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{{Short description|40th edition of the MTV Video Music Awards held in 2023}}
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{{Infobox award
|name=2024 MTV Video Music Awards
|image=2024 MTV Video Music Awards Logo.png
|date= Tuesday, September 10, 2024<br>8:00–11:51 p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]]
|venue=[[UBS_Arena]], <br>[[Elmont,_New_York]]
|country=United States
|website={{URL|mtv.com/vma}}
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|producer=[[Bruce Gillmer]] <br /> Jesse Ignjatovic<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=Taylor Swift Is Top Nominee for 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (Complete List) |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awa...ete-nominations-list-taylor-swift-1235386794/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 8, 2023 |date=August 8, 2023 |archive-date=August 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023080...ete-nominations-list-taylor-swift-1235386794/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|director=Liz Clare
|host=[[Nicki Minaj]]{{efn|Officially referred to as emcee by MTV, Minaj performed typical hosting duties such as introducing presenters and performers.}}
|runtime=
|most_awards=[]
|most_nominations=Taylor Swift (11)
|previous=[[2022 MTV Video Music Awards|2022]]|main={{nowrap|[[MTV Video Music Awards]]}}|next=[[2024 MTV Video Music Awards|2024]]}}
The '''2024 MTV Video Music Awards''' will be held at the [[UBS_Arena]] in [[Elmont,_New_York]], on September 10, 2024.|language=en |archive-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023102...mtv-video-music-awards-new-jersey-1235334398/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The show was hosted by [[Nicki Minaj]], marking her second consecutive year in the role.<ref name=":10">{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=2023-09-08 |title=Nicki Minaj to 'Emcee' and Perform at 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awa...-video-music-awards-emcee-perform-1235408718/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=September 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...-video-music-awards-emcee-perform-1235408718/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This was the first time the ceremony was held on a Tuesday.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-09-14 |title=Historical Nielsen Ratings for MTV's 'Video Music Awards' 1994–2009 |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/09/1...s-for-mtvs-video-music-awards-1994-2009/62965 |access-date=2023-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2010091...s-for-mtvs-video-music-awards-1994-2009/62965 |archive-date=September 14, 2010 }}</ref> A new award category, "Show of the Summer", was awarded this year through fan votes.<ref name=":3" /> [[Shakira]] was honored with the [[Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award]].<ref name=":1">{{cite magazine |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=Shakira to Receive Video Vanguard Award & Perform at 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/shakira-video-vanguard-award-2023-mtv-vmas-1235401401/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 28, 2023 |date=August 28, 2023 |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023082...ideo-vanguard-award-2023-mtv-vmas-1235401401/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sean Combs|Diddy]] was honored with the Global Icon Award.<ref name=":5">{{cite web |title=The Complete List of Honorees {{!}} MTV VMAs 2023 |url=https://www.mtv.com/vma/honorees |website=www.mtv.com |access-date=4 September 2023 |language=en |archive-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823230330/https://www.mtv.com/vma/honorees |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]] was the most nominated and awarded artist of the night, winning nine out of her eleven nominations.
The 2023 edition was the most watched MTV Video Music Awards show on the flagship linear network to air since 2020. It was the highest-rated edition of the show in three years among the 18–49 demographic with a 1.03 (compared to a 0.58 in 2020), as well as among adults 18–34, where the show saw its best rating since 2019, up 118% to a 1.14. Viewership across all networks was comparable to the prior year with 3.92 million viewers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campione |first=Katie |date=2023-09-13 |title=MTV Scores Highest-Rated VMAs In 3 Years As Taylor Swift Sweeps Top Awards |url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/mtv-vmas-2023-ratings-record-1235545838/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=September 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...3/09/mtv-vmas-2023-ratings-record-1235545838/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Performances ==
=== Pre-show ===
The performers for the pre-show were announced on September 6, 2023.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-06 |title=Sabrina Carpenter Is Taking the Stage at the 2023 MTV VMAs Pre-Show |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a44965399/vmas-performances-2023/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-US |archive-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...nment/music/a44965399/vmas-performances-2023/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" |Artist(s)
! scope="col" |Song(s)
|-
|[[NLE Choppa]]
| "[[Ain't Gonna Answer]]"<br />"[[It's Getting Hot]]"/"[[Hot in Herre]]" {{small|(with [[Nelly]])}}
|-
|[[Sabrina Carpenter]]
| "[[Feather (song)|Feather]]"<br />"[[Nonsense (song)|Nonsense]]"
|}
=== Main show ===
The first round of performers for the main show were announced on August 22, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Thania |date=2023-08-22 |title=MTV Video Music Awards Reveal First Round of 2023 Performers |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/mtv-video-music-awards-2023-performers-demi-lovato-1235701601/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=August 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023082...wards-2023-performers-demi-lovato-1235701601/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=2023-08-22 |title=Demi Lovato, Karol G Tapped for 2023 MTV VMA Performances |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/...rformers-2023-demi-lovato-karol-g-1234810255/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...rformers-2023-demi-lovato-karol-g-1234810255/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The second round of performers for the main show were announced on August 31, 2023.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=2023-08-31 |title=Doja Cat, Lil Wayne, Anitta & More Added as Performers for 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awa...mtv-video-music-awards-performers-1235403963/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=September 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...mtv-video-music-awards-performers-1235403963/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Thania |date=2023-08-31 |title=Doja Cat, Anitta, Lil Wayne and More Added to Performers Lineup for 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news...performers-mtv-video-music-awards-1235709714/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=September 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...performers-mtv-video-music-awards-1235709714/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Olivia Rodrigo]] was announced as a main show performer on September 7, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-07 |title=Exclusive: Olivia Rodrigo Is Returning to the VMAs Stage |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/cultu...275/olivia-rodrigio-performing-mtv-vmas-2023/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Harper's BAZAAR |language=en-US |archive-date=September 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...275/olivia-rodrigio-performing-mtv-vmas-2023/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The third round of performers for the main show were announced on September 8, 2023.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=2023-09-08 |title=Nicki Minaj to 'Emcee' and Perform at 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awa...-video-music-awards-emcee-perform-1235408718/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=September 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...-video-music-awards-emcee-perform-1235408718/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=Fall Out Boy, Peso Pluma, Metro Boomin Set to Perform at 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awa...l-out-boy-peso-pluma-metro-boomin-1235409063/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 8, 2023 |date=September 8, 2023 |archive-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...l-out-boy-peso-pluma-metro-boomin-1235409063/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Cardi B]] and [[Megan Thee Stallion]] were announced as main show performers on September 9, 2023.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion Set to Perform at 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-perform-mtv-vmas-2023-1235409959/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 9, 2023 |date=September 9, 2023 |archive-date=September 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...ee-stallion-perform-mtv-vmas-2023-1235409959/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Performers for the Hip Hop 50th Anniversary Medley were announced on September 11, 2023.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=LL Cool J, Grandmaster Flash & More to Appear in Big VMAs Finale — a 50th Anniversary Salute to Hip-Hop |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/vmas-finale-hip-hop-50th-anniversary-salute-1235410390/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 11, 2023 |date=September 11, 2023 |archive-date=September 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...e-hip-hop-50th-anniversary-salute-1235410390/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to the ceremony's diversity, the musical performances featured artists from every country: United States, [[Barbados]], Brazil, Canada, [[Colombia]], Mexico, Italy, [[South Korea]], and [[Trinidad and Tobago]].
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" |Artist(s)
! scope="col" |Song(s)
|-
|[[Lil Wayne]]
| "[[Uproar (Lil Wayne song)|Uproar]]"<br />"Kat Food"
|-
|[[Olivia Rodrigo]]
|"[[Vampire (Olivia Rodrigo song)|vampire]]"<br />"[[Get Him Back!]]"
|-
|[[Cardi B]] & [[Megan Thee Stallion]]
|"[[Bongos (song)|Bongos]]"
|-
|[[Demi Lovato]]
| "[[Heart Attack (Demi Lovato song)#"Heart Attack (Rock Version)"|Heart Attack (Rock Version)]]"<br />"[[Sorry Not Sorry (Demi Lovato song)#"Sorry Not Sorry (Rock Version)"|Sorry Not Sorry (Rock Version)]]"<br />"[[Cool for the Summer#"Cool for the Summer (Rock Version)"|Cool for the Summer (Rock Version)]]"
|-
|[[Anitta (singer)|Anitta]]
|"Used To Be"<br />"Funk Rave"<br />"Casi Casi"<br />"Grip"
|-
|[[Doja Cat]]
|"[[Attention (Doja Cat song)|Attention]]"<br />"[[Paint the Town Red (Doja Cat song)|Paint the Town Red]]"<br />"[[Demons (Doja Cat song)|Demons]]"
|-
|[[Shakira]]
|'''Video Vanguard Medley'''<br>"[[She Wolf (Shakira song)|She Wolf]]"<br />"[[Te Felicito (Shakira and Rauw Alejandro song)|Te Felicito]]"<br />"[[TQG]]"<br />"[[Objection (Tango)]]" <br />"[[Ojos Así]]"<br />"[[Whenever, Wherever]]"<br />"[[Hips Don't Lie]]"<br />"[[Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53|Bizarrap Music Sessions: Volume 53]]"
|-
|[[Nicki Minaj]]
|"[[Last Time I Saw You]]"<br />"[[Big Difference (song)|Big Difference]]"<ref>{{Citation |title=Nicki Minaj – "Last Time I Saw You"/"Big Difference" – MTV VMAs 2023 {{!}} VMA |date=2023-09-13 |url=https://www.mtv.com/vma/video-clips...icki-minaj-last-time-i-saw-you-big-difference |access-date=2023-09-13 |language=en |archive-date=September 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...icki-minaj-last-time-i-saw-you-big-difference |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[Karol G]]
|"Oki Doki"<br />"[[Tá OK]]" (Remix)
|-
|[[Sean Combs|Diddy]]<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(with special guests [[City Girls|Yung Miami]] and [[Keyshia Cole]])</span>
|'''Global Icon Medley'''<br>"[[I'll Be Missing You]]"<br />"[[It's All About the Benjamins]]"<br/ >"[[Bad Boy for Life]]"<br />"[[I Need a Girl (Part Two)]]"<br />"Gotta Move On"<br />"[[Last Night (Diddy song)|Last Night]]"<br/ >"[[Mo Money Mo Problems]]"
|-
|[[Peso Pluma]]
|"[[Lady Gaga (song)|Lady Gaga]]"
|-
|[[Stray Kids]]
|"[[S-Class (song)|S-Class]]"
|-
|[[Metro Boomin]]<br />[[Future (rapper)|Future]]<br />[[Swae Lee]]<br />[[A Boogie wit da Hoodie]]<br />[[Nav (rapper)|Nav]]
|"[[Superhero (Heroes & Villains)]]"<br />"[[Calling (Metro Boomin, Swae Lee and Nav song)|Calling]]"
|-
|[[Fall Out Boy]]
|"[[We Didn't Start the Fire (Fall Out Boy song)|We Didn't Start the Fire]]"
|-
|[[Tomorrow X Together]] feat. [[Anitta (singer)|Anitta]]
|"Back for More"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Surprised with this Collab in VMAs? ☆⌒(*＾-°)
@anitta |url=
|access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.instagram.com |archive-date=September 4, 2023 |archive-url=
|url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[Måneskin]]
|"[[Honey (Are U Coming?)]]"
