Taylor Swift wins big at MTV Europe Music Awards
It was a big day for Taylor Swift as she walked away with four prizes at MTV’s Europe Music Awards 2022, including Best Longform Video for her 10-minute song All Too Well, Best Video, Best Artist and Best Pop. The awards held on Sunday at PSD Bank Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany, also saw rapper Nicki Minaj, DJ David Guetta and SEVENTEEN winning two awards each. Minaj received the Best Song Award for Super Freaky Girl and Best Hip Hop, while Guetta won the Best Collaboration for I’m Good (Blue), a track with singer Bebe Rexha, and Best Electronic Song. SEVENTEEN won the Best New and Best Push Awards. Indian musician Armaan Malik won Best India Act of 2022.
Singer Harry Styles took home one trophy in the Best Live category. Also, the Best Metaverse performance award, one of the two categories introduced for the first time, went to BLACKPINK. The other one was the Best Longform Video. Three Ukrainian women — Lina Deshvar, Anna Kutova, and Anfisa Yankovina — received this year’s MTV
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The rock band Muse dedicated its victory to Iranians and Ukrainians, and Oleh Psiuk, the frontman of Kalush Orchestra, said he hoped for more Ukrainian bands to perform at the festival next year. The prestigious event was hosted by singer Rita Ora and actor Taika Waititi.
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Best Song: Nicki Minaj
Best Video: Taylor Swift
Best Artist: Taylor Swift
Best Collaboration: David Guetta and Bebe Rexha
Best Live: Harry Styles
Best Pop: Taylor Swift
Best New: SEVENTEEN
Best K-Pop: LISA
Best Latin: Anitta
Best Electronic: David Guetta Best Hip-Hop: Nicki Minaj
Best Rock: Muse
Best Alternative: Gorillaz
Best R&B: Chlöe
Best Longform Video: Taylor Swift
Video For Good: Sam Smith Biggest Fans: BTS
Best Push: SEVENTEEN
Best Metaverse Performance: BLACKPINK The Virtual | PUBG