MTV Video Music Awards 2026: Full list of winners as Taylor Swift makes history
Hosted by Snoop Dog at the Peacock theatre on Sunday, September 27, the ceremony largely awarded female artists, with LISA, Sienna Spiro and Sabrina Carpenter also coming home victorious.
Madonna received the most number of nominations, at a whopping 13, and took home seven by the end of the night.
Madonna won seven awards
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“Most of you were probably not born when I performed at the very first VMAs 43 years ago,” the 68-year-old said while accepting the award for artist of the year.
Other awards included Best Dance for her Confessions II short film and Best Collaboration for “Bring Your Love” with Sabrina Carpenter.
Hot on her heels was Taylor Swift, who took home three awards this year. Last night’s wins take her career total to an unmatched 33. She had previously been tied with Beyonce at 30 awards each.
Taylor Swift is now the most awarded artist in VMA history
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Her song "The Fate of Ophelia" was named music video of the year, the ceremony’s most prestigious award.
Collecting her Moon Person trophy, Swift dedicated the award to the late Dolly Parton, who she deemed the "the ultimate showgirl" who told stories that were "so vivid and so rich."
"I think that we were all very lucky to share this planet with Dolly Parton for a time," she said.
Taylor Swift paid tribute to Dolly Parton whilst accepting an award
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The 36-year-old also debuted the music video for her new song Patient Zero, starring actors Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson.
Here is the list of winners in full.
Best Pop
Lisa & Kentara Sakaguchi — “Dream” WINNER
Video of the Year
Taylor Swift — “The Fate of Ophelia”
Taylor Swift accepts the Artist Director Honors from Dakota Johnson
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Artist of the Year
Madonna
Song of the Year
BTS — “Swim”
Best New Artist
Sienna Spiro
Best Collaboration
Sienna Spiro was awarded Best New Artist
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Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter — “Bring Your Love”
Best Hip-Hop
Cardi B & Kehlani — “Safe”
Best R&B
Bruno Mars — “I Just Might”
Best Alternative
Olivia Rodrigo — “The Cure”
Best Dance
Madonna — “Confessions II - The Film”
PinkPantheress, winner of the Best Art Direction award for "Stateside"
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Best Latin
Bad Bunny — “Nuevayol”
Best K-Pop
BTS - “Swim”
Best Country
Ella Langley — “Choosin’ Texas”
Best Direction
Taylor Swift - “Opalite”
Host Snoop Dogg speaks onstage during the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards
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Best Art Direction
PinkPantheress & Zara Larsson — “Stateside”
Best Cinematography
Madonna — “Confessions II - The Film”
Best Editing
Sabrina Carpenter — “House Tour”
Teyana Taylor speaks onstage during the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards
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Best Choreography
Madonna — “Confessions II - The Film”
Best Visual Effects
Ariana Grande — “Hate That I Made You Love Me”
Best Group
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GENER8ION and Yung Lean perform onstage during the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards
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