Taylor Swift was the big winner at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday, winning a whopping seven of the twelve nominations for “moon person,” including the coveted awards for video of the year and artist of the year.

These wins, added to Swift’s 23 previous wins, give her 30 VMAs total, making her the most-awarded solo artist in VMA history, tying her with Beyoncé for most VMA wins. (The latter’s wins include those in Destiny’s Child and The Carters, plus her time as a solo artist.)

During Swift’s first televised acceptance speech for Best Collaboration, an award she shared with Post Malone, she noted that the ceremony was taking place in New York City on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

“I’ve just been thinking about what happened 23 years ago, everyone who lost a loved one and everyone we’ve lost. That’s the most important thing about today – and everything that happens tonight is an extension of that,” she said.

During her video speech honoring her best take of the year, Swift talked about how much fun she had making “Fortnight,” saying that every time she finished a take, she’d hear cheers from the other side of the set from “my boyfriend, Travis (Kelce).”

“Everything this man touches turns into happiness, joy and magic. I want to thank him for adding that to our shoot because I will always remember that,” she added, before urging her fans to register to vote in the upcoming election.

The rest of the show focused more on musical performances than awards, but it also acknowledged the fact that 2024 marks the event’s 40th anniversary. It even opened with a look back at one of the show’s most memorable moments: Eminem and dozens of lookalikes gathered outside UBS Arena, marching together into the auditorium, through the aisles, and onto the stage, just as he had in 2000.

Clips of other memorable moments from past VMAs were also shown, with host Megan Thee Stallion even dressing up as Britney Spears during her iconic performance of “I’m a Slave 4 U,” complete with a real albino python draped over her. To up the nostalgia factor, Cyndi Lauper, who won the very first VMAs, took the stage as the host, as did “TRL” host Carson Daly.

The performances had something for everyone: pop from Halsey, Sabrina Carpenter, Camila Cabello, Benson Boone, Shawn Mendes and Chappell Roan; rock from Lenny Kravitz; K-pop from LISA; Latin from Karol G, Anitta and Rauw Alejandro; and rap from Eminem, Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla and LL Cool J.

Katy Perry accepted the Video Vanguard Award, presented by her partner Orlando Bloom, and performed a mega-medley of her hits, including “Dark Horse”, “ET”, “I’m His, He’s Mine” (feat. Doechii), “California Gurls”, “Teenage Dream”, “I Kissed a Girl”, “Firework” and “Lifetimes”.

Best New Artist winner Chappell Roan performed her hit “Good Luck, Babe!” dressed as Joan of Arc in armor and carrying a sword. In a moving acceptance speech, she dedicated the Best New Artist award to “all the drag artists who inspire me,” “the queer and trans people who fuel pop,” “the queer people who dedicate my songs to someone they love or hate,” and “the people who are fans, who listen to me, who hear me share my joys and my fears.”

Roan concluded, “And to all the queer kids in the Midwest watching right now, I see you. I get 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, b—-!”

Check out the full list of 2024 MTV VMAs winners below:

Video of the year
Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – “Fortnight”

Artist of the year
Taylor Swift

Song of the year
Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”

Best New Artist
Chappell Roan

Best cooperation
Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – “Fortnight”

Best doll
Taylor Swift

Best hip hop
Eminem – “Houdini”

Dear R&B
SZA – “Snooze”

Best alternative
Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things”

Best rock
Lenny Kravitz – “Human”

Best Latin
Anitta – “Milvee”

Best Afrobeats
Tyla – “Water”

Best K-pop
Lisa – “Rockstar”

Video for charity
Billie Eilish – “What Was I Made For (from the movie ‘Barbie’)”

Best direction
Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – “Fortnight”

Best cinematography
Ariana Grande – “We Can’t Be Friends (Waiting For Your Love)”

Best Edit
Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – “Fortnight”

Best choreography
Dua Lipa – “Houdini”

Best visual effects
Eminem – “Houdini”

Best Artistic Direction
Megan Thee Stallion – “BOA”

Best Trending Video
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Yuki Chiba – “Mamushi”

Dear group
Seventeen

Song of the Summer
Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – “Fortnight”

Most Iconic VMA Performance (+ Video Vanguard Award Winner)
Katy Perry – “Roar”

MTV Push Performance of the Year
June 2024: Le Sserafim – “Easy”