Taylor Swift swept the board at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards, taking home nine awards including those for video of the year and song of the year, for Anti-Hero. She’s now tied for most wins in one night, and is second only to Beyoncé for overall wins.
*NSYNC, who’ve not been on stage together for a decade, made a surprise appearance— fueling rumors that they’re set to reunite to record songs for the third Trolls movie.
The evening ended abruptly with 13 categories yet to be announced after Swift won the evening’s coveted video of the year award. It’s no wonder time was at a premium — the show featured more than 20 performances, including one by Sean “Diddy” Combs, who took home the Global Icon Award.
The crowd went wild when Shakira, who became the first South American artist to win the Video Vanguard Award, performed a 10-minute medley of her greatest hits, giving her a standing ovation. The show concluded with a joint performance from Grandmaster Flash, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne and LL Cool J, celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop.
That’s enough about the music — we know what you really want to know about is the evening’s best looks. We’ve got the rundown, below.
The MTV VMAs red carpet rundown
Selena Gomez was just a bit too pretty in red. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)Brazilian singer Anitta, who won the Best Latin award for Funk Rave was fab in bronze frills. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)Anitta went for black leather during her performance with Soobin and Beomgyu (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for MTV)Cardi B showed off some serious skills (plus some excellent hair) (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)LL Cool J spiced up a classic look with some sparkles for his performance with DMC (Noam Galai/Getty Images for MTV)Dove Cameron was characteristically chic in black (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)Ice Spice brought some serious Like A Virgin vibes. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)NAV showed up to prove the bowl cut may not be irredeemable. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for MTV)Nicki Minaj stormed the stage in red and black. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)If we’re honest, we’re more partial to her epic leather jacket look. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for MTV)Emily Ratajkowski may not be a singer, but she certainly pulled off this Britney-meets-JLo look (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)Dare we say Chloe Bailey’s early noughties revival look was better, though? (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)Olivia Rodrigo went for an indie cheerleader vibe (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)Colombian singer Karol G is all about that Barbie-inspired hair (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)Sean “Diddy” Combs and his son rapper King Combs looked every inch the hip-hop dynasty (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)Lil Nas X brought his trademark glam, complete with Bridgerton-style headdress. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)Tinashe made her x-marks-the-spot fishnet look… somehow really cute? (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)Thomas Raggi, Ethan Torchio, Victoria De Angelis and Damiano David of Maneskin, winners of the Best Rock award for “The Loneliest”, gave the genre a Gen Z twist. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)Metro Boomin and Future went for monochrome for their performance (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for MTV)The legendary Demi Lovato was all goth androgyny (Doug Peters/PA Images via Getty Images)Sabrina Carpenter was pretty as a pixie in white (how are we feeling about those gold heels, though? (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
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