# MTV Video Music Awards 2023

La 40ª edizione degli MTV Video Music Awards si è tenuta il 12 settembre 2023, presso il Prudential Center di Newark, in New Jersey. L'evento è stato condotto dalla rapper trinidadiana Nicki Minaj per il secondo anno consecutivo.
La lista delle candidature è stata annunciata l'8 agosto 2023: Taylor Swift ha ricevuto il maggior numero di nomination (11), seguita da SZA (8) e dalle Blackpink, Nicki Minaj, Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo, e Miley Cyrus (6 ciascuna).
Taylor Swift è l'artista più premiata della serata con 9 premi vinti, seguita da Shakira e dalle Blackpink con 2.

## Cerimonia
### Presentatori

| Contesto | Presentatori | Presentatori |
| Contesto | Principale | Secondari |
| Pre-show | Saweetie |
| Pre-show | Saweetie | Nessa |
| Pre-show | Saweetie | Dometi Pongo |
| Pre-show | Saweetie | Kevan Kenney |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | A Boogie wit da Hoodie |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Anuel AA |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Ashanti e French Montana |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Bebe Rexha |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Billy Porter |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Charli D'Amelio e Dixie D'Amelio |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Chloe x Halle |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Coco Jones |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Dove Cameron |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Emily Ratajkowski |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Fat Joe e Thalía |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | GloRilla |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Ice Spice |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Jared Leto e Shannon Leto |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | LL Cool J |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Madelyn Cline |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Mary J. Blige |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Nav e A Boogie wit da Hoodie |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Nelly Furtado e Timbaland |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | NSYNC |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Reneé Rapp |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Rita Ora |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Sabrina Carpenter |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Saweetie |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Shenseea |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Tiffany Haddish |
| Show principale | Nicki Minaj | Wyclef Jean |

### Esibizioni

| Artisti | Canzoni |
| Pre-show ||
| NLE Choppa | Ain't Gonna Answer It's Getting Hot Hot in Herre (con Nelly) |
| Sabrina Carpenter | Feather Nonsense |
| Extended play stage |
| Kaliii | Area Codes K Toven |
| Reneé Rapp | Too Well' Pretty Girls |
| The Warning | More Evolve |
| Show principale ||
| Lil Wayne | Uproar Kat Food |
| Olivia Rodrigo | Vampire Get Him Back! |
| Cardi B e Megan Thee Stallion | Bongos |
| Demi Lovato | Heart Attack (Rock Version) Sorry Not Sorry (Rock Version) Cool for the Summer (Rock Version) |
| Anitta | Used to Be Funk Rave Casi Casi Grip |
| Doja Cat | Attention Paint the Town Red Demons |
| Shakira | Video Vanguard Medley: She Wolf Te felicito TQG Objection (Tango) Ojos así Whenever, Wherever Hips Don't Lie Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions Vol. 53 |
| Nicki Minaj | Last Time I Saw You Big Difference |
| Karol G | Oki Doki Tá OK (Remix) |
| Diddy | Global Icon Medley: I'll Be Missing You Bad Boy for Life (con King Combs) I Need a Girl (Part Two) (Con Yung Miami) Last Night (con Keyshia Cole) |
| Peso Pluma | Lady Gaga |
| Stray Kids | S-Class |
| A Boogie wit da Hoodie Future Metro Boomin Nav Swae Lee | Superhero (Heroes & Villains) Calling |
| Fall Out Boy | We Didn't Start the Fire |
| TXT | Back for More (con Anitta) |
| Måneskin | Honey (Are U Coming?) |
| Kelsea Ballerini | Penthouse |
| Darryl McDaniels Doug E. Fresh Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Lil Wayne LL Cool J Nicki Minaj | Hip Hop 50th Anniversary Medley: The Message The Show Itty Bitty Piggy Red Ruby da Sleeze I'm Bad Mama Said Knock You Out Rock Box Walk This Way |

## Vincitori e candidature

In grassetto sono evidenziati i vincitori.

