Taylor Swift once again proved she is the pop star of this era.
At the 2026 MTV VMAs, the Life of a Showgirl artist dethroned Beyoncé and became the show’s most awarded artist.
Last night, the Opalite singer won three Moon People at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater, bringing her total to 33 VMAs she has taken home throughout her music career.
The August hitmaker earned a total of nine nominations this year, second to Madonna who received 11.
Taylor won Best Video of the Year for The Fate of Ophelia and Best Direction for Opalite.
Along with this, she received the first-ever MTV VMA Artist Director Honors to mark her “roughly 60 music videos” she’s made in 20 years.
After receiving the inaugural honor, she premiered her new Patient Zero music video at the award ceremony.
So, last night Taylor entered the Peacock Theater with 30 Moon People in her bucket and left with her new total of 33.
The record for the most-awarded artist in MTV Video Music Awards history was previously held by Beyoncé with 30 accolades in her name.
Here is the list of accolades Taylor has won so far at MTV VMAs
- 2026: Artist Director Honors
- 2026: Video of the year for “The Fate of Ophelia“
- 2026: Best direction for “Opalite.”
- 2024: Song of the summer for “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone
- 2024: Best editing for “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone
- 2024: Best direction for “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone
- 2024: Best collaboration for “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone
- 2024: Video of the year for “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone
- 2024: Best pop
- 2024: Artist of the year
- 2023: Album of the year for “Midnights”
- 2023: Show of the summer
- 2023: Artist of the year
- 2023: Best visual effects for “Anti-Hero”
- 2023: Best cinematography for “Anti-Hero”
- 2023: Best direction for “Anti-Hero”
- 2023: Best pop for “Anti-Hero”
- 2023: Song of the year for “Anti-Hero”
- 2023: Video of the year for “Anti-Hero”
- 2022: Video of the year for “All Too Well: The Short Film”
- 2022: Best long form video for “All Too Well: The Short Film”
- 2022: Best direction for “All Too Well: The Short Film”
- 2020: Best direction for “The Man”
- 2019: Best visual effects for “ME!” featuring Brendon Urie
- 2019: Video for good for “You Need to Calm Down”
- 2019: Video of the year for “You Need to Calm Down”
- 2017: Best collaboration for “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” with Zayn
- 2015: Best collaboration for “Bad Blood” featuring Kendrick Lamar
- 2015: Video of the year for “Bad Blood” featuring Kendrick Lamar
- 2015: Best pop video for “Blank Space”
- 2015: Best female video for “Blank Space”
- 2013: Best female video for “I Knew You Were Trouble”
- 2009: Best female video for “You Belong With Me”
