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Taylor Swift makes VMAs history and dedicates award to Dolly Parton

  • On Sunday, September 27, pop icon Madonna opened the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, marking her first live VMA performance in 23 years with a medley featuring Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX.
  • Pop star Taylor Swift received the inaugural Artist Director Honors at the ceremony, an award recognizing visual storytelling that established her as the most-awarded artist in VMA history with a record-breaking 31 wins.
  • Nirvana's surviving members accepted the Video Vanguard Award, while Kacey Musgraves delivered a tribute to Dolly Parton and LISA performed her new single 'SaWaDiKa' during the broadcast.
  • Hip-Hop icon Snoop Dogg hosted the ceremony, which featured the premiere of Swift's music video for 'Patient Zero,' starring Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson.
  • The 2026 MTV VMAs marked the awards' first return to the West Coast since 2017, cementing the event's status as music's most unpredictable night with performances spanning genres and generations.
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The American singer has become the most rewarded artist in the history of the MTV Video Music Awards. With 33 statuettes on the counter, she goes ahead of Beyoncé. The star took the opportunity to unveil the clip of her new single "Patient Zero" with Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson. - Taylor Swift beat Beyoncé and becomes the most rewarded artist of the MTV Video Music Awards (Culture, media and entertainment).

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Just a few months after her marriage to American football star Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift made history on Sunday by becoming the most award-winning artist in the history of the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). At the age of 36, the singer arrived at 31 statuettes after receiving the first award of distinction to the artistic director, won by his work behind the video clips. In protest: Susan Sarandon is detained in New York during protest against …

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