Taylor Swift made her presence known during the MTV VMAs for 2024, as she took home seven awards, matching her with Beyonce as the Video Music Awards’ most-awarded artist. Swift’s success at equalling “Queen Bey” comes 15 years after Kanye West famously compared the two female singers to one another, criticizing Swift’s win and declaring that “Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!”
Taylor Swift matches Beyonce with 30 VMA wins
With 23 VMAs already won by the global star over the years, the seven won during the 2024 presentation make for 30 in total, exactly matching the figure won by Beyonce.
Taylor Swift won in the following VMA 2024 categories (via ComingSoon.net):
- Video of the year
- Artist of the year
- Best collaboration
- Best pop
- Song of summer
- Best direction
- Best editing
Though many might have expected Swift to reference Kanye’s infamous 2009 interruption, she instead took a moment to acknowledge her fans and even dedicated part of her acceptance speech to her boyfriend, Travis Kelce.
With her record-tying win, all eyes are on Swift to see if she’ll surpass Beyonce’s record during the MTV VMAs in 2025. With an ongoing world tour set to resume next month, highly anticipated albums being teased, and collaborations with top artists topping the charts, it seems like Swift’s reign is far from over.