|-
|[[Kelsea Ballerini]]
|"Penthouse"
|-
|[[Darryl McDaniels|DMC]]<br />[[Doug E. Fresh]]<br />[[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]]<br />[[Lil Wayne]]<br />[[LL Cool J]]<br />[[Nicki Minaj]]<br/>[[Slick Rick]]
|'''Hip Hop 50th Anniversary Medley'''<br>"[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]"<br />"[[The Show (Doug E. Fresh song)|The Show]]"<br /> "[[Itty Bitty Piggy]]"<br />"[[Red Ruby da Sleeze]]"<br />"[[A Milli]]"<br/>"[[I'm Bad]]"<br />"[[Mama Said Knock You Out (song)|Mama Said Knock You Out]]"<br />"[[Rock Box]]"<br />"[[Walk This Way]]"
|}
==== Extended Play stage ====
Extended play stage performers were announced on September 6, 2023.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=2023-09-06 |title=Here Are All the Performers & Presenters for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (Updating) |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2023-mtv-vmas-performers-presenters-1235406800/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=September 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...23-mtv-vmas-performers-presenters-1235406800/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" |Artist(s)
! scope="col" |Song(s)
|-
|[[Kaliii]]
|"[[Area Codes (Kali song)|Area Codes]]"<br />"K Toven"
|-
|[[Reneé Rapp]]
|"Too Well"<br />"Pretty Girls"
|-
|[[The Warning (band)|The Warning]]
|"More"<br />"Evolve"
|}
=== Rankings ===
Following the show, performances were ranked by various music and news outlets.
==== Billboard====
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Performance<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lynch |first=Joe |date=2023-09-13 |title=2023 VMAs Performances Ranked From Worst to Best |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-2023-mtv-vmas-performances-ranked/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...lists/best-2023-mtv-vmas-performances-ranked/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
!Rank
|-
|Shakira, Video Vanguard Award Medley
|1
|-
|Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh, Nicki Minaj, LL Cool J, Lil Wayne & Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, medley
|2
|-
|Peso Pluma, "Lady Gaga"
|3
|-
|Demi Lovato, medley
|4
|-
|Anitta, "Used to Be" and "Funk Rave"
|5
|-
|Stray Kids, "S-Class”
|6
|-
|Doja Cat, medley
|7
|-
|Karol G, "Oki Doki" & "Ta OK"
|8
|-
|Olivia Rodrigo, "Vampire" & "Get Him Back!"
|9
|-
|Metro Boomin, Future, Swae Lee, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and NAV, "Superhero (Heroes and Villains)" & "Calling"
|10
|}
==== USA Today ====
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Performance<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brutally honest reviews of every VMAs performance, including Shakira, Maneskin and Demi Lovato |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/ente...est-reviews-performance-rankings/70833301007/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US |archive-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023092...est-reviews-performance-rankings/70833301007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
!Rank
|-
|Shakira
|1
|-
|Demi Lovato
|2
|-
|Olivia Rodrigo
|3
|-
|Nicki Minaj
|4
|-
|Tomorrow X Together and Anitta
|5
|-
|Kelsea Ballerini
|6
|-
|Sean 'Diddy' Combs
|7
|-
|Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion
|8
|-
|Måneskin
|9
|-
|Karol G
|10
|}
== Presenters ==
The first round of presenters were announced on September 6, 2023. [[Saweetie]] hosted the 90-minute pre-show event with co-hosts Nessa, Dometi Pongo, and Kevan Kenney.<ref name=":9" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Sadie |title=Emily Ratajkowski, Ice Spice, Sabrina Carpenter and More to Present at the 2023 MTV VMAs |url=https://people.com/2023-mtv-vmas-pr...tajkowski-ice-spice-sabrina-carpenter-7966058 |website=People |access-date=September 6, 2023 |date=September 6, 2023 |archive-date=September 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...tajkowski-ice-spice-sabrina-carpenter-7966058 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Nicki Minaj]] was announced as the main show host on September 8, 2023.<ref name=":10" />
=== Pre-show ===
* Kevan Kenney – presented Push Performance of the Year
* [[Saweetie]] and Dometi Pongo – presented Video for Good
===Main show===
*[[NSYNC]] – presented Best Pop
*[[Dove Cameron]] – announced the finalists for Best New Artist & later presented the award
*[[Charli D'Amelio]] & [[Dixie D'Amelio]] – presented Best K-Pop
*[[A Boogie wit da Hoodie]] – introduced Kaliii & the Extended Play Stage
*[[Nelly Furtado]] & [[Timbaland]] – presented Song of the Year
*[[Madelyn Cline]] – introduced Anitta
*[[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]] & [[French Montana]] – presented Best R&B
*[[Ice Spice]] – introduced Doja Cat
*[[Wyclef Jean]] – introduced Shakira & presented the Video Vanguard Award
*[[Billy Porter (actor)|Billy Porter]] – introduced Nicki Minaj
*[[Fat Joe]] & [[Thalía]] – presented Best Latin
*[[Emily Ratajkowski]] – introduced Karol G
*[[Coco Jones]] – introduced Reneé Rapp
*[[Mary J. Blige]] – introduced Diddy & presented the Global Icon Award
*[[Shenseea]] – introduced Peso Pluma
*[[Tiffany Haddish]] – presented Best Afrobeats
*[[Saweetie]] – introduced Stray Kids
*[[Anuel AA]] – introduced The Warning
*[[Jared Leto]] & [[Shannon Leto]] – presented Best Hip-Hop
*[[GloRilla]] – introduced [[Metro Boomin]], [[Swae Lee]], [[Nav (rapper)|Nav]], [[Future (rapper)|Future]] & [[A Boogie wit da Hoodie]]
*[[Rita Ora]] – presented Best Collaboration
*[[Bebe Rexha]] – introduced Fall Out Boy
*[[Nicki Minaj]] (emcee) – presented Best Direction
*[[Sabrina Carpenter]] – introduced Tomorrow X Together & Anitta
*[[Chloe x Halle]] – introduced Måneskin
*[[Reneé Rapp]] – introduced Kelsea Ballerini
*[[Metro Boomin]], [[Swae Lee]], [[Nav (rapper)|Nav]] & [[A Boogie wit da Hoodie]] – introduced the Hip Hop 50th Anniversary Medley
*[[LL Cool J]] – presented Video of the Year
== Winners and nominees ==
The first round of nominees were announced on August 8.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corcoran |first=Nina |date=August 8, 2023 |title=MTV VMAs 2023 Nominees Announced: See the Full List Here |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mtv-vmas-2023-nominees-announced-see-the-full-list-here/ |access-date=August 9, 2023 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |language=en |archive-date=September 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...23-nominees-announced-see-the-full-list-here/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The nominees for the [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Group|Group of the Year]], Show of the Summer, [[MTV Video Music Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], and [[MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer|Song of Summer]] were announced on September 1.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Brathwaite |first=Lester Fabian |date=September 1, 2023 |title=Renaissance vs. Eras: Beyoncé and Taylor Swift to duke it out over Show of the Summer at MTV VMAs |url=https://ew.com/mtv-video-music-awards/2023-mtv-vmas-song-of-the-summer-nominees/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=EW.com |language=en |archive-date=September 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...ds/2023-mtv-vmas-song-of-the-summer-nominees/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]] led the nominations with eleven, followed by [[SZA]] with eight nominations, and [[Doja Cat]], [[Miley Cyrus]], [[Nicki Minaj]], [[Blackpink]], and [[Olivia Rodrigo]] each with six nominations.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=August 8, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift, SZA, Doja Cat Lead 2023 MTV VMA Nominations |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mtv-vma-2023-nominations-list-1234802544/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |access-date=August 9, 2023 |archive-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023102...ews/mtv-vma-2023-nominations-list-1234802544/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/...al-voted-categories-1234816699/|title=Beyoncé vs. Taylor Swift at the VMAs: Queens Lead in Social-Voted Categories|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Tomás|last=Mier|date=September 1, 2023|accessdate=September 1, 2023|archive-date=September 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...-voted-categories-1234816699/|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Voted categories ===
The winners of the following categories were chosen by fan votes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=MTV |title=Vote Now – Nominees for 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/ |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=www.mtv.com |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127202927/https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The first round of voting known as the "General Voting Period" began on August 8 at 12 pm. ET, for the categories which nominees were announced on the same day<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=MTV |title=Vote Now – Nominees for 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=www.mtv.com |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127202927/https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and concluded on September 1 at 6 pm. ET, except for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]], which concluded on September 12 at 10 p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last=MTV |title=The Official Voting Rules |url=https://files.mtv.com/rules/MTVN_BA...rds_Voting_rules -with-Twitter-voting-rev.pdf |journal=2023 MTV Video Music Awards Voting |via=mtv.com |access-date=September 6, 2023 |archive-date=September 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...rds_Voting_rules -with-Twitter-voting-rev.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> "Instagram Story Voting" began on September 3 at 11 "*****". ET and concluded on September 12 at 11 "*****". ET.<ref name=":6" />
Winners are listed first and highlighted in '''bold'''.
