2024 MTV Video Music Awards winners list: Swift wins big again as Carpenter wins song of the year

Elmont, NY – The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards is the 41st annual running of the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) since its inaugural edition in 1984. It also marks the 40th anniversary of the VMAs. The 2024 edition held in UBS Arena in New York, was originally to be scheduled on Tuesday September 10, however the event pushed back one day to Wednesday September 11, the day after 2024 U.S. Presiential election's second debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

UBS Arena (pictured in 2021) hosted the 2024 MTV VMAs.

The award night was once again dominated by megastar Taylor Swift with seven award wins out of twelve nominations, including Best Artist, Best Pop, and Video Of The Year. With those wins, Swift has won more VMAs than anyone else in the VMA's 40-year history. Swift's 30 wins surpassed Beyonce Knowles's 27 wins. Last year in 2023, Swift won nine awards out of eleven nominations; the only category she won in the last two years is Video Of The Year.

Meanwhile, former Disney Channel star and current pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter took the Song Of The Year win with her single "Espresso". This became Carpenter's first win in a major music award on her career.

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For the Video Vanguard award recipient this year goes to pop veteran Katy Perry. Perry also won Most Iconic Performance courtesy of her performance from 2013 VMAs at Barclays Center performing her 2013 single "Roar".

- 2024 MTV Video Music Awards winners list

Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan are among the winners of 2024 MTV VMAs; Swift won seven categories.

a. Voted categories

• Video Of the Year: Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" – Republic/UMG

• Artist Of the Year: Taylor Swift – Republic/UMG

• Song Of the Year: Sabrina Carpenter – "Espresso" – Island/UMG

• Best New Artist: Chappell Roan – Island/UMG

• Best Collaboration: Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" – Republic/UMG

• Best Pop: Taylor Swift – Republic/UMG

• Best Hip Hop: Eminem – "Houdini" – Shady/Aftermath/Interscope/UMG

• Best R&B: SZA – "Snooze" – RCA/SMG

• Best Alternative: Benson Boone – "Beautiful Things" – WMG

• Best Rock: Lenny Kravitz – "Human" – Roxie/BMG

• Best Latin: Anitta – "Mil Veces" – Republic/UMG

• Best Afrobeats: Tyla – "Water" – Epic/SMG

• Best K-pop: Lisa – "Rockstar" – YG/Lloud/RCA/SMG

• Video For Good: Billie Eilish – "What Was I Made For?" – Interscope/UMG

• PUSH Performance Of the Year: Le Sserafim – "Easy" (June 2024) – Source/Geffen/UMG

• VMAs Most Iconic Performance: Katy Perry – "Roar" (2013 VMA at Empire-Fulton Ferry Park, also held at Barclays Center)

• Best Trending Video: Megan Thee Stallion featuring Yuki Chiba – "Mamushi" – Hot Girl Records (independent label)

• Best Group: Seventeen (KOR) – Pledis/Geffen

• Song of Summer: Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" – Republic/UMG

b. Technical awards/professional categories

The winners of the following categories were chosen by industry professionals.

• Best Direction: Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" – Republic/UMG (Directed by T. Swift)

• Best Cinematography: Ariana Grande – "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" – Republic/UMG (Cinematography by Anatol Trofimov)

• Best Editing: Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "Fortnight" – Republic/UMG (Edited by Chancler Haynes)

• Best Choreography: Dua Lipa – "Houdini" – Atlantic/WMG (Choreography by Charm La'Donna)

• Best Visual Effects: Eminem – "Houdini" – Shady/Interscope/UMG (Visual FX by Synapse Virtual Production, Louise Lee, Rich Lee, Metaphysic and Flawless Post)

• Best Art Direction: Megan Thee Stallion – "BoA" – Hot Girl Records (Art Direction by Brittany Porter)

c. Special award (Video Vanguard)

Katy Perry was announced as the recipient of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award on August 15.

- Sources:

• https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2024-vmas-winners-list-1235772883/

• https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/taylor-swift-vmas-2024-passes-beyonce-top-winner-1235773005/