrina Carpenter to the stage, highlighting how female artists were dominating the music scene. Sabrina played soulful sets of Please Please Please, Taste, and Espresso before receiving the Song of the Year award for Espresso.
Event host Megan Thee Stallion didn’t hold back, turning up the heat as she performed BOA, HISS, and B.A.S. She was joined by Japanese rapper Yuki Chiba for Mamushi. The addictively catchy track earned the pair the award for Best Trending Video.
One of the most anticipated awards of the MTV VMAs 2024 went to Chappell Roan for Best New Artist. Before receiving the award, Roan lit up the stage, dancing and performing Good Luck, Babe! with sword-wielding knights.
The MTV VMAs concluded with Taylor Swift receiving the final award for Fortnight in the Video of the Year category. She accepted the award alongside Post Malone, thanking Swifties for all their love and support.
The full list of winners at the MTV VMAs 2024 includes:
- Video of the Year: Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – Fortnight
- Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift
- Song of the Year: Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
- Best New Artist: Chappell Roan
- Best Collaboration: Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – Fortnight
- Best Pop: Taylor Swift
- Best Hip-Hop: Eminem – Houdini
- Best R&B: SZA – Snooze
- Best Alternative: Benson Boone – Beautiful Things
- Best Rock: Lenny Kravitz – Human
- Best Latin: Anitta – Mil Veces
- Best Afrobeats: Tyla – Water
- Best K-Pop: LISA – Rockstar
- Video for Good: Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For
- Best Direction: Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – Fortnight (Directed by Taylor Swift)
- Best Cinematography: Ariana Grande – We Can’t Be Friends (Cinematography by Anatol Trofimov)
- Best Editing: Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – Fortnight (Editing by Chancler Haynes)
- Best Choreography: Dua Lipa – Houdini (Choreography by Charm La’Donna)
- Best Visual Effects: Eminem – Houdini (Visual Effects by Synapse Virtual Production, Louise Lee, Rich Lee, Metaphysic, Flawless Post)
- Best Art Direction: Megan Thee Stallion – BOA (Art Direction by Brittany Porter)
- Best Trending Video: Megan Thee Stallion ft. Yuki Chiba – Mamushi
- Song of the Summer: Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – Fortnight
- VMAs Most Iconic Performance: Katy Perry – Roar
The MTV VMAs were first hosted in 1984 at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The annual event is typically hosted in Los Angeles or New York, with rare instances in Newark and Las Vegas.
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