Check out the full list of nominees for the 2023 MTV VMAs

Taylor Swift takes the lead with 8 nominations, and the Artist of the Year nominees are all women for the first time since 2017.

August 08, 2023
Check out the full list of nominees for the 2023 MTV VMAs Taylor Swift backstage at the 2022 MTV VMAs. Photo by Catherine Powell/Getty Images for MTV/Paramount Global.  

The nominees for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards have been announced, with a Video of the Year category featuring Doja Cat, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo, Sam Smith & Kim Petras, SZA and Taylor Swift. While Swift and SZA also take the lead in terms of overall nominations, with 8 and 6 respectively, everyone else in the category is trailing right behind them with five noms each.

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In addition to this year's female-dominated Video of the Year slate, the Artist of the Year category features all-women nominees for the first time since the award was introduced in 2017. Beyoncé gets her only shoutout here, since she has yet to share any visuals from last year's RENAISSANCE. Then again, maybe the real visuals were us all along.

In advance of this year's ceremony, which takes place on September 12 at Newark's Prudential Center, revisit The FADER's roundup of the best performances from the 2022 VMAs.

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Video of the Year

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

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Artist of the Year

Beyoncé
Doja Cat
Karol G
Nicki Minaj
Shakira
Taylor Swift

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Song of the Year

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

Best New Artist

GloRilla
Ice Spice
Kaliii
Peso Pluma
PinkPantheress
Reneé Rapp

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Push Performance of the Year

August 2022: Saucy Santana - “Booty”
September 2022: Stephen Sanchez - “Until I Found You”
October 2022: JVKE - “golden hour”
November 2022: Flo Milli - “Conceited”
December 2022: Reneé Rapp - “Colorado”
January 2023: Sam Ryder - “All The Way Over”
February 2023: Armani White - “GOATED”
March 2023: Fletcher - “Becky's So Hot”
April 2023: Tomorrow X Together - “Sugar Rush Ride”
May 2023: Ice Spice – “Princess Diana”
June 2023: FLO – “Losing You”
July 2023: Lauren Spencer Smith - “That Part”

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Best Collaboration

David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - “I'm Good (Blue)”
Post Malone & Doja Cat - “I Like You (A Happier Song)”
Diddy ft. Bryson Tiller, Ashanti, Yung Miami - “Gotta Move On”
KAROL G & Shakira - “TQG”
Metro Boomin ft. The Weeknd, 21 Savage, Diddy - “Creepin’ (Remix)”
Rema & Selena Gomez - “Calm Down”

Best Pop

Demi Lovato - “Swine”
Dua Lipa - “Dance the Night”
Ed Sheeran - “Eyes Closed”
Miley Cyrus - “Flowers”
Olivia Rodrigo - “Vampire”
P!NK - “Trustfall”
Taylor Swift - “Anti-Hero”

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Best Hip-Hop

Diddy ft. Bryson Tiller, Ashanti, Yung Miami - “Gotta Move On”
DJ Khaled ft. Drake & Lil Baby - “STAYING ALIVE”
GloRilla & Cardi B - “Tomorrow 2”
Lil Uzi Vert - “Just Wanna Rock”
Lil Wayne ft. Swizz Beatz & DMX - “Kant Nobody”
Metro Boomin ft. Future - “Superhero (Heroes and Villains)”
Nicki Minaj - “Super Freaky Girl”

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Best Rock

Foo Fighters - “The Teacher”
Linkin Park - “Lost (Original Version)”
Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Tippa My Tongue”
Måneskin - “The Loneliest”
Metallica - “Lux Æterna”
Muse - “You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween”

Best Alternative

Blink-182 - “Edging”
Boygenius - “The Film”
Fall Out Boy - “Hold Me Like a Grudge”
Lana Del Rey ft. Jon Batiste - “Candy Necklace”
Paramore - “This Is Why”
Thirty Seconds To Mars - “Stuck”

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Best Latin

Anitta - “Funk Rave”
Bad Bunny - “Where She Goes”
Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma - “Ella Baila Sola”
Grupo Frontera & Bad Bunny - “un x100to”
Karol G & Shakira - “TQG”
Rosalía - “Despechá”
Shakira - “Acróstico”

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Best R&B

Alicia Keys ft. Lucky Daye - “Stay”
Chlöe ft. Chris Brown - “How Does It Feel”
Metro Boomin ft. The Weeknd, 21 Savage, Diddy - “Creepin’ (Remix)”
SZA - “Shirt”
Toosii - “Favorite Song”
Yung Bleu & Nicki Minaj - “Love In The Way”

Best K-Pop

Aespa - “Girls”
Blackpink - “Pink Venom”
Fiffty Fifty - “Cupid”
Seventeen - “Super”
Stray Kids - “S-Class”
Tomorrow X Together - “Sugar Rush Ride”

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Best Afrobeats

Ayra Starr - “Rush”
Burna Boy - “It’s Plenty”
Davido ft. Musa Keys - “Unavailable”
Fireboy DML & Asake - ”Bandana”
Libianca - “People”
Rema & Selena Gomez - “Calm Down”
Wizkid ft. Ayra Starr - “2 Sugar”

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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”

Best Cinematography

Adele - “I Drink Wine”
Ed Sheeran - “Eyes Closed”
Janelle Monae - “Lipstick Lover”
Kendrick Lamar - “Count Me Out”
Miley Cyrus - “Flowers”
Olivia Rodrigo - “Vampire”
Taylor Swift - “Anti-Hero”

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Best Direction

Doja Cat - “Attention”
Drake - “Falling Back”
Kendrick Lamar - “Count Me Out”
Megan Thee Stallion - “Her”
Sam Smith & Kim Petras - “Unholy”
SZA - “Kill Bill”
Taylor Swift - “Anti-Hero”

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Best Art Direction

Boygenius - “The Film”
Blackpink - “Pink Venom”
Doja Cat - “Attention”
Lana Del Rey ft. Jon Batiste - “Candy Necklace”
Megan Thee Stallion - “Her”
SZA - “Shirt”

Best Visual Effects

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 & Kim Petras - “Unholy”
Taylor Swift - “Anti-Hero”

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Best Choreography

Blackpink - “Pink Venom”
Dua Lipa - “Dance the Night”
Jonas Brothers - “Waffle House”
Megan Thee Stallion - “Her”
Panic! at the Disco - “Middle of a Breakup”
Sam Smith & Kim Petras - “Unholy”

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Best Editing

Blackpink - “Pink Venom”
Kendrick Lamar - “Rich Spirit”
Miley Cyrus - “River”
Olivia Rodrigo - “Vampire”
SZA - “Kill Bill”
Taylor Swift - “Anti-Hero”

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Check out the full list of nominees for the 2023 MTV VMAs