Historic VMA Night
Madonna Leads the 2026 VMAs With Seven Wins While Taylor Swift Makes History
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Madonna led the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards with seven wins, including Artist of the Year and Best Collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter. Taylor Swift won Video of the Year for “The Fate of Ophelia,” Best Direction and the inaugural Artist Director Honors, extending her record-setting VMA career; she dedicated her top award to the late Dolly Parton. BTS won all three of its nominated categories, including Song of the Year, Best K-Pop and Best Group. Ariana Grande won two awards, including Song of the Summer and Best Visual Effects for “Hate That I Made You Love Me,” despite not attending while taking a break from public life. Madonna’s acceptance speech drew attention when she appeared unsure which award she had won, and she later attended an afterparty with boyfriend Akeem Morris and daughter Lourdes Leon.
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Taylor Swift moved ahead of Beyoncé to become the most-awarded artist in VMA history, with 31 wins. In accepting the inaugural Artist Director Honors, Swift said she had worked on about 60 music videos, writing and directing 18 of them.
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Swift also debuted the music video for her new song “Patient Zero” during the show. She directed the video, which stars Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson.
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Madonna entered the ceremony with 13 nominations, more than any other artist, before finishing with seven awards.
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Ariana Grande’s representative said she planned to step out of public life after finishing her tour; the final performance was in London on September 1.
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