The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards brought the house down.
Since 1984, the VMAs have delivered unforgettable performances, and this year was no exception. Megan Thee Stallion emceed the night’s festivities and also performed. She was joined onstage over the course of the night by a high-profile roster of presenters and performers including Eminem, who opened the show, as well as Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Katy Perry, who received the Video Vanguard Award.
Taylor Swift was the recipient of the final award of the night, Video of the Year, for “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone. In her acceptance speech, she took the opportunity to shout out her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce, for making the video shoot “something that I’ll always remember.”
Yahoo Entertainment’s live coverage of the show has ended. Catch up on all the highlights from the night below.
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Taylor Swift wins Video of the Year for ‘Fortnight,’ feat. Post Malone
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Ariana Grande — “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”
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Billie Eilish — “Lunch”
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Doja Cat — “Paint the Town Red”
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Eminem — “Houdini”
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Sza — “Snooze”
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Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
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Chappell Roan: ‘Thank you for listening’
Chappell Roan accepts the award for Best New Artist. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV) With her diary in hand, Chappell Roan took to the VMAs stage to accept the award for Best New Artist.
“I wrote a speech from my diary,” she began. “I dedicate this to all the drag artists who inspired me, who inspire me. And I dedicate this to queer and trans people that fuel pop. … To the gays who dedicate my songs to someone they love or hate and thank you to the people who are fans, who listen to me, who hear me when I share my joy and my fears. Thank you for listening.”
The “Good Luck, Babe!” singer concluded, “For all the queer kids in the Midwest watching right now, I see you, I understand you, because I’m one of you. And don’t ever let anyone tell you that you can’t be exactly who you want to be, bitch.”
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Anitta wins Best Latin for ‘Mil Veces’
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Anitta — “Mil Veces”
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Bad Bunny — “Monaco”
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Karol G — “Mi Ex Tenía Razón”
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Myke Towers — “Lala”
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Peso Pluma & Anitta — “Bellakeo”
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Rauw Alejandro — “Touching the Sky”
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Shakira & Cardi B — “Puntería”
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Chappell Roan wins Best New Artist
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Benson Boone
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Chappell Roan
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Gracie Abrams
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Shaboozey
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Teddy Swims
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Tyla
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Taylor Swift wins Artist of the Year
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Ariana Grande
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Bad Bunny
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Eminem
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Sabrina Carpenter
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Sza
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Taylor Swift
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Halsey channels early ’00s pop punk with ‘Ego’ performance
Halsey performs at the 2024 VMAs. (Manny Carabel/Getty Images for MTV) Halsey took the VMAs stage to perform “Ego,” the second track off her forthcoming album, The Great Impersonator. Wearing a very pop-punk-inspired ensemble — a collared shirt and tie, low-rise jean shorts and lace-up boots — Halsey channeled early aughts angst as she performed with a full band in a garage-decorated set.
who else had a heart attack when halsey lifted up the garage door and thought taylor was holding the guitar im so on edge rn 😭
— Kallie 🐍 (@fallingfor30) September 12, 2024
Eagle-eyed viewers — including some of us at Yahoo Entertainment — initially mistook Victoria De Angelis, the Italian songwriter and producer who played guitar alongside Halsey during the performance, for none other than Taylor Swift.
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Megan Thee Stallion wins Best Art Direction
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Charli XCX — “360”
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Lisa — “Rockstar”
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Megan Thee Stallion — “Boa”
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Olivia Rodrigo — “Bad Idea Right?”
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Sabrina Carpenter — “Please Please Please”
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Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone — “Fortnight”
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