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MTV VMAs 2024: Taylor Swift becomes most decorated solo artist of all time


Swift won video of the year and Katy Perry received a lifetime achievement award in a ceremony where almost all its prizes went to female artists

The host honoured past VMAs moments – including Britney Spears’ I’m a Slave 4 U live snake outfit – and performed songs Boa, Hiss and Mamushi with Japanese rapper Yuki Chiba. Though Eminem opened the show with an army of Slim Shady doppelgängers, evoking his 2000 VMA performance, the 2024 awards belonged to the women, with an international cast of female artists dominating the airtime. Her husband, actor Orlando Bloom, introduced her onstage before she performed a medley of her biggest hits, including Dark Horse, ET, California Gurls, Teenage Dream, I Kissed a Girl and Firework.

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