2023 MTV Video Music Awards

2023 MTV Video Music Awards
Date	September 12, 2023 (2023-09-12) 8:00pm EDT
Venue	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Country	United States
Most nominations	Taylor Swift (8)
Website	mtv.com/vma
Television/radio coverage
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Produced by	Bruce Gillmer Jesse Ignjatovic

The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards will be held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on September 12, 2023. It will be the first music award show since SAG Strike happened in May. Nominees were revealed on August 8. Taylor Swift leads the nominations with 8

Nominees

List of nominees for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards

Video of the Year	Song of the Year
Doja Cat – "Attention" Miley Cyrus – "Flowers" Nicki Minaj – "Super Freaky Girl" Olivia Rodrigo – "Vampire" Sam Smith and Kim Petras – "Unholy" SZA – "Kill Bill" Taylor Swift – "Anti-Hero"	Miley Cyrus – "Flowers" Olivia Rodrigo – "Vampire" Rema and Selena Gomez – "Calm Down" Sam Smith and Kim Petras – "Unholy" Steve Lacy – "Bad Habit" SZA – "Kill Bill" Taylor Swift – "Anti-Hero"
Artist of the Year	Best New Artist
Beyoncé Doja Cat Karol G Nicki Minaj Shakira Taylor Swift	GloRilla Ice Spice Kaliii Peso Pluma PinkPantheress Reneé Rapp
Push Performance of The Year	Best Collaboration
Saucy Santana – "Booty" Stephen Sanchez – "Until I Found You" Jvke – "Golden Hour" Flo Milli – "Conceited" Reneé Rapp – "Colorado" Sam Ryder – "All the Way Over" Armani White – "Goated" Fletcher – "Becky's So Hot" Tomorrow X Together – "Sugar Rush Ride" Ice Spice – "Princess Diana" Flo – "Losing You" Lauren Spencer-Smith – "That Part"	David Guetta and Bebe Rexha – "I'm Good (Blue)" Post Malone and Doja Cat – "I Like You (A Happier Song)" Diddy (featuring Bryson Tiller, Ashanti, and Yung Miami) – "Gotta Move On" Karol G and Shakira – "TQG" Metro Boomin (featuring the Weeknd, 21 Savage, and Diddy) – "Creepin'" (remix) Rema and Selena Gomez – "Calm Down"
Best Pop	Best Hip Hop
Demi Lovato – "Swine" Dua Lipa – "Dance the Night" Ed Sheeran – "Eyes Closed" Miley Cyrus – "Flowers" Olivia Rodrigo – "Vampire" Pink – "Trustfall" Taylor Swift – "Anti-Hero"	Diddy (featuring Bryson Tiller, Ashanti, and Yung Miami) – "Gotta Move On" DJ Khaled (featuring Drake and Lil Baby) – "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) – "Superhero (Heroes & Villains)" Nicki Minaj – "Super Freaky Girl"
Best R&B	Best K-Pop
Alicia Keys (featuring Lucky Daye) – "Stay" Chlöe (featuring Chris Brown) – "How Does It Feel" Metro Boomin (featuring the Weeknd, 21 Savage, and Diddy) – "Creepin'" (remix) SZA – "Shirt" Toosii – "Favorite Song" Yung Bleu and Nicki Minaj – "Love in the Way"	Aespa – "Girls" Blackpink – "Pink Venom" Fifty Fifty – "Cupid" Seventeen – "Super" Stray Kids – "S-Class" Tomorrow X Together – "Sugar Rush Ride"
Best Latin	Best Rock
Anitta – "Funk Rave" Bad Bunny – "Where She Goes" Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma – "Ella Baila Sola" Grupo Frontera and Bad Bunny – "Un x100to" Karol G and Shakira – "TQG" Rosalía – "Despechá" Shakira – "Acróstico"	Foo Fighters – "The Teacher" Linkin Park – "Lost" (original) Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Tippa My Tongue" Måneskin – "The Loneliest" Metallica – "Lux Æterna" Muse – "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween"