{| class="wikitable" style="width="
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]]<br />{{small|(Presented by [[Burger King]])}}
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]"'''
** [[Doja Cat]] – "[[Attention (Doja Cat song)|Attention]]"
** [[Miley Cyrus]] – "[[Flowers (Miley Cyrus song)|Flowers]]"
** [[Nicki Minaj]] – "[[Super Freaky Girl]]"
** [[Olivia Rodrigo]] – "[[Vampire (Olivia Rodrigo song)|Vampire]]"
** [[Sam Smith]] and [[Kim Petras]] – "[[Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras song)|Unholy]]"
** [[SZA]] – "[[Kill Bill (SZA song)|Kill Bill]]"
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]"'''
** [[Miley Cyrus]] – "[[Flowers (Miley Cyrus song)|Flowers]]"
** [[Olivia Rodrigo]] – "[[Vampire (Olivia Rodrigo song)|Vampire]]"
** [[Rema (musician)|Rema]] and [[Selena Gomez]] – "[[Calm Down (Rema and Selena Gomez song)|Calm Down]]"
** [[Sam Smith]] and [[Kim Petras]] – "[[Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras song)|Unholy]]"
** [[Steve Lacy]] – "[[Bad Habit (Steve Lacy song)|Bad Habit]]"
** [[SZA]] – "[[Kill Bill (SZA song)|Kill Bill]]"
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Artist of the Year|Artist of the Year]]
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Taylor Swift]]'''
** [[Beyoncé]]
** [[Doja Cat]]
** [[Karol G]]
** [[Nicki Minaj]]
** [[Shakira]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Ice Spice]]'''
** [[GloRilla]]
** [[Kaliii]]
** [[Peso Pluma]]
** [[PinkPantheress]]
** [[Reneé Rapp]]
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |Push Performance of The Year
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Collaboration|Best Collaboration]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Tomorrow X Together]] – "[[Sugar Rush Ride]]"'''
** [[Saucy Santana]] – "Booty"
** [[Stephen Sanchez]] – "[[Until I Found You]]"
** [[Jvke]] – "[[Golden Hour (song)|Golden Hour]]"
** [[Flo Milli]] – "[[Conceited (song)|Conceited]]"
** [[Reneé Rapp]] – "Colorado"
** [[Sam Ryder]] – "All the Way Over"
** [[Armani White]] – "Goated"
** [[Fletcher (singer)|Fletcher]] – "[[Becky's So Hot]]"
** [[Ice Spice]] – "[[Princess Diana (song)|Princess Diana]]"
** [[Flo (group)|Flo]] – "Losing You"
** [[Lauren Spencer-Smith]] – "That Part"
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Karol G]] and [[Shakira]] – "[[TQG]]"'''
** [[David Guetta]] and [[Bebe Rexha]] – "[[I'm Good (Blue)]]"
** [[Post Malone]] and [[Doja Cat]] – "[[I Like You (A Happier Song)]]"
** [[Sean Combs|Diddy]] (featuring [[Bryson Tiller]], [[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]], and [[City Girls|Yung Miami]]) – "Gotta Move On"
** [[Metro Boomin]] (featuring [[the Weeknd]], [[21 Savage]], and Diddy) – "[[Creepin' (Metro Boomin, the Weeknd and 21 Savage song)|Creepin']]{{-"}} {{small|(remix)}}
** [[Rema (musician)|Rema]] and [[Selena Gomez]] – "[[Calm Down (Rema and Selena Gomez song)|Calm Down]]"
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video|Best Pop]]
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video|Best Hip Hop]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]"'''
** [[Demi Lovato]] – "[[Swine (Demi Lovato song)|Swine]]"
** [[Dua Lipa]] – "[[Dance the Night]]"
** [[Ed Sheeran]] – "[[Eyes Closed (Ed Sheeran song)|Eyes Closed]]"
** [[Miley Cyrus]] – "[[Flowers (Miley Cyrus song)|Flowers]]"
** [[Olivia Rodrigo]] – "[[Vampire (Olivia Rodrigo song)|Vampire]]"
** [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] – "[[Trustfall (song)|Trustfall]]"
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Nicki Minaj]] – "[[Super Freaky Girl]]"'''
** [[Sean Combs|Diddy]] (featuring [[Bryson Tiller]], [[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]], and [[City Girls|Yung Miami]]) – "Gotta Move On"
** [[DJ Khaled]] (featuring [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] and [[Lil Baby]]) – "[[Staying Alive (song)|Staying Alive]]"
** [[GloRilla]] and [[Cardi B]] – "[[Tomorrow 2]]"
** [[Lil Uzi Vert]] – "[[Just Wanna Rock]]"
** [[Lil Wayne]] (featuring [[Swizz Beatz]] & [[DMX]]) – "[[Kant Nobody]]"
** [[Metro Boomin]] (featuring [[Future (rapper)|Future]]) – "[[Superhero (Heroes & Villains)]]"
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video|Best R&B]]
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best K-Pop Video|Best K-Pop]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[SZA]] – "[[Shirt (song)|Shirt]]"'''
** [[Alicia Keys]] (featuring [[Lucky Daye]]) – "Stay"
** [[Chloe Bailey|Chlöe]] and [[Chris Brown]] – "How Does It Feel"
** [[Metro Boomin]] (featuring [[the Weeknd]], [[21 Savage]], and Diddy) – "[[Creepin' (Metro Boomin, the Weeknd and 21 Savage song)|Creepin']]{{-"}} {{small|(remix)}}
** [[Toosii]] – "[[Favorite Song (Toosii song)|Favorite Song]]"
** [[Yung Bleu]] and [[Nicki Minaj]] – "[[Love in the Way]]"
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Stray Kids]] – "[[S-Class (song)|S-Class]]"'''
** [[Aespa]] – "[[Girls (Aespa song)|Girls]]"
** [[Blackpink]] – "[[Pink Venom]]"
** [[Fifty Fifty (group)|Fifty Fifty]] – "[[Cupid (Fifty Fifty song)|Cupid]]"
** [[Seventeen (South Korean band)|Seventeen]] – "[[Super (Seventeen song)|Super]]"
** [[Tomorrow X Together]] – "[[Sugar Rush Ride]]"
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Latin|Best Latin]]
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video|Best Rock]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Anitta (singer)|Anitta]] – "Funk Rave"'''
** [[Bad Bunny]] – "[[Where She Goes]]"
** [[Eslabon Armado]] and [[Peso Pluma]] – "[[Ella Baila Sola (song)|Ella Baila Sola]]"
** [[Grupo Frontera]] and Bad Bunny – "[[Un x100to]]"
** [[Karol G]] and [[Shakira]] – "[[TQG]]"
** [[Rosalía]] – "[[Despechá]]"
** [[Shakira]] – "[[Acróstico]]"
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Måneskin]] – "[[The Loneliest]]"'''
** [[Foo Fighters]] – "The Teacher"
** [[Linkin Park]] – "[[Lost (Linkin Park song)|Lost]]" {{small|(original)}}
** [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] – "[[Tippa My Tongue]]"
** [[Metallica]] – "[[Lux Æterna (Metallica song)|Lux Æterna]]"
** [[Muse (band)|Muse]] – "[[You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween]]"
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video|Best Alternative]]
! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Afrobeats Video|Best Afrobeats]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Lana Del Rey]] (featuring [[Jon Batiste]]) – "[[Candy Necklace]]"'''
** [[Blink-182]] – "[[Edging (song)|Edging]]"
** [[Boygenius]] – "The Film"
** [[Fall Out Boy]] – "[[Hold Me Like a Grudge]]"
** [[Paramore]] – "[[This Is Why (song)|This Is Why]]"
** [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]] – "[[Stuck (Thirty Seconds to Mars song)|Stuck]]"
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Rema (musician)|Rema]] and [[Selena Gomez]] – "[[Calm Down (Rema and Selena Gomez song)|Calm Down]]"'''
** [[Ayra Starr]] – "[[Rush (Ayra Starr song)|Rush]]"
** [[Burna Boy]] – "It's Plenty"
** [[Davido]] (featuring Musa Keys) – "[[Unavailable (song)|Unavailable]]"
** [[Fireboy DML]] and [[Asake]] – "Bandana"
** [[Libianca Fonji|Libianca]] – "[[People (Libianca song)|People]]"
** [[Wizkid]] (featuring Ayra Starr) – "2 Sugar"
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Video with a Social Message|Video for Good]]
! style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |Show of the Summer
|-
|
* '''[[Dove Cameron]] – "Breakfast"'''
** [[Alicia Keys]] – "[[If I Ain't "*****" You]]" {{small|(orchestral)}}
** [[Bad Bunny]] – "[[El Apagón|El Apagón – Aquí Vive Gente]]"
** [[Demi Lovato]] – "[[Swine (Demi Lovato song)|Swine]]"
** [[Imagine Dragons]] – "Crushed"
** [[Maluma]] – "La Reina"
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Taylor Swift]]'''
** [[Beyoncé]]
** [[Blackpink]]
** [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]
** [[Ed Sheeran]]
** [[Karol G]]
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Group|Group of the Year]]
! style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer|Song of Summer]]<br />{{small|(Presented by [[M&M's]])}}
|-
|
* '''[[Blackpink]]'''
** [[Fifty Fifty (group)|Fifty Fifty]]
** [[Flo (group)|Flo]]
** [[Jonas Brothers]]
** [[Måneskin]]
** [[NewJeans]]
** [[Seventeen (South Korean band)|Seventeen]]
** [[Tomorrow X Together]]
| rowspan="3" |
* '''[[Jungkook]] (featuring [[Latto]]) – "[[Seven (Jungkook song)|Seven]]"'''
** [[Beyoncé]] – "[[Cuff It]]"
** [[Billie Eilish]] – "[[What Was I Made For?]]" {{small|(from the motion picture ''[[Barbie (film)|Barbie]]'')}}
** [[Doja Cat]] – "[[Paint the Town Red (Doja Cat song)|Paint the Town Red]]"
** [[Doechii]] (featuring [[Kodak Black]]) – "[[What It Is (Block Boy)]]"
** [[Dua Lipa]] – "[[Dance the Night]]" {{small|(from the motion picture ''Barbie'')}}
** [[Fifty Fifty (group)|Fifty Fifty]] – "[[Cupid (Fifty Fifty song)|Cupid]]"
** [[Gunna (rapper)|Gunna]] – "[[Fukumean]]"
** [[Nicki Minaj]] & [[Ice Spice]] with [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]] – "[[Barbie World]]" {{small|(from the motion picture ''Barbie'')}}
** [[Olivia Rodrigo]] – "[[Vampire (Olivia Rodrigo song)|Vampire]]"
** [[SZA]] – "[[Kill Bill (SZA song)|Kill Bill]]"
** [[Taylor Swift]] (featuring Ice Spice) – "[[Karma (Taylor Swift song)|Karma]]"
** [[Tomorrow X Together]] and [[Jonas Brothers]] – "[[Do It Like That (Tomorrow X Together and Jonas Brothers song)|Do It Like That]]"
** [[Luke Combs]] – "[[Fast Car#Luke Combs version|Fast Car]]"
** [[Troye Sivan]] – "[[Rush (Troye Sivan song)|Rush]]"
** [[Yng Lvcas]] & [[Peso Pluma]] – "La Bebe" {{small|(remix)}}
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |
* '''''[[Midnights]]'' – [[Taylor Swift]]'''
** ''[[Renaissance (Beyoncé album)|Renaissance]]'' – [[Beyoncé]]
** ''[[Her Loss]]'' – [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] and [[21 Savage]]
** ''[[Heroes & Villains]] – ''[[Metro Boomin]]
** ''[[Endless Summer Vacation]]'' – [[Miley Cyrus]]
** ''[[SOS (SZA album)|SOS]]'' – [[SZA]]
|}
=== Professional categories ===
The winners of the following categories were chosen by industry professionals.