### Video dell'anno

* Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
* Doja Cat – Attention
* Miley Cyrus – Flowers
* Nicki Minaj – Super Freaky Girl
* Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
* Sam Smith e Kim Petras – Unholy
* SZA – Kill Bill

### Artista dell'anno

* Taylor Swift
* Beyoncé
* Doja Cat
* Karol G
* Nicki Minaj
* Shakira

### Canzone dell'anno

* Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
* Miley Cyrus – Flowers
* Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
* Rema e Selena Gomez– Calm Down
* Sam Smith e Kim Petras – Unholy
* Steve Lacy – Bad Habit
* SZA – Kill Bill

### Gruppo musicale dell'anno

* Blackpink
* Fifty Fifty
* Flo
* Jonas Brothers
* Måneskin
* NewJeans
* Seventeen
* TXT

### Album dell'anno

* Taylor Swift – Midnights
* Beyoncé – Renaissance
* Drake e 21 Savage – Her Loss
* Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains
* Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
* SZA – SOS

### Miglior artista esordiente

* Ice Spice
* GloRilla
* Kaliii
* Peso Pluma
* PinkPantheress
* Reneé Rapp

### Esibizione Push dell'anno

* TXT – Sugar Rush Ride
* 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
* Ice Spice – Princess Diana
* Flo – Losing You
* Lauren Spencer-Smith – That Part

### Miglior collaborazione

* Karol G e Shakira – TQG
* David Guetta e Bebe Rexha – I'm Good (Blue)
* Post Malone e Doja Cat – I Like You (A Happier Song)
* Diddy (featuring Bryson Tiller, Ashanti e Young Miami) – Gotta Move On
* Metro Boomin (featuring The Weeknd, 21 Savage e Diddy) – Creepin' Remix
* Rema e Selena Gomez – Calm Down

### Miglior video pop

* Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
* Demi Lovato – Swine
* Dua Lipa – Dance the Night
* Ed Sheeran – Eyes Closed
* Miley Cyrus – Flowers
* Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
* Pink – Trustfall

### Miglior video hip-hop

* Nicki Minaj – Super Freaky Girl
* Diddy (featuring Bryson Tiller, Ashanti e Youg Miami) – Gotta Move On
* DJ Khaled (featuring Drake e Lil Baby) – Staying Alive
* GloRilla e Cardi B – Tomorrow 2
* Lil Uzi Vert – Just Wanna Rock
* Lil Wayne (featuring Swizz Beatz e DMX) – Kant Nobody
* Metro Boomin (featuring Future) – Superhero (Heroes & Villains)

### Miglior video R&B

* SZA – Shirt
* Alicia Keys (featuring Lucky Daye) – Stay
* Chlöe (featuring Chris Brown) – How Does It Feel
* Metro Boomin (featuring The Weeknd, 21 Savage e Diddy) – Creepin' Remix
* Toosii – Favorite Song
* Yung Bleu e Nicki Minaj – Love in the Way

### Miglior video K-pop

* Stray Kids – S-Class
* Aespa – Girls
* Blackpink – Pink Venom
* Fifty Fifty – Cupid
* Seventeen – Super
* TXT – Sugar Rush Ride

### Miglior video alternativo

* Lana Del Rey (featuring Jon Batiste) – Candy Necklace
* Blink-182 – Edging
* Boygenius – The Film
* Fall Out Boy – Hold Me Like a Grudge
* Paramore – This Is Why
* Thirty Seconds to Mars – Stuck

### Miglior video rock

* Måneskin – The Loneliest
* Foo Fighters – The Teacher
* Linkin Park – Lost
* Red Hot Chili Peppers – Tippa My Tongue
* Metallica – Lux æterna
* Muse – You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween

### Miglior video latino

* Anitta – Funk Rave
* Bad Bunny – Where She Goes
* Eslabón Armado e Peso Pluma – Ella baila sola
* Grupo Frontera e Bud Bunny – Un x100to
* Karol G e Shakira– TQG
* Rosalía – Despechá
* Shakira – Acróstico