Best Alternative	Best Afrobeats
Blink-182 – "Edging" Boygenius – "The Film" Fall Out Boy – "Hold Me Like a Grudge" Lana Del Rey (featuring Jon Batiste) – "Candy Necklace" Paramore – "This Is Why" Thirty Seconds to Mars – "Stuck"	Ayra Starr – "Rush" Burna Boy – "It's Plenty" Davido (featuring Musa Keys) – "Unavailable" Fireboy DML and Asake – "Bandana" Libianca – "People" Rema and Selena Gomez – "Calm Down" Wizkid (featuring Ayra Starr) – "2 Sugar"
Best Visual Effects	Best Editing
Fall Out Boy – "Love from the Other Side" Harry Styles – "Music for a Sushi Restaurant" Melanie Martinez – "Void" Nicki Minaj – "Super Freaky Girl" Sam Smith and Kim Petras – "Unholy" Taylor Swift – "Anti-Hero"	Blackpink – "Pink Venom" (Editor: Seo Hyun Seung) Kendrick Lamar – "Rich Spirit" (Editor: Grason Caldwell) Miley Cyrus – "River" (Editor: Brandan Walter) Olivia Rodrigo – "Vampire" (Editors: Sofia Kerpan and David Checel) SZA – "Kill Bill" (Editor: Luis Caraza Peimbert) Taylor Swift – "Anti-Hero" (Editor: Chancler Haynes)
Best Direction	Best Art Direction
Doja Cat – "Attention" (Director: Tanu Muiño) Drake – "Falling Back" (Director: Julien Christian Lutz) Kendrick Lamar – "Count Me Out" (Director: Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar) Megan Thee Stallion – "Her" (Director: Colin Tilley) Sam Smith and Kim Petras – "Unholy" (Director: Floria Sigismondi) SZA – "Kill Bill" (Director: Christian Breslauer) Taylor Swift – "Anti-Hero" (Director: Taylor Swift)	Boygenius – "The Film" (Art Director: Jen Dunlap) Blackpink – "Pink Venom" (Art Director: Seo Hyun Seung) Doja Cat – "Attention" (Art Director: Spencer Graves) Lana Del Rey (featuring Jon Batiste) – "Candy Necklace" (Art Director: Brandon Mendez) Megan Thee Stallion – "Her" (Art Director: Niko Philipides) SZA – "Shirt" (Art Director: Kate Bunch)
Best Choreography	Best Cinematography
Blackpink – "Pink Venom" (Choreographers: Kiel Tutin, Sienna Lalau, Lee Jung, and Taryn Cheng) Dua Lipa – "Dance the Night" (Choreographer: Charm LaDonna) Jonas Brothers – "Waffle House" (Choreographer: Jerry Reece) Megan Thee Stallion – "Her" (Choreographer: Sean Bankhead) Panic! at the Disco – "Middle of a Breakup" (Choreographer: Monika Felice Smith) Sam Smith and Kim Petras – "Unholy" (Choreographers: Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer, and Arthur Harel)	Adele – "I Drink Wine" (Director of Photography: Adam Newport-Berra) Ed Sheeran – "Eyes Closed" (Director of Photography: Natasha Baier) Janelle Monáe – "Lipstick Lover" (Director of Photography: Allison Anderson) Kendrick Lamar – "Count Me Out" (Director of Photography: Adam Newport-Berra) Miley Cyrus – "Flowers" (Director of Photography: Marcell Rev) Olivia Rodrigo – "Vampire" (Director of Photography: Russ Fraser) Taylor Swift – "Anti-Hero" (Director of Photography: Rina Yang)
Video for Good
Alicia Keys – "If I Ain't Got You" (orchestral) Bad Bunny – "El Apagón – Aquí Vive Gente" Demi Lovato – "Swine" Dove Cameron – "Breakfast" Imagine Dragons – "Crushed" Maluma – "La Reina"