{| class="wikitable" style="width="
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]" (Visual Effects: Parliament)'''
** [[Fall Out Boy]] – "[[Love from the Other Side]]" (Visual Effects: Thomas Bailey and Josh Shaffner)
** [[Harry Styles]] – "[[Music for a Sushi Restaurant]]" (Visual Effects: Chelsea Delfino and Black Kite Studios)
** [[Melanie Martinez]] – "[[Void (song)|Void]]" (Visual Effects: Carbon)
** [[Nicki Minaj]] – "[[Super Freaky Girl]]" (Visual Effects: CameoFX)
** [[Sam Smith]] and [[Kim Petras]] – "[[Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras song)|Unholy]]" (Visual Effects: [[Max Colt]] and FRENDER)
| style="vertical-align:top" |
*'''[[Olivia Rodrigo]] – "[[Vampire (Olivia Rodrigo song)|Vampire]]" (Editors: Sofia Kerpan and David Checel)'''
**[[Blackpink]] – "[[Pink Venom]]" (Editor: Seo Hyun Seung)
** [[Kendrick Lamar]] – "Rich Spirit" (Editor: Grason Caldwell)
** [[Miley Cyrus]] – "[[River (Miley Cyrus song)|River]]" (Editor: Brandan Walter)
** [[SZA]] – "[[Kill Bill (SZA song)|Kill Bill]]" (Editor: Luis Caraza Peimbert)
** [[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]" (Editor: Chancler Haynes)
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" | [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]" (Director: Taylor Swift)'''
** [[Doja Cat]] – "[[Attention (Doja Cat song)|Attention]]" (Director: [[Tanu Muino|Tanu Muiño]])
** [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] – "[[Falling Back (song)|Falling Back]]" (Director: [[Director X]])
** [[Kendrick Lamar]] – "Count Me Out" (Director: [[Dave Free]] and Kendrick Lamar)
** [[Megan Thee Stallion]] – "[[Her (Megan Thee Stallion song)|Her]]" (Director: [[Colin Tilley]])
** [[Sam Smith]] and [[Kim Petras]] – "[[Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras song)|Unholy]]" (Director: [[Floria Sigismondi]])
** [[SZA]] – "[[Kill Bill (SZA song)|Kill Bill]]" (Director: [[Christian Breslauer (director)|Christian Breslauer]])
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Doja Cat]] – "[[Attention (Doja Cat song)|Attention]]" (Art Director: Spencer Graves)'''
** [[Boygenius]] – "The Film" (Art Director: Jen Dunlap)
** [[Blackpink]] – "[[Pink Venom]]" (Art Director: Seo Hyun Seung)
** [[Lana Del Rey]] (featuring [[Jon Batiste]]) – "Candy Necklace" (Art Director: Brandon Mendez)
** [[Megan Thee Stallion]] – "[[Her (Megan Thee Stallion song)|Her]]" (Art Director: Wes Dogan)
** [[SZA]] – "[[Shirt (song)|Shirt]]" (Art Director: Kate Bunch)
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]]
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Blackpink]] – "[[Pink Venom]]" (Choreographers: Kiel Tutin, Sienna Lalau, [[Leejung Lee|Lee Jung]] and Taryn Cheng)'''
** [[Dua Lipa]] – "[[Dance the Night]]" (Choreographer: [[Charm La'Donna]])
** [[Jonas Brothers]] – "[[Waffle House (song)|Waffle House]]" (Choreographer: Jerry Reeve)
** [[Megan Thee Stallion]] – "[[Her (Megan Thee Stallion song)|Her]]" (Choreographer: [[Sean Bankhead]])
** [[Panic! at the Disco]] – "Middle of a Breakup" (Choreographer: Monika Felice Smith)
** [[Sam Smith]] and [[Kim Petras]] – "[[Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras song)|Unholy]]" (Choreographers: (LA)HORDE – Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer and Arthur Harel)
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]" (Director of Photography: Rina Yang)'''
** [[Adele]] – "[[I Drink Wine]]" (Director of Photography: Adam Newport-Berra)
** [[Ed Sheeran]] – "[[Eyes Closed (Ed Sheeran song)|Eyes Closed]]" (Director of Photography: [[Natasha Braier]])
** [[Janelle Monáe]] – "Lipstick Lover" (Director of Photography: Allison Anderson)
** [[Kendrick Lamar]] – "Count Me Out" (Director of Photography: Adam Newport-Berra)
** [[Miley Cyrus]] – "[[Flowers (Miley Cyrus song)|Flowers]]" (Director of Photography: [[Marcell Rév]])
** [[Olivia Rodrigo]] – "[[Vampire (Olivia Rodrigo song)|Vampire]]" (Director of Photography: Russ Fraser)
|}
== Special awards ==
The following awards have special significance and are not necessarily awarded annually.<ref name="VMA Honorees">{{cite web |title=The Complete List of Honorees {{!}} MTV VMAs 2023 |url=https://www.mtv.com/vma/honorees |access-date=3 September 2023 |website=www.mtv.com |language=en |archive-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823230330/https://www.mtv.com/vma/honorees |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Shakira]] was announced as the recipient of the [[Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award]] on August 28,<ref name=":1" /> becoming the first South American artist to receive the highest honor.<ref name=":1" /> [[Sean Combs|Diddy]] was announced as the recipient of the Global Icon Award on September 2.{{Efn|Even though [[Sean Combs|Diddy]] was listed as the recipient of Global Icon Award on the [[MTV]] website on September 2, a press announcement was not made until September 5.|name=b}}<ref name=":5" />
{| class="wikitable" style="width="
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award]]<br />{{small|(Presented by [[Toyota Motor North America|Toyota]])}}
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |Global Icon Award{{efn|The Global Icon Award was first awarded in 2021, and it has been annually awarded since.|name=d}}
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Shakira]]'''<ref name=":1" />
| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Sean Combs|Diddy]]'''<ref name=":5" />
|}
== Voting system ==
{{Hatnote|Source: ''"The Official Voting Rules"'' – 2023 MTV Video Music Awards}}<!-- Do not blank the Section. Participate in the ongoing RfC in the talk page. -->
The Official Voting System for the ''2023 Video Music Awards'', according to [[MTV]], was as follows:<ref name=":6" />
* Each voter must be at least 13 years or older to participate in the voting.
=== General voting period ===
* The first round of voting was known as the "General Voting Period" and included most of the voted categories (15 out of 19 categories).<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=MTV |title=Vote Now – Nominees for 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=www.mtv.com |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127202927/https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* It began on August 8 at 12 pm. ET, and concluded on September 1 at 6 pm. ET, except for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]], which concluded on September 12 at 10 pm. ET.
* Each voter can vote up to 10 times per category per day through ''Vote.MTV.com''.
* Voters should have signed in to their ''MTV.com Account'', as its necessary to limit their votes across devices.<ref name=":7" />
==== Double Days and Power Hours ====
* There were three "Double Days" with "Power Hours".
** August 8 from 12 p.m. to 11:59 pm. ET
** August 9 from 12 a.m. to 11:59 "*****". ET
** September 1 from 12 a.m. to 6 pm. ET
* During these periods, voting limits were doubled; each voter could vote up to 20 times per category per day.<ref name=":4" />
=== Instagram Story voting ===
* The second round of voting is known as the "Instagram Story Voting" and includes [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Group|Group of the Year]], Show of the Summer, [[MTV Video Music Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], and [[MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer|Song of Summer]].
* It was held through [[MTV]]'s [[Instagram]] stories from September 3 at 11 "*****". ET to September 12 at 11 "*****". ET.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MTV (@mtv) on Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/mtv/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=[[Instagram]] |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629095713/https://www.instagram.com/mtv/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Voters can vote by clicking on their favorite nominees on Instagram polling stickers.
==== Single-round voting ====
* Show of the Summer was held as "single-round voting" from September 3 at 11 "*****". ET until September 4 at 11 "*****". ET.
* [[MTV Video Music Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] was held as "single-round voting" from September 11 at 11 "*****". ET until September 12 at 11 "*****". ET.
==== Triple-round voting ====
* [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Group|Group of the Year]] was held as "triple-round voting" from September 4 at 11 "*****". ET to September 7 at 11 "*****". ET.
* In each round, nominees will proceed to the next round by [[Single-elimination tournament|bracket standings]].
==== Four-round voting ====
* [[MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer|Song of Summer]] was held as "four-round voting" from September 7 at at 11 "*****". ET to September 11 at 11 "*****". ET.
* In each round, nominees will proceed to the next round by [[Single-elimination tournament|bracket standings]].
