Sabrina Carpenter's 'Espresso' wins Song of the Year, Taylor Swift is Artist of the Year at MTV VMAs 2024

The MTV Video Music Awards 2024 was a star-studded event!

The VMAs 2024, held at the UBS Arena in New York, awarded "Moonman" trophies to some of the best artists, music videos, and songs that were released from June 2023 to June 2024.

“Espresso,” Sabrina Carpenter’s megahit, was awarded Song of the Year. It was the singer-actress’ first Moonman.

"I've literally never won one of these. I feel so grateful to have truly the best fans in the world,” Sabrina said in her acceptance speech.

Meanwhile, Taylor Swift was nominated for 12 awards. She won Best Collaboration, Best Pop, Song of the Summer, Best Direction, and Best Editing for “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone. She also won her third Video of the Year award in a row for the song, which is known as the event’s biggest award.

She thanked boyfriend Travis Kelce in her speech for always cheering her on.

“Something that I’ll always remember is when I finished a take and I’d say 'cut,' and we’d be done with that take, I would always hear someone cheering from across the studio where we were shooting it. That one person was my boyfriend Travis," she said.