### Miglior video afrobeat

* Rema e Selena Gomez – Calm Down
* Ayra Starr – Rush
* Burna Boy – It's Plenty
* Davido (featuring Musa Keys) – Unavailable
* Fireboy DML e Asake – Bandana
* Libianca – People
* Wizkid (featuring Ayra Starr) – 2 Sugar

### Miglior video con un messaggio sociale

* Dove Cameron – Breakfast
* Alicia Keys – If I Ain't Got You
* Bad Bunny – El apagón – Aquí vive gente
* Demi Lovato – Swine
* Imagine Dragons – Crushed
* Maluma – La reina

### Miglior regia

* Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero (Taylor Swift)
* Doja Cat – Attention (Tanja Muïn'o)
* Drake – Falling Back (Julien Christian Lutz)
* Kendrick Lamar – Count Me Out (Dave Free e Kendrick Lamar)
* Megan Thee Stallion – Her (Colin Tilley)
* Sam Smith e Kim Petras – Unholy (Floria Sigismondi)
* SZA – Kill Bill (Christian Breslauer)

### Migliore direzione artistica

* Doja Cat – Attention (Spencer Graves)
* Boygenius – The Film (Jen Dunlap)
* Blackpink – Pink Venom (Seo Hyun Seung)
* Lana Del Rey (featuring Jon Batiste) – Candy Necklace (Brandon Mendez)
* Megan Thee Stallion – Her (Niko Philipides)
* SZA – Shirt (Kate Bunch)

### Migliore coreografia

* Blackpink – Pink Venom (Kiel Tutin, Sienna Lalau, Lee Jung e Taryn Cheng)
* Dua Lipa – Dance the Night (Charm LaDonna)
* Jonas Brothers – Waffle House (Jerry Reece)
* Megan Thee Stallion – Her (Sean Bankhead)
* Panic! at the Disco – Middle of a Breaku (Monika Felice Smith)
* Sam Smith e Kim Petras – Unholy (Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer e Arthur Harel)

### Miglior fotografia

* Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero (Rina Yang)
* Adele – I Drink Wine (Adam Newport-Berra)
* Ed Sheeran – Eyes Closed (Natasha Baier)
* Janelle Monáe – Lipstick Love (Allison Anderson)
* Kendrick Lamar – Count Me Out (Adam Newport-Berra)
* Miley Cyrus – Flowers (Marcell Rev)
* Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire (Russ Fraser)

### Miglior montaggio

* Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire (Sofia Kerpan e David Checel)
* Blackpink – Pink Venom (Seo Hyun Seung)
* Kendrick Lamar – Rich Spirit (Grason Caldwell)
* Miley Cyrus – River (Brandan Walter)
* SZA – Kill Bill (Luis Caraza Peimbert)
* Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero (Chancler Haynes)

### Migliori effetti speciali

* Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
* 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 e Kim Petras – Unholy

### Canzone dell'estate

* Jung Kook (featuring Latto) – Seven
* Beyoncé – Cuff It
* Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
* Doja Cat – Paint the Town Red
* Doechii (featuring Kodak Black) – What It Is (Block Boy)
* Dua Lipa – Dance the Night
* Fifty Fifty – Cupid
* Gunna – Fukumean
* Nicki Minaj e Ice Spice con Aqua – Barbie World
* Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
* SZA – Kill Bill
* Taylor Swift (featuring Ice Spice) – Karma
* TXT e Jonas Brothers – Do It Like That
* Luke Combs – Fast Car
* Troye Sivan – Rush
* Yng Lvcas e Peso Pluma – La Bebe

### Esibizione dell'estate

* Taylor Swift
* Beyoncé
* Blackpink
* Drake
* Ed Sheeran
* Karol G

### Premio alla carriera (Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award)

* Shakira

### Icona globale

* Diddy