== Ratings ==
The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards received 3.9 million viewers across all networks, including 865,000 viewers on MTV, a 37% jump in comparison to the previous year for the flagship network and comparable total network viewers from 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hailu |first=Selome |date=2023-09-13 |title=2023 MTV VMAs Bring in 3.9 Million Viewers, Equal to Year Before |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/2023-mtv-vmas-ratings-2022-1235722532/ |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=September 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...v/news/2023-mtv-vmas-ratings-2022-1235722532/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The show marked the event's highest MTV rating among the 18–49 demographic since 2019, with a 1.03.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campione |first=Katie |date=2023-09-13 |title=MTV Scores Highest-Rated VMAs In 3 Years As Taylor Swift Sweeps Top Awards |url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/mtv-vmas-2023-ratings-record-1235545838/ |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=September 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...3/09/mtv-vmas-2023-ratings-record-1235545838/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Related events ==
=== MTV VMA Fantasy ===
To celebrate the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, [[Meta Platforms|Meta Fantasy Games]] launched "MTV VMA Fantasy" on Facebook. It had four rounds of binary question groups. It began on August 31, 2023 and concluded on September 12, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MTV Video Music Awards |title=VMAs on Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/VMAs/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Facebook |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914131515/https://www.facebook.com/VMAs/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fantasy Games |title=MTV VMA Fantasy 2023 – ''Participate now'' |url=https://www.facebook.com/fantasy_games/vma_mtv |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Facebook |language= |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914131329/https://www.facebook.com/fantasy_games/vma_mtv |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== VMA Block Party ===
To celebrate the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, [[MTV]] hosted a free public event titled the "VMA Block Party" for the first time at Oculus Plaza in [[Lower Manhattan]] on September 9, 2023, from 12 p.m. to 4 pm. EDT.<ref name="Amny">{{Cite web |last=Davenport |first=Emily |date=2023-09-06 |title=MTV to host VMA block party this weekend in Lower Manhattan {{!}} amNewYork |url=https://www.amny.com/entertainment/mtv-vma-block-party-manhattan/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=www.amny.com |language=en-US |archive-date=September 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090.../entertainment/mtv-vma-block-party-manhattan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> MTV stated the event would be held annually for future shows.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MTV VMAs Block Party |url=http://nycplugged.com/calendar/mtv-vmas-block-party/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=NYCPlugged |language=en-US |archive-date=September 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908123548/https://nycplugged.com/calendar/mtv-vmas-block-party/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Alexander Stewart, [[Amaarae]], Jenna Raine, and DJ CherishTheLuv were announced as the performers for the event on September 8, 2023.<ref name="Amny" />
== Notes ==
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{{Short description|40th edition of the MTV Video Music Awards held in 2023}}
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|name=2024 MTV Video Music Awards
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|date= Tuesday, September 10, 2024<br>8:00–11:51 p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]]
|venue=[[UBS_Arena]], <br>[[Elmont,_New_York]]
|country=United States
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* [[MTV2]]
* [[VH1]]
* [[BET]]
* [[BET Her]]
* [[Nick at Nite]]
* [[CMT (American TV channel)|CMT]]
* [[Comedy Central]]
* [[Paramount Network]]
* [[Pop (American TV channel)|Pop]]
* [[TV Land]]
* [[Logo TV]]
* [[UniMás]]
* [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5 (UK)]]
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|producer=[[Bruce Gillmer]] <br /> Jesse Ignjatovic<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=Taylor Swift Is Top Nominee for 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (Complete List) |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awa...ete-nominations-list-taylor-swift-1235386794/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 8, 2023 |date=August 8, 2023 |archive-date=August 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023080...ete-nominations-list-taylor-swift-1235386794/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|director=Liz Clare
|host=[[Nicki Minaj]]{{efn|Officially referred to as emcee by MTV, Minaj performed typical hosting duties such as introducing presenters and performers.}}
|runtime=
|most_awards=[]
|most_nominations=Taylor Swift (11)
|previous=[[2022 MTV Video Music Awards|2022]]|main={{nowrap|[[MTV Video Music Awards]]}}|next=[[2024 MTV Video Music Awards|2024]]}}
The '''2024 MTV Video Music Awards''' will be held at the [[UBS_Arena]] in [[Elmont,_New_York]], on September 10, 2024.|language=en |archive-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023102...mtv-video-music-awards-new-jersey-1235334398/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The show was hosted by [[Nicki Minaj]], marking her second consecutive year in the role.<ref name=":10">{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=2023-09-08 |title=Nicki Minaj to 'Emcee' and Perform at 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awa...-video-music-awards-emcee-perform-1235408718/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=September 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...-video-music-awards-emcee-perform-1235408718/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This was the first time the ceremony was held on a Tuesday.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-09-14 |title=Historical Nielsen Ratings for MTV's 'Video Music Awards' 1994–2009 |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/09/1...s-for-mtvs-video-music-awards-1994-2009/62965 |access-date=2023-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2010091...s-for-mtvs-video-music-awards-1994-2009/62965 |archive-date=September 14, 2010 }}</ref> A new award category, "Show of the Summer", was awarded this year through fan votes.<ref name=":3" /> [[Shakira]] was honored with the [[Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award]].<ref name=":1">{{cite magazine |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=Shakira to Receive Video Vanguard Award & Perform at 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/shakira-video-vanguard-award-2023-mtv-vmas-1235401401/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 28, 2023 |date=August 28, 2023 |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023082...ideo-vanguard-award-2023-mtv-vmas-1235401401/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sean Combs|Diddy]] was honored with the Global Icon Award.<ref name=":5">{{cite web |title=The Complete List of Honorees {{!}} MTV VMAs 2023 |url=https://www.mtv.com/vma/honorees |website=www.mtv.com |access-date=4 September 2023 |language=en |archive-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823230330/https://www.mtv.com/vma/honorees |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]] was the most nominated and awarded artist of the night, winning nine out of her eleven nominations.
The 2023 edition was the most watched MTV Video Music Awards show on the flagship linear network to air since 2020. It was the highest-rated edition of the show in three years among the 18–49 demographic with a 1.03 (compared to a 0.58 in 2020), as well as among adults 18–34, where the show saw its best rating since 2019, up 118% to a 1.14. Viewership across all networks was comparable to the prior year with 3.92 million viewers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campione |first=Katie |date=2023-09-13 |title=MTV Scores Highest-Rated VMAs In 3 Years As Taylor Swift Sweeps Top Awards |url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/mtv-vmas-2023-ratings-record-1235545838/ |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=September 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...3/09/mtv-vmas-2023-ratings-record-1235545838/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Performances ==
=== Pre-show ===
The performers for the pre-show were announced on September 6, 2023.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-06 |title=Sabrina Carpenter Is Taking the Stage at the 2023 MTV VMAs Pre-Show |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a44965399/vmas-performances-2023/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=en-US |archive-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...nment/music/a44965399/vmas-performances-2023/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" |Artist(s)
! scope="col" |Song(s)
|-
|[[NLE Choppa]]
| "[[Ain't Gonna Answer]]"<br />"[[It's Getting Hot]]"/"[[Hot in Herre]]" {{small|(with [[Nelly]])}}
|-
|[[Sabrina Carpenter]]
| "[[Feather (song)|Feather]]"<br />"[[Nonsense (song)|Nonsense]]"
|}
=== Main show ===
The first round of performers for the main show were announced on August 22, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Thania |date=2023-08-22 |title=MTV Video Music Awards Reveal First Round of 2023 Performers |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/mtv-video-music-awards-2023-performers-demi-lovato-1235701601/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=August 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023082...wards-2023-performers-demi-lovato-1235701601/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=2023-08-22 |title=Demi Lovato, Karol G Tapped for 2023 MTV VMA Performances |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/...rformers-2023-demi-lovato-karol-g-1234810255/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...rformers-2023-demi-lovato-karol-g-1234810255/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The second round of performers for the main show were announced on August 31, 2023.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=2023-08-31 |title=Doja Cat, Lil Wayne, Anitta & More Added as Performers for 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awa...mtv-video-music-awards-performers-1235403963/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=September 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...mtv-video-music-awards-performers-1235403963/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Thania |date=2023-08-31 |title=Doja Cat, Anitta, Lil Wayne and More Added to Performers Lineup for 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news...performers-mtv-video-music-awards-1235709714/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=September 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...performers-mtv-video-music-awards-1235709714/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Olivia Rodrigo]] was announced as a main show performer on September 7, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-07 |title=Exclusive: Olivia Rodrigo Is Returning to the VMAs Stage |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/cultu...275/olivia-rodrigio-performing-mtv-vmas-2023/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Harper's BAZAAR |language=en-US |archive-date=September 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...275/olivia-rodrigio-performing-mtv-vmas-2023/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The third round of performers for the main show were announced on September 8, 2023.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=2023-09-08 |title=Nicki Minaj to 'Emcee' and Perform at 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awa...-video-music-awards-emcee-perform-1235408718/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=September 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...-video-music-awards-emcee-perform-1235408718/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=Fall Out Boy, Peso Pluma, Metro Boomin Set to Perform at 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awa...l-out-boy-peso-pluma-metro-boomin-1235409063/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 8, 2023 |date=September 8, 2023 |archive-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...l-out-boy-peso-pluma-metro-boomin-1235409063/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Cardi B]] and [[Megan Thee Stallion]] were announced as main show performers on September 9, 2023.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion Set to Perform at 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-perform-mtv-vmas-2023-1235409959/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 9, 2023 |date=September 9, 2023 |archive-date=September 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...ee-stallion-perform-mtv-vmas-2023-1235409959/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Performers for the Hip Hop 50th Anniversary Medley were announced on September 11, 2023.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=LL Cool J, Grandmaster Flash & More to Appear in Big VMAs Finale — a 50th Anniversary Salute to Hip-Hop |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/vmas-finale-hip-hop-50th-anniversary-salute-1235410390/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 11, 2023 |date=September 11, 2023 |archive-date=September 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...e-hip-hop-50th-anniversary-salute-1235410390/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to the ceremony's diversity, the musical performances featured artists from every country: United States, [[Barbados]], Brazil, Canada, [[Colombia]], Mexico, Italy, [[South Korea]], and [[Trinidad and Tobago]].
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" |Artist(s)
! scope="col" |Song(s)
|-
|[[Lil Wayne]]
| "[[Uproar (Lil Wayne song)|Uproar]]"<br />"Kat Food"
|-
|[[Olivia Rodrigo]]
|"[[Vampire (Olivia Rodrigo song)|vampire]]"<br />"[[Get Him Back!]]"
|-
|[[Cardi B]] & [[Megan Thee Stallion]]
|"[[Bongos (song)|Bongos]]"
|-
|[[Demi Lovato]]
| "[[Heart Attack (Demi Lovato song)#"Heart Attack (Rock Version)"|Heart Attack (Rock Version)]]"<br />"[[Sorry Not Sorry (Demi Lovato song)#"Sorry Not Sorry (Rock Version)"|Sorry Not Sorry (Rock Version)]]"<br />"[[Cool for the Summer#"Cool for the Summer (Rock Version)"|Cool for the Summer (Rock Version)]]"
|-
|[[Anitta (singer)|Anitta]]
|"Used To Be"<br />"Funk Rave"<br />"Casi Casi"<br />"Grip"
|-
|[[Doja Cat]]
|"[[Attention (Doja Cat song)|Attention]]"<br />"[[Paint the Town Red (Doja Cat song)|Paint the Town Red]]"<br />"[[Demons (Doja Cat song)|Demons]]"
|-
|[[Shakira]]
|'''Video Vanguard Medley'''<br>"[[She Wolf (Shakira song)|She Wolf]]"<br />"[[Te Felicito (Shakira and Rauw Alejandro song)|Te Felicito]]"<br />"[[TQG]]"<br />"[[Objection (Tango)]]" <br />"[[Ojos Así]]"<br />"[[Whenever, Wherever]]"<br />"[[Hips Don't Lie]]"<br />"[[Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53|Bizarrap Music Sessions: Volume 53]]"
|-
|[[Nicki Minaj]]
|"[[Last Time I Saw You]]"<br />"[[Big Difference (song)|Big Difference]]"<ref>{{Citation |title=Nicki Minaj – "Last Time I Saw You"/"Big Difference" – MTV VMAs 2023 {{!}} VMA |date=2023-09-13 |url=https://www.mtv.com/vma/video-clips...icki-minaj-last-time-i-saw-you-big-difference |access-date=2023-09-13 |language=en |archive-date=September 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...icki-minaj-last-time-i-saw-you-big-difference |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[Karol G]]
|"Oki Doki"<br />"[[Tá OK]]" (Remix)
|-
|[[Sean Combs|Diddy]]<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(with special guests [[City Girls|Yung Miami]] and [[Keyshia Cole]])</span>
|'''Global Icon Medley'''<br>"[[I'll Be Missing You]]"<br />"[[It's All About the Benjamins]]"<br/ >"[[Bad Boy for Life]]"<br />"[[I Need a Girl (Part Two)]]"<br />"Gotta Move On"<br />"[[Last Night (Diddy song)|Last Night]]"<br/ >"[[Mo Money Mo Problems]]"
|-
|[[Peso Pluma]]
|"[[Lady Gaga (song)|Lady Gaga]]"
|-
|[[Stray Kids]]
|"[[S-Class (song)|S-Class]]"
|-
|[[Metro Boomin]]<br />[[Future (rapper)|Future]]<br />[[Swae Lee]]<br />[[A Boogie wit da Hoodie]]<br />[[Nav (rapper)|Nav]]
|"[[Superhero (Heroes & Villains)]]"<br />"[[Calling (Metro Boomin, Swae Lee and Nav song)|Calling]]"
|-
|[[Fall Out Boy]]
|"[[We Didn't Start the Fire (Fall Out Boy song)|We Didn't Start the Fire]]"
|-
|[[Tomorrow X Together]] feat. [[Anitta (singer)|Anitta]]
|"Back for More"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Surprised with this Collab in VMAs? ☆⌒(*＾-°)
@anitta |url=
|access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.instagram.com |archive-date=September 4, 2023 |archive-url=
|url-status=live }}</ref>|-
|[[Måneskin]]
|"[[Honey (Are U Coming?)]]"
|-
|[[Kelsea Ballerini]]
|"Penthouse"
|-
|[[Darryl McDaniels|DMC]]<br />[[Doug E. Fresh]]<br />[[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]]<br />[[Lil Wayne]]<br />[[LL Cool J]]<br />[[Nicki Minaj]]<br/>[[Slick Rick]]
|'''Hip Hop 50th Anniversary Medley'''<br>"[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]"<br />"[[The Show (Doug E. Fresh song)|The Show]]"<br /> "[[Itty Bitty Piggy]]"<br />"[[Red Ruby da Sleeze]]"<br />"[[A Milli]]"<br/>"[[I'm Bad]]"<br />"[[Mama Said Knock You Out (song)|Mama Said Knock You Out]]"<br />"[[Rock Box]]"<br />"[[Walk This Way]]"
|}
==== Extended Play stage ====
Extended play stage performers were announced on September 6, 2023.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=2023-09-06 |title=Here Are All the Performers & Presenters for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (Updating) |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2023-mtv-vmas-performers-presenters-1235406800/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=September 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...23-mtv-vmas-performers-presenters-1235406800/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" |Artist(s)
! scope="col" |Song(s)
|-
|[[Kaliii]]
|"[[Area Codes (Kali song)|Area Codes]]"<br />"K Toven"
|-
|[[Reneé Rapp]]
|"Too Well"<br />"Pretty Girls"
|-
|[[The Warning (band)|The Warning]]
|"More"<br />"Evolve"
|}
=== Rankings ===
Following the show, performances were ranked by various music and news outlets.
==== Billboard====
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Performance<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lynch |first=Joe |date=2023-09-13 |title=2023 VMAs Performances Ranked From Worst to Best |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-2023-mtv-vmas-performances-ranked/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...lists/best-2023-mtv-vmas-performances-ranked/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
!Rank
|-
|Shakira, Video Vanguard Award Medley
|1
|-
|Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh, Nicki Minaj, LL Cool J, Lil Wayne & Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, medley
|2
|-
|Peso Pluma, "Lady Gaga"
|3
|-
|Demi Lovato, medley
|4
|-
|Anitta, "Used to Be" and "Funk Rave"
|5
|-
|Stray Kids, "S-Class”
|6
|-
|Doja Cat, medley
|7
|-
|Karol G, "Oki Doki" & "Ta OK"
|8
|-
|Olivia Rodrigo, "Vampire" & "Get Him Back!"
|9
|-
|Metro Boomin, Future, Swae Lee, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and NAV, "Superhero (Heroes and Villains)" & "Calling"
|10
|}
==== USA Today ====
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Performance<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brutally honest reviews of every VMAs performance, including Shakira, Maneskin and Demi Lovato |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/ente...est-reviews-performance-rankings/70833301007/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US |archive-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023092...est-reviews-performance-rankings/70833301007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
!Rank
|-
|Shakira
|1
|-
|Demi Lovato
|2
|-
|Olivia Rodrigo
|3
|-
|Nicki Minaj
|4
|-
|Tomorrow X Together and Anitta
|5
|-
|Kelsea Ballerini
|6
|-
|Sean 'Diddy' Combs
|7
|-
|Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion
|8
|-
|Måneskin
|9
|-
|Karol G
|10
|}
== Presenters ==
The first round of presenters were announced on September 6, 2023. [[Saweetie]] hosted the 90-minute pre-show event with co-hosts Nessa, Dometi Pongo, and Kevan Kenney.<ref name=":9" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Sadie |title=Emily Ratajkowski, Ice Spice, Sabrina Carpenter and More to Present at the 2023 MTV VMAs |url=https://people.com/2023-mtv-vmas-pr...tajkowski-ice-spice-sabrina-carpenter-7966058 |website=People |access-date=September 6, 2023 |date=September 6, 2023 |archive-date=September 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...tajkowski-ice-spice-sabrina-carpenter-7966058 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Nicki Minaj]] was announced as the main show host on September 8, 2023.<ref name=":10" />
=== Pre-show ===
* Kevan Kenney – presented Push Performance of the Year
* [[Saweetie]] and Dometi Pongo – presented Video for Good
===Main show===
*[[NSYNC]] – presented Best Pop
*[[Dove Cameron]] – announced the finalists for Best New Artist & later presented the award
*[[Charli D'Amelio]] & [[Dixie D'Amelio]] – presented Best K-Pop
*[[A Boogie wit da Hoodie]] – introduced Kaliii & the Extended Play Stage
*[[Nelly Furtado]] & [[Timbaland]] – presented Song of the Year
*[[Madelyn Cline]] – introduced Anitta
*[[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]] & [[French Montana]] – presented Best R&B
*[[Ice Spice]] – introduced Doja Cat
*[[Wyclef Jean]] – introduced Shakira & presented the Video Vanguard Award
*[[Billy Porter (actor)|Billy Porter]] – introduced Nicki Minaj
*[[Fat Joe]] & [[Thalía]] – presented Best Latin
*[[Emily Ratajkowski]] – introduced Karol G
*[[Coco Jones]] – introduced Reneé Rapp
*[[Mary J. Blige]] – introduced Diddy & presented the Global Icon Award
*[[Shenseea]] – introduced Peso Pluma
*[[Tiffany Haddish]] – presented Best Afrobeats
*[[Saweetie]] – introduced Stray Kids
*[[Anuel AA]] – introduced The Warning
*[[Jared Leto]] & [[Shannon Leto]] – presented Best Hip-Hop
*[[GloRilla]] – introduced [[Metro Boomin]], [[Swae Lee]], [[Nav (rapper)|Nav]], [[Future (rapper)|Future]] & [[A Boogie wit da Hoodie]]
*[[Rita Ora]] – presented Best Collaboration
*[[Bebe Rexha]] – introduced Fall Out Boy
*[[Nicki Minaj]] (emcee) – presented Best Direction
*[[Sabrina Carpenter]] – introduced Tomorrow X Together & Anitta
*[[Chloe x Halle]] – introduced Måneskin
*[[Reneé Rapp]] – introduced Kelsea Ballerini
*[[Metro Boomin]], [[Swae Lee]], [[Nav (rapper)|Nav]] & [[A Boogie wit da Hoodie]] – introduced the Hip Hop 50th Anniversary Medley
*[[LL Cool J]] – presented Video of the Year
== Winners and nominees ==
The first round of nominees were announced on August 8.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corcoran |first=Nina |date=August 8, 2023 |title=MTV VMAs 2023 Nominees Announced: See the Full List Here |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mtv-vmas-2023-nominees-announced-see-the-full-list-here/ |access-date=August 9, 2023 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |language=en |archive-date=September 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...23-nominees-announced-see-the-full-list-here/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The nominees for the [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Group|Group of the Year]], Show of the Summer, [[MTV Video Music Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], and [[MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer|Song of Summer]] were announced on September 1.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Brathwaite |first=Lester Fabian |date=September 1, 2023 |title=Renaissance vs. Eras: Beyoncé and Taylor Swift to duke it out over Show of the Summer at MTV VMAs |url=https://ew.com/mtv-video-music-awards/2023-mtv-vmas-song-of-the-summer-nominees/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=EW.com |language=en |archive-date=September 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...ds/2023-mtv-vmas-song-of-the-summer-nominees/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Taylor Swift]] led the nominations with eleven, followed by [[SZA]] with eight nominations, and [[Doja Cat]], [[Miley Cyrus]], [[Nicki Minaj]], [[Blackpink]], and [[Olivia Rodrigo]] each with six nominations.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=August 8, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift, SZA, Doja Cat Lead 2023 MTV VMA Nominations |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mtv-vma-2023-nominations-list-1234802544/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |access-date=August 9, 2023 |archive-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023102...ews/mtv-vma-2023-nominations-list-1234802544/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/...al-voted-categories-1234816699/|title=Beyoncé vs. Taylor Swift at the VMAs: Queens Lead in Social-Voted Categories|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Tomás|last=Mier|date=September 1, 2023|accessdate=September 1, 2023|archive-date=September 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...-voted-categories-1234816699/|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Voted categories ===
The winners of the following categories were chosen by fan votes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=MTV |title=Vote Now – Nominees for 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/ |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=www.mtv.com |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127202927/https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The first round of voting known as the "General Voting Period" began on August 8 at 12 pm. ET, for the categories which nominees were announced on the same day<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=MTV |title=Vote Now – Nominees for 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=www.mtv.com |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127202927/https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and concluded on September 1 at 6 pm. ET, except for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]], which concluded on September 12 at 10 p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last=MTV |title=The Official Voting Rules |url=https://files.mtv.com/rules/MTVN_BA...rds_Voting_rules -with-Twitter-voting-rev.pdf |journal=2023 MTV Video Music Awards Voting |via=mtv.com |access-date=September 6, 2023 |archive-date=September 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090...rds_Voting_rules -with-Twitter-voting-rev.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> "Instagram Story Voting" began on September 3 at 11 "*****". ET and concluded on September 12 at 11 "*****". ET.<ref name=":6" />
Winners are listed first and highlighted in '''bold'''.
