pop star Taylor Swift She triumphed with her song ‘Anti-Hero’ at the extended premiere of the music channel’s Music Video Awards (VMAs) this Tuesday MTVFemale-dominated, hip-hop anniversary celebrations and last-minute mayhem.
Taylor Swift, who left her mark on ‘The Eras’ tour, became the name with the most nominations and met the expectations by taking home the most coveted awards: artist of the year, music video of the year, song of the year and pop song, as well as directingbecause he was the one standing behind and in front of the camera. Competing for eleven “astronaut” statuettes, Swift ultimately won nine: She also won awards for album of the year, best summer program, cinematography and visual effects.
However, MTV created confusion after four hours when the premiere at the Prudential Center (New Jersey, USA) ended without the winners of several categories being announced, and later updated it on X (formerly Twitter) and on its website without responding to incoming questions. media.
In general and despite the unforeseen, For the first time, a special award for women who won all nominations artist of the year and especially for Latin women like Shakira, Karol G and Anitta who monopolize the stage and deliver exciting and colorful performances.
The VMAs are the oldest music awards on the MTV network: given since 1984; Therefore, almost every hero of the night had an anecdote telling how they grew up watching the music television channel, which created an atmosphere of nostalgia. Gatherings such as pop boy band NSYNC or emo-style rock band Fall Out Boy also contributed to this atmosphere; This contrasted with more current names such as Doja Cat, Peso Pluma, Mexicans The Warning or Korean Stray Kids.
Latin Power
Colombian Shakira won the Video Vanguard Award, which she dedicated to “the people of Latin America” as a tribute to her career, and later received another award with her countryman Karol G for their collaboration ‘TGQ’, in which they commemorated Barranquilla. and Medellín, cities. Shakira starred in one of the premiere’s best moments: jamming her hits into a fast-paced 10-minute medley; Here she found time to dance, move her famous hips, surf the crowd and take to the podium. weather.
Also notable were Anitta’s shows, first presenting Brazilian funk and then offering an interesting collaboration with K-pop group Tomorrow x Together; Cardi B reunited with Meghan Thee Stallion; and Karol G., who makes reggaeton echo in the room.
Separately, Fat Joe and Thalía presented the Latin category award, which Anitta repeated for a second time with “Funk rave” and noted that “Latin music will reach $1 billion by 2022”; the growing popularity was clearly reflected in this MTV premiere.
hip hop anniversary
HE hip hop was another one of the main heroes The closing concert, which coincides with the 50th anniversary of the genre, includes leading names such as Grandmaster Flash, LL Cool J, Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj, who won the best video clip award of this genre with ‘Super Freaky Girl’.
P. Diddy, who received the Global Icon award, recently reviewed his most popular songs such as ‘I’ll be miss you’ and ‘Last Night’ featuring Keyshia Cole; and young rapper Ice Spice, who was named best new artist.
MTV, which distributes many awards according to music genres, premiered the ‘afrobeats’ award this year, which Nigerian singer Rema won with the song ‘Calm Down’, which she sang with Mexican-American Selena Gomez and dedicated to Africa.