MTV Video Music Awards 2026: Full list of winners as Taylor Swift makes history

Hosted by Snoop Dog at the Peacock theatre on Sunday, September 27, the ceremony largely awarded female artists, with LISA, Sienna Spiro and Sabrina Carpenter also coming home victorious.Madonna received the most number of nominations, at a whopping 13, and took home seven by the end of the night. Madonna won seven awardsPA Archive“Most of you were probably not born when I performed at the very first VMAs 43 years ago,” the 68-year-old said while accepting the award for artist of the year. Other awards included Best Dance for her Confessions II short film and Best Collaboration for “Bring Your Love” with Sabrina Carpenter.Hot on her heels was Taylor Swift, who took home three awards this year. Last night’s wins take her career total to an unmatched 33. She had previously ‌been tied with Beyonce at 30 awards each.Taylor Swift is now the most awarded artist in VMA historyGettyHer song "The Fate of Ophelia" was named music video of the year, the ceremony’s most prestigious award.Collecting her Moon Person trophy, Swift dedicated the award to the late Dolly Parton, who she deemed the "the ultimate showgirl" who told stories that were "so vivid and so rich.""I think that we were all very lucky ​to share this planet with Dolly Parton for a time," she said.Taylor Swift paid tribute to Dolly Parton whilst accepting an awardPA ArchiveThe 36-year-old also debuted the music video for her new song Patient Zero, starring actors Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson.Here is the list of winners in full.Best PopLisa & Kentara Sakaguchi — “Dream” WINNERVideo of the YearTaylor Swift — “The Fate of Ophelia” Taylor Swift accepts the Artist Director Honors from Dakota JohnsonGettyArtist of the YearSong of the YearBest New ArtistBest CollaborationSienna Spiro was awarded Best New ArtistGettyMadonna & Sabrina Carpenter — “Bring Your Love” Best Hip-HopCardi B & Kehlani — “Safe”Best R&BBruno Mars — “I Just Might”Best AlternativeOlivia Rodrigo — “The Cure” Best DanceMadonna — “Confessions II - The Film”PinkPantheress, winner of the Best Art Direction award for "Stateside"GettyBest LatinBest K-PopBest CountryElla Langley — “Choosin’ Texas”Best DirectionHost Snoop Dogg speaks onstage during the 2026 MTV Video Music AwardsGettyBest Art DirectionPinkPantheress & Zara Larsson — “Stateside” Best CinematographyMadonna — “Confessions II - The Film”Best EditingSabrina Carpenter — “House Tour”Teyana Taylor speaks onstage during the 2026 MTV Video Music AwardsGettyBest ChoreographyMadonna — “Confessions II - The Film”Best Visual EffectsAriana Grande — “Hate That I Made You Love Me” Best GroupGENER8ION and Yung Lean perform onstage during the 2026 MTV Video Music AwardsGettyBest Long Form VideoMadonna — Confessions II – The Film Best AlbumSong of SummerAriana Grande – “Hate That I Made You Love Me”