{| class="wikitable" style="width="
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]]<br />{{small|(Presented by [[Burger King]])}}
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]"'''
** [[Doja Cat]] – "[[Attention (Doja Cat song)|Attention]]"
** [[Miley Cyrus]] – "[[Flowers (Miley Cyrus song)|Flowers]]"
** [[Nicki Minaj]] – "[[Super Freaky Girl]]"
** [[Olivia Rodrigo]] – "[[Vampire (Olivia Rodrigo song)|Vampire]]"
** [[Sam Smith]] and [[Kim Petras]] – "[[Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras song)|Unholy]]"
** [[SZA]] – "[[Kill Bill (SZA song)|Kill Bill]]"
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]"'''
** [[Miley Cyrus]] – "[[Flowers (Miley Cyrus song)|Flowers]]"
** [[Olivia Rodrigo]] – "[[Vampire (Olivia Rodrigo song)|Vampire]]"
** [[Rema (musician)|Rema]] and [[Selena Gomez]] – "[[Calm Down (Rema and Selena Gomez song)|Calm Down]]"
** [[Sam Smith]] and [[Kim Petras]] – "[[Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras song)|Unholy]]"
** [[Steve Lacy]] – "[[Bad Habit (Steve Lacy song)|Bad Habit]]"
** [[SZA]] – "[[Kill Bill (SZA song)|Kill Bill]]"
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Artist of the Year|Artist of the Year]]
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Taylor Swift]]'''
** [[Beyoncé]]
** [[Doja Cat]]
** [[Karol G]]
** [[Nicki Minaj]]
** [[Shakira]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Ice Spice]]'''
** [[GloRilla]]
** [[Kaliii]]
** [[Peso Pluma]]
** [[PinkPantheress]]
** [[Reneé Rapp]]
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |Push Performance of The Year
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Collaboration|Best Collaboration]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Tomorrow X Together]] – "[[Sugar Rush Ride]]"'''
** [[Saucy Santana]] – "Booty"
** [[Stephen Sanchez]] – "[[Until I Found You]]"
** [[Jvke]] – "[[Golden Hour (song)|Golden Hour]]"
** [[Flo Milli]] – "[[Conceited (song)|Conceited]]"
** [[Reneé Rapp]] – "Colorado"
** [[Sam Ryder]] – "All the Way Over"
** [[Armani White]] – "Goated"
** [[Fletcher (singer)|Fletcher]] – "[[Becky's So Hot]]"
** [[Ice Spice]] – "[[Princess Diana (song)|Princess Diana]]"
** [[Flo (group)|Flo]] – "Losing You"
** [[Lauren Spencer-Smith]] – "That Part"
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* '''[[Karol G]] and [[Shakira]] – "[[TQG]]"'''
** [[David Guetta]] and [[Bebe Rexha]] – "[[I'm Good (Blue)]]"
** [[Post Malone]] and [[Doja Cat]] – "[[I Like You (A Happier Song)]]"
** [[Sean Combs|Diddy]] (featuring [[Bryson Tiller]], [[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]], and [[City Girls|Yung Miami]]) – "Gotta Move On"
** [[Metro Boomin]] (featuring [[the Weeknd]], [[21 Savage]], and Diddy) – "[[Creepin' (Metro Boomin, the Weeknd and 21 Savage song)|Creepin']]{{-"}} {{small|(remix)}}
** [[Rema (musician)|Rema]] and [[Selena Gomez]] – "[[Calm Down (Rema and Selena Gomez song)|Calm Down]]"
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video|Best Pop]]
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video|Best Hip Hop]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]"'''
** [[Demi Lovato]] – "[[Swine (Demi Lovato song)|Swine]]"
** [[Dua Lipa]] – "[[Dance the Night]]"
** [[Ed Sheeran]] – "[[Eyes Closed (Ed Sheeran song)|Eyes Closed]]"
** [[Miley Cyrus]] – "[[Flowers (Miley Cyrus song)|Flowers]]"
** [[Olivia Rodrigo]] – "[[Vampire (Olivia Rodrigo song)|Vampire]]"
** [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] – "[[Trustfall (song)|Trustfall]]"
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Nicki Minaj]] – "[[Super Freaky Girl]]"'''
** [[Sean Combs|Diddy]] (featuring [[Bryson Tiller]], [[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]], and [[City Girls|Yung Miami]]) – "Gotta Move On"
** [[DJ Khaled]] (featuring [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] and [[Lil Baby]]) – "[[Staying Alive (song)|Staying Alive]]"
** [[GloRilla]] and [[Cardi B]] – "[[Tomorrow 2]]"
** [[Lil Uzi Vert]] – "[[Just Wanna Rock]]"
** [[Lil Wayne]] (featuring [[Swizz Beatz]] & [[DMX]]) – "[[Kant Nobody]]"
** [[Metro Boomin]] (featuring [[Future (rapper)|Future]]) – "[[Superhero (Heroes & Villains)]]"
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video|Best R&B]]
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best K-Pop Video|Best K-Pop]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[SZA]] – "[[Shirt (song)|Shirt]]"'''
** [[Alicia Keys]] (featuring [[Lucky Daye]]) – "Stay"
** [[Chloe Bailey|Chlöe]] and [[Chris Brown]] – "How Does It Feel"
** [[Metro Boomin]] (featuring [[the Weeknd]], [[21 Savage]], and Diddy) – "[[Creepin' (Metro Boomin, the Weeknd and 21 Savage song)|Creepin']]{{-"}} {{small|(remix)}}
** [[Toosii]] – "[[Favorite Song (Toosii song)|Favorite Song]]"
** [[Yung Bleu]] and [[Nicki Minaj]] – "[[Love in the Way]]"
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Stray Kids]] – "[[S-Class (song)|S-Class]]"'''
** [[Aespa]] – "[[Girls (Aespa song)|Girls]]"
** [[Blackpink]] – "[[Pink Venom]]"
** [[Fifty Fifty (group)|Fifty Fifty]] – "[[Cupid (Fifty Fifty song)|Cupid]]"
** [[Seventeen (South Korean band)|Seventeen]] – "[[Super (Seventeen song)|Super]]"
** [[Tomorrow X Together]] – "[[Sugar Rush Ride]]"
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Latin|Best Latin]]
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video|Best Rock]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Anitta (singer)|Anitta]] – "Funk Rave"'''
** [[Bad Bunny]] – "[[Where She Goes]]"
** [[Eslabon Armado]] and [[Peso Pluma]] – "[[Ella Baila Sola (song)|Ella Baila Sola]]"
** [[Grupo Frontera]] and Bad Bunny – "[[Un x100to]]"
** [[Karol G]] and [[Shakira]] – "[[TQG]]"
** [[Rosalía]] – "[[Despechá]]"
** [[Shakira]] – "[[Acróstico]]"
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Måneskin]] – "[[The Loneliest]]"'''
** [[Foo Fighters]] – "The Teacher"
** [[Linkin Park]] – "[[Lost (Linkin Park song)|Lost]]" {{small|(original)}}
** [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] – "[[Tippa My Tongue]]"
** [[Metallica]] – "[[Lux Æterna (Metallica song)|Lux Æterna]]"
** [[Muse (band)|Muse]] – "[[You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween]]"
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video|Best Alternative]]
! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Afrobeats Video|Best Afrobeats]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Lana Del Rey]] (featuring [[Jon Batiste]]) – "[[Candy Necklace]]"'''
** [[Blink-182]] – "[[Edging (song)|Edging]]"
** [[Boygenius]] – "The Film"
** [[Fall Out Boy]] – "[[Hold Me Like a Grudge]]"
** [[Paramore]] – "[[This Is Why (song)|This Is Why]]"
** [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]] – "[[Stuck (Thirty Seconds to Mars song)|Stuck]]"
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Rema (musician)|Rema]] and [[Selena Gomez]] – "[[Calm Down (Rema and Selena Gomez song)|Calm Down]]"'''
** [[Ayra Starr]] – "[[Rush (Ayra Starr song)|Rush]]"
** [[Burna Boy]] – "It's Plenty"
** [[Davido]] (featuring Musa Keys) – "[[Unavailable (song)|Unavailable]]"
** [[Fireboy DML]] and [[Asake]] – "Bandana"
** [[Libianca Fonji|Libianca]] – "[[People (Libianca song)|People]]"
** [[Wizkid]] (featuring Ayra Starr) – "2 Sugar"
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Video with a Social Message|Video for Good]]
! style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |Show of the Summer
|-
|
* '''[[Dove Cameron]] – "Breakfast"'''
** [[Alicia Keys]] – "[[If I Ain't "*****" You]]" {{small|(orchestral)}}
** [[Bad Bunny]] – "[[El Apagón|El Apagón – Aquí Vive Gente]]"
** [[Demi Lovato]] – "[[Swine (Demi Lovato song)|Swine]]"
** [[Imagine Dragons]] – "Crushed"
** [[Maluma]] – "La Reina"
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Taylor Swift]]'''
** [[Beyoncé]]
** [[Blackpink]]
** [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]
** [[Ed Sheeran]]
** [[Karol G]]
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Group|Group of the Year]]
! style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer|Song of Summer]]<br />{{small|(Presented by [[M&M's]])}}
|-
|
* '''[[Blackpink]]'''
** [[Fifty Fifty (group)|Fifty Fifty]]
** [[Flo (group)|Flo]]
** [[Jonas Brothers]]
** [[Måneskin]]
** [[NewJeans]]
** [[Seventeen (South Korean band)|Seventeen]]
** [[Tomorrow X Together]]
| rowspan="3" |
* '''[[Jungkook]] (featuring [[Latto]]) – "[[Seven (Jungkook song)|Seven]]"'''
** [[Beyoncé]] – "[[Cuff It]]"
** [[Billie Eilish]] – "[[What Was I Made For?]]" {{small|(from the motion picture ''[[Barbie (film)|Barbie]]'')}}
** [[Doja Cat]] – "[[Paint the Town Red (Doja Cat song)|Paint the Town Red]]"
** [[Doechii]] (featuring [[Kodak Black]]) – "[[What It Is (Block Boy)]]"
** [[Dua Lipa]] – "[[Dance the Night]]" {{small|(from the motion picture ''Barbie'')}}
** [[Fifty Fifty (group)|Fifty Fifty]] – "[[Cupid (Fifty Fifty song)|Cupid]]"
** [[Gunna (rapper)|Gunna]] – "[[Fukumean]]"
** [[Nicki Minaj]] & [[Ice Spice]] with [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]] – "[[Barbie World]]" {{small|(from the motion picture ''Barbie'')}}
** [[Olivia Rodrigo]] – "[[Vampire (Olivia Rodrigo song)|Vampire]]"
** [[SZA]] – "[[Kill Bill (SZA song)|Kill Bill]]"
** [[Taylor Swift]] (featuring Ice Spice) – "[[Karma (Taylor Swift song)|Karma]]"
** [[Tomorrow X Together]] and [[Jonas Brothers]] – "[[Do It Like That (Tomorrow X Together and Jonas Brothers song)|Do It Like That]]"
** [[Luke Combs]] – "[[Fast Car#Luke Combs version|Fast Car]]"
** [[Troye Sivan]] – "[[Rush (Troye Sivan song)|Rush]]"
** [[Yng Lvcas]] & [[Peso Pluma]] – "La Bebe" {{small|(remix)}}
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |
* '''''[[Midnights]]'' – [[Taylor Swift]]'''
** ''[[Renaissance (Beyoncé album)|Renaissance]]'' – [[Beyoncé]]
** ''[[Her Loss]]'' – [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] and [[21 Savage]]
** ''[[Heroes & Villains]] – ''[[Metro Boomin]]
** ''[[Endless Summer Vacation]]'' – [[Miley Cyrus]]
** ''[[SOS (SZA album)|SOS]]'' – [[SZA]]
|}
=== Professional categories ===
The winners of the following categories were chosen by industry professionals.
{| class="wikitable" style="width="
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]" (Visual Effects: Parliament)'''
** [[Fall Out Boy]] – "[[Love from the Other Side]]" (Visual Effects: Thomas Bailey and Josh Shaffner)
** [[Harry Styles]] – "[[Music for a Sushi Restaurant]]" (Visual Effects: Chelsea Delfino and Black Kite Studios)
** [[Melanie Martinez]] – "[[Void (song)|Void]]" (Visual Effects: Carbon)
** [[Nicki Minaj]] – "[[Super Freaky Girl]]" (Visual Effects: CameoFX)
** [[Sam Smith]] and [[Kim Petras]] – "[[Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras song)|Unholy]]" (Visual Effects: [[Max Colt]] and FRENDER)
| style="vertical-align:top" |
*'''[[Olivia Rodrigo]] – "[[Vampire (Olivia Rodrigo song)|Vampire]]" (Editors: Sofia Kerpan and David Checel)'''
**[[Blackpink]] – "[[Pink Venom]]" (Editor: Seo Hyun Seung)
** [[Kendrick Lamar]] – "Rich Spirit" (Editor: Grason Caldwell)
** [[Miley Cyrus]] – "[[River (Miley Cyrus song)|River]]" (Editor: Brandan Walter)
** [[SZA]] – "[[Kill Bill (SZA song)|Kill Bill]]" (Editor: Luis Caraza Peimbert)
** [[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]" (Editor: Chancler Haynes)
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" | [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]" (Director: Taylor Swift)'''
** [[Doja Cat]] – "[[Attention (Doja Cat song)|Attention]]" (Director: [[Tanu Muino|Tanu Muiño]])
** [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] – "[[Falling Back (song)|Falling Back]]" (Director: [[Director X]])
** [[Kendrick Lamar]] – "Count Me Out" (Director: [[Dave Free]] and Kendrick Lamar)
** [[Megan Thee Stallion]] – "[[Her (Megan Thee Stallion song)|Her]]" (Director: [[Colin Tilley]])
** [[Sam Smith]] and [[Kim Petras]] – "[[Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras song)|Unholy]]" (Director: [[Floria Sigismondi]])
** [[SZA]] – "[[Kill Bill (SZA song)|Kill Bill]]" (Director: [[Christian Breslauer (director)|Christian Breslauer]])
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Doja Cat]] – "[[Attention (Doja Cat song)|Attention]]" (Art Director: Spencer Graves)'''
** [[Boygenius]] – "The Film" (Art Director: Jen Dunlap)
** [[Blackpink]] – "[[Pink Venom]]" (Art Director: Seo Hyun Seung)
** [[Lana Del Rey]] (featuring [[Jon Batiste]]) – "Candy Necklace" (Art Director: Brandon Mendez)
** [[Megan Thee Stallion]] – "[[Her (Megan Thee Stallion song)|Her]]" (Art Director: Wes Dogan)
** [[SZA]] – "[[Shirt (song)|Shirt]]" (Art Director: Kate Bunch)
|-
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]]
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Blackpink]] – "[[Pink Venom]]" (Choreographers: Kiel Tutin, Sienna Lalau, [[Leejung Lee|Lee Jung]] and Taryn Cheng)'''
** [[Dua Lipa]] – "[[Dance the Night]]" (Choreographer: [[Charm La'Donna]])
** [[Jonas Brothers]] – "[[Waffle House (song)|Waffle House]]" (Choreographer: Jerry Reeve)
** [[Megan Thee Stallion]] – "[[Her (Megan Thee Stallion song)|Her]]" (Choreographer: [[Sean Bankhead]])
** [[Panic! at the Disco]] – "Middle of a Breakup" (Choreographer: Monika Felice Smith)
** [[Sam Smith]] and [[Kim Petras]] – "[[Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras song)|Unholy]]" (Choreographers: (LA)HORDE – Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer and Arthur Harel)
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* '''[[Taylor Swift]] – "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]" (Director of Photography: Rina Yang)'''
** [[Adele]] – "[[I Drink Wine]]" (Director of Photography: Adam Newport-Berra)
** [[Ed Sheeran]] – "[[Eyes Closed (Ed Sheeran song)|Eyes Closed]]" (Director of Photography: [[Natasha Braier]])
** [[Janelle Monáe]] – "Lipstick Lover" (Director of Photography: Allison Anderson)
** [[Kendrick Lamar]] – "Count Me Out" (Director of Photography: Adam Newport-Berra)
** [[Miley Cyrus]] – "[[Flowers (Miley Cyrus song)|Flowers]]" (Director of Photography: [[Marcell Rév]])
** [[Olivia Rodrigo]] – "[[Vampire (Olivia Rodrigo song)|Vampire]]" (Director of Photography: Russ Fraser)
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== Special awards ==
The following awards have special significance and are not necessarily awarded annually.<ref name="VMA Honorees">{{cite web |title=The Complete List of Honorees {{!}} MTV VMAs 2023 |url=https://www.mtv.com/vma/honorees |access-date=3 September 2023 |website=www.mtv.com |language=en |archive-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823230330/https://www.mtv.com/vma/honorees |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Shakira]] was announced as the recipient of the [[Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award]] on August 28,<ref name=":1" /> becoming the first South American artist to receive the highest honor.<ref name=":1" /> [[Sean Combs|Diddy]] was announced as the recipient of the Global Icon Award on September 2.{{Efn|Even though [[Sean Combs|Diddy]] was listed as the recipient of Global Icon Award on the [[MTV]] website on September 2, a press announcement was not made until September 5.|name=b}}<ref name=":5" />
{| class="wikitable" style="width="
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |[[Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award]]<br />{{small|(Presented by [[Toyota Motor North America|Toyota]])}}
! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD85; width:50%" |Global Icon Award{{efn|The Global Icon Award was first awarded in 2021, and it has been annually awarded since.|name=d}}
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| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Shakira]]'''<ref name=":1" />
| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Sean Combs|Diddy]]'''<ref name=":5" />
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== Voting system ==
{{Hatnote|Source: ''"The Official Voting Rules"'' – 2023 MTV Video Music Awards}}<!-- Do not blank the Section. Participate in the ongoing RfC in the talk page. -->
The Official Voting System for the ''2023 Video Music Awards'', according to [[MTV]], was as follows:<ref name=":6" />
* Each voter must be at least 13 years or older to participate in the voting.
=== General voting period ===
* The first round of voting was known as the "General Voting Period" and included most of the voted categories (15 out of 19 categories).<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=MTV |title=Vote Now – Nominees for 2023 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=www.mtv.com |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127202927/https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* It began on August 8 at 12 pm. ET, and concluded on September 1 at 6 pm. ET, except for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]], which concluded on September 12 at 10 pm. ET.
* Each voter can vote up to 10 times per category per day through ''Vote.MTV.com''.
* Voters should have signed in to their ''MTV.com Account'', as its necessary to limit their votes across devices.<ref name=":7" />
==== Double Days and Power Hours ====
* There were three "Double Days" with "Power Hours".
** August 8 from 12 p.m. to 11:59 pm. ET
** August 9 from 12 a.m. to 11:59 "*****". ET
** September 1 from 12 a.m. to 6 pm. ET
* During these periods, voting limits were doubled; each voter could vote up to 20 times per category per day.<ref name=":4" />
=== Instagram Story voting ===
* The second round of voting is known as the "Instagram Story Voting" and includes [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Group|Group of the Year]], Show of the Summer, [[MTV Video Music Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], and [[MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer|Song of Summer]].
* It was held through [[MTV]]'s [[Instagram]] stories from September 3 at 11 "*****". ET to September 12 at 11 "*****". ET.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MTV (@mtv) on Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/mtv/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=[[Instagram]] |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629095713/https://www.instagram.com/mtv/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Voters can vote by clicking on their favorite nominees on Instagram polling stickers.
==== Single-round voting ====
* Show of the Summer was held as "single-round voting" from September 3 at 11 "*****". ET until September 4 at 11 "*****". ET.
* [[MTV Video Music Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] was held as "single-round voting" from September 11 at 11 "*****". ET until September 12 at 11 "*****". ET.
==== Triple-round voting ====
* [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Group|Group of the Year]] was held as "triple-round voting" from September 4 at 11 "*****". ET to September 7 at 11 "*****". ET.
* In each round, nominees will proceed to the next round by [[Single-elimination tournament|bracket standings]].
==== Four-round voting ====
* [[MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer|Song of Summer]] was held as "four-round voting" from September 7 at at 11 "*****". ET to September 11 at 11 "*****". ET.
* In each round, nominees will proceed to the next round by [[Single-elimination tournament|bracket standings]].
== Ratings ==
The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards received 3.9 million viewers across all networks, including 865,000 viewers on MTV, a 37% jump in comparison to the previous year for the flagship network and comparable total network viewers from 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hailu |first=Selome |date=2023-09-13 |title=2023 MTV VMAs Bring in 3.9 Million Viewers, Equal to Year Before |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/2023-mtv-vmas-ratings-2022-1235722532/ |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=September 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...v/news/2023-mtv-vmas-ratings-2022-1235722532/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The show marked the event's highest MTV rating among the 18–49 demographic since 2019, with a 1.03.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Campione |first=Katie |date=2023-09-13 |title=MTV Scores Highest-Rated VMAs In 3 Years As Taylor Swift Sweeps Top Awards |url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/mtv-vmas-2023-ratings-record-1235545838/ |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=September 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023091...3/09/mtv-vmas-2023-ratings-record-1235545838/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Related events ==
=== MTV VMA Fantasy ===
To celebrate the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, [[Meta Platforms|Meta Fantasy Games]] launched "MTV VMA Fantasy" on Facebook. It had four rounds of binary question groups. It began on August 31, 2023 and concluded on September 12, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MTV Video Music Awards |title=VMAs on Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/VMAs/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Facebook |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914131515/https://www.facebook.com/VMAs/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fantasy Games |title=MTV VMA Fantasy 2023 – ''Participate now'' |url=https://www.facebook.com/fantasy_games/vma_mtv |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Facebook |language= |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914131329/https://www.facebook.com/fantasy_games/vma_mtv |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== VMA Block Party ===
To celebrate the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, [[MTV]] hosted a free public event titled the "VMA Block Party" for the first time at Oculus Plaza in [[Lower Manhattan]] on September 9, 2023, from 12 p.m. to 4 pm. EDT.<ref name="Amny">{{Cite web |last=Davenport |first=Emily |date=2023-09-06 |title=MTV to host VMA block party this weekend in Lower Manhattan {{!}} amNewYork |url=https://www.amny.com/entertainment/mtv-vma-block-party-manhattan/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=www.amny.com |language=en-US |archive-date=September 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023090.../entertainment/mtv-vma-block-party-manhattan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> MTV stated the event would be held annually for future shows.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MTV VMAs Block Party |url=http://nycplugged.com/calendar/mtv-vmas-block-party/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=NYCPlugged |language=en-US |archive-date=September 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908123548/https://nycplugged.com/calendar/mtv-vmas-block-party/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Alexander Stewart, [[Amaarae]], Jenna Raine, and DJ CherishTheLuv were announced as the performers for the event on September 8, 2023.<ref name="Amny" />
== Notes ==
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