Taylor Swift makes history with record-breaking wins at the 2024 MTV VMAs

Taylor Swift had a great, record-breaking night at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.

With the award for Video of the Year for “Fortnight” — her Department for Tortured Poets Single with Post Malone – Swift became the first artist ever to win the award three years in a row. She also increased her own record for most overall Video of the Year awards to five, having previously won in 2023 for “Anti-Hero” and 2022 for All Too Well: The Short Filmin 2019 for “You Need to Calm Down” and in 2015 with “Bad Blood”.

“To the fans: I always try to find a way to thank you for making my life what it is, for making the Eras tour what it is, for making the Department for Tortured Poets what it’s become,” Swift said in her speech. “We owe this to all of you for doing this and voting for this award. So thank you to MTV for giving me the opportunity to thank the fans, to thank you for what you’ve done.”

The pop star was close to hitting several milestones with her 12 nominations. The night ended with her tying Beyoncé as the most decorated VMA winner of all time, technically surpassing her number as a solo artist. At the 2024 VMAs, Swift has 23 VMAs to Beyoncé’s 30, including her work as a solo artist, with Destiny’s Child and alongside Jay-Z as The Carters. She has 25 on her own. Swift’s seven wins tonight were enough to put her just ahead of Beyoncé on the solo front. Beyoncé was nominated for three awards this year, but failed to add any new trophies to her collection.

In addition to Video of the Year, Swift’s trophy collection also included Artist of the Year, Best Pop, Best Collaboration, Best Director, Best Editing and Song of the Summer. She was also nominated for the VMAs’ new award for Most Iconic Performance for her rendition of “You Belong With Me” on the New York City subway in 2009 (a performance that was admittedly overshadowed by a very different incident involving Swift).

Swift’s landmark VMA night comes as the pop star prepares for the final leg of The Eras Tour. The North American trek is set to kick off on October 18 and run through mid-December, with shows in Miami, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Toronto and Vancouver.