How Many VMAs Does Taylor Swift Have And What Did She Win Them For?

12 September 2024, 09:36 | Updated: 12 September 2024, 11:47

Taylor Swift had 12 nominations at the VMAs 2024 but how many has she won overall and what for? Here's a look at all of Taylor's VMAs wins.

After Taylor Swift literally broke her own record at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2023 it's not surprising that the mega-star is led the 2024 wins taking home 7 Moon Man trophies in one might.

Her 'The Tortured Poets Department' song 'Fortnight' with Post Malone landed her most of the wins, and she also took home artist of the year.

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The Taylor Swift VMAs lore runs pretty deep as we can't forget how in 2009 Kanye West jumped on stage when she was awarded 'Best Female Video', for You Belong with Me', and said, "I'ma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time!"

It acted as a canon event in Taylor's career and led her to write her 'TTPD' track 'thanK you aIMee'.

The 14-time Grammy Award winner officially became the artist with the most VMAs, surpassing Beyoncé who has 26, so let's take a look at how many she has and what she won them for.

How many VMAs does Taylor Swift have?

The hugely successful musician has 30 VMAs to her name. Taylor won her second ever Video Music Award in 2013 and in 2023 she made history taking 9 trophies home.

What are Taylor Swift's VMAs for?

• Best Female Video for 'You Belong with Me' - 2009
• Best Female Video for 'I Knew You Were Trouble' - 2013
• Best Female Video and Best Pop Video for 'Blank Space' - 2015
• Video of the Year and Best Collaboration for 'Bad Blood' (featuring Kendrick Lamar) - 2015
• Best Collaboration for 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' (with Zayn) - 2017
• Video of the Year and Video for Good for 'You Need to Calm Down' - 2019
• Best Visual Effects for 'Me!' (featuring Brendon Urie) - 2019
• Best Direction, Best Long Form Video and Video of the Year for All Too Well: The Short Film - 2022
• Video of the Year for 'Anti-Hero' - 2023
• Artist of the Year - 2023
• Song of the Year for 'Anti-Hero' - 2023
• Album of the Year for 'Midnights' - 2023
• Best Pop for 'Anti-Hero' - 2023
• Best Direction for 'Anti-Hero', directed by Taylor Swift - 2023
• Best Cinematography for 'Anti-Hero', cinematography by Rina Yang - 2023
• Best Visual Effects for 'Anti-Hero', visual effects by Parliament- 2023
• Show of the Summer - 2023
• Artist Of The Year - 2024
• Video Of The Year for 'Fortnight ft. Post Malone' - 2024
• Best Pop for 'Fortnight ft. Post Malone' - 2024
• Best Collaboration for 'Fortnight ft. Post Malone' - 2024
• Song Of The Summer for 'Fortnight ft. Post Malone' - 2024
• Best Direction for 'Fortnight ft. Post Malone' - 2024
• Best Editing for 'Fortnight ft. Post Malone' - 2024

In 2024 Taylor took home 7 trophies with six of them award for her 'TTPD' tracks Fortnight ft. Post Malone'. She didn't manage to break her own record but she has now become the artist with the most VMAs ever as Beyoncé comes in second with 26 to her name.

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