The popular singer-songwriter is in her VMA ‘era’ after winning Artist of the Year and Show of the Summer. She won seven more awards with her song Anti-Hero and album Midnights. Originally from Pennsylvania, Swift became an honorary Londoner after her six-year romance with north London born Joe Alwyn. In 2021 the couple reportedly rented a £7 million townhouse in Primrose Hill. Her 2019 hit London Boy features Hackney-born Idris Elba and mentions Camden Market, Highgate, Shoreditch and Brixton. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)The popular singer-songwriter is in her VMA ‘era’ after winning Artist of the Year and Show of the Summer. She won seven more awards with her song Anti-Hero and album Midnights. Originally from Pennsylvania, Swift became an honorary Londoner after her six-year romance with north London born Joe Alwyn. In 2021 the couple reportedly rented a £7 million townhouse in Primrose Hill. Her 2019 hit London Boy features Hackney-born Idris Elba and mentions Camden Market, Highgate, Shoreditch and Brixton. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
The popular singer-songwriter is in her VMA ‘era’ after winning Artist of the Year and Show of the Summer. She won seven more awards with her song Anti-Hero and album Midnights. Originally from Pennsylvania, Swift became an honorary Londoner after her six-year romance with north London born Joe Alwyn. In 2021 the couple reportedly rented a £7 million townhouse in Primrose Hill. Her 2019 hit London Boy features Hackney-born Idris Elba and mentions Camden Market, Highgate, Shoreditch and Brixton. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

MTV Video Music Awards 2023: Taylor Swift and Sam Smith among Londoners in the VMAs

By Alesia Fiddler
Published 13th Sep 2023, 13:13 BST

Midnights and Anti-Hero swept the board at the MTV Video Music Awards 2023 for Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift was the biggest winner at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards winning nine of the eleven categories in which she was nominated.

Londoner Sam Smith secured five nominations making them one of the top contenders alongside SZA, Nikki Minaj, Blackpink, Kim Petras, Doja Cat, Miley Cyrus and Olivia Roderigo.

Taylor Swift won for Video of the Year, Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Direction, Best Pop, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Show of the Summer (Social Only) and Album of the Year (Social Only).

Other winners were Ice Spice (Best New Artist), Karol G & Shakira - TQG (Best Collaboration), Nicky Minaj - Super Freaky Girl (Best Hip-Hop), Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down (Best Afrobeats), Anitta - Funk Rave (Best Latin), SZA - Shirt (Best R&B), Stray Kids - S-Class (Best K-Pop), Lana Del Rey Featuring Jon Batiste - Candy Necklace (Best Alternative), Måneskin - The Loneliest (Best Rock), Blackpink - Pink Venom (Best Choreography), Doja Cat - Attention (Best Art Direction), Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire (Best Editing), Dove Cameron - Breakfast (Video for Good), April 2023: Tomorrow X Together - Sugar Rush Ride (Push Performance of the Year), Blackpink (Group of the Year (Social Only)), Jung Kook Featuring Latto - Seven (Song of the Summer (Social Only)).

Here are five Londoners who made their mark in the VMAs:

Taylor Swift won for Video of the Year, Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Direction, Best Pop, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Show of the Summer (Social Only) and Album of the Year (Social Only).

Born in Tottenham in 1988, the heartbreak singer has previously won three VMAs but hasn’t attended the awards in person since 2011. Adele lived in Tottenham and Brixton as a child and is now thought to own two townhouses in Kensington. Her song I Drink Wine was nominated for Best Cinematography and lost to Taylor Swift’s Anti-Hero.. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

5. Adele

Born in Tottenham in 1988, the heartbreak singer has previously won three VMAs but hasn’t attended the awards in person since 2011. Adele lived in Tottenham and Brixton as a child and is now thought to own two townhouses in Kensington. Her song I Drink Wine was nominated for Best Cinematography and lost to Taylor Swift’s Anti-Hero.. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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