MTV VMAs 2023: BLACKPINK Shatters Records As First Korean Girl Group To Win The Award, Stray Kids, TXT & BTS Forge K-Pop History – Unveiling The Electrifying K-Pop Takeover At The Spectacular Ceremony!
The VMAs 2023 saw thrilling performances by K-Pop groups, including BLACKPINK, Stray Kids, Tomorrow X Together (TxT) and BTS' Jungkook.
MTV Video Music Awards 2023 Winners List K-pop: BLACKPINK, TxT, Stray Kids, BTS’ Jungkook Win Big ( Photo Credit – Facebook )
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The MTV Video Music Awards 2023 that celebrates the good work by artists and performers in the music industry took place at the Prudential Center in New Jersey on Tuesday. And, the Korean music industry took the annual award ceremony by storm. Though the K-pop industry has been ruling millions of hearts across the globe already, this comes as the cherry on the top.
The South Korean boy band Stray Kids won the award for the Best K-Pop for its song ‘S-Class’. It is the title track of their third full-length album titled 5-STAR. Not only this, Tomorrow X Together (TXT) also bagged the award for Push Performance of the Year with ‘Sugar Rush Ride’ from their fifth mini album titled The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION.
The biggest excitement comes as BLACKPINK won the Group of the Year award, along with the Best Choreography award for ‘Pink Venom’. The song was choreographed by Kiel Tutin, Sienna Lalau, Lee Jung (YGX), Taryn Cheng (YGX). Undoubtedly, this is the time for the BLINKS to rejoice as with this achievement BLACKPINK becomes the first girl group in 24 years to win ‘Best Group’ at the VMAs.
But that’s not all. BTS’ Jungkook also won his first award as a K-pop soloist for his recently released song ‘SEVEN ft. Latto’. He was awarded in the ‘Song of the Summer’ category.
Have a look:
Song of Summer Winner: Jung Kook ft. Latto – "Seven" #VMAs
It was truly a cherishing night for the K-pop lovers as well as the groups. Due to the constant growing popularity of K-Pop , MTV introduced the ‘Best K-Pop’ category in 2019, allowing groups to shine in their category and this year, a number of groups and their songs were nominated for the award ceremony, including aespa‘s “Girls,” BLACKPINK‘s “Pink Venom,” FIFTY FIFTY‘s “Cupid,” SEVENTEEN‘s “Super,” and Stray Kids’ “S-Class,” and TXT’s “Sugar Rush Ride.” It’s great to see the K-Pop groups making it big and supporting each other at award functions, isn’t it?
Well, the ceremony also saw eminent artists like Taylor Swift, SZA, Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, and many others getting nominated and bagging awards last night.
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Video of the Year : Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift
Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift
Song of the Year: Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift
Best New Artist: Ice Spice
Push Performance of the Year: Sugar Rush Ride by Tomorrow x Together
Best Collaboration: TQG by Karol G and Shakira
Best Pop: Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift
Best Hip-Hop: Super Freaky Girl by Nicki Minaj
Best R&B: Shirt by SZA
Best Alternative: Candy Necklace by Lana Del Rey featuring Jon Batiste
Best Rock: The Loneliest by Måneskin
Best Latin: Funk Rave by Anitta
Best K-Pop: S-Class by Stray Kids
Best Afro Beats: Calm Down by Rema and Selena Gomez
Video for Good: Breakfast by Dove Cameron
Best Direction: Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift
Best Cinematography: Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift
Best Visual Effects: Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift
Best Choreography: Pink Venom by BLACKPINK
Best Art Direction: Attention by Doja Cat
Best Editing: Vampire by Olivia Rodrigo
Show of the Summer: Taylor Swift
Group of the Year: BLACKPINK
Album of the Year: Midnights by Taylor Swift
Song of the Summer: Seven by Jungkook featuring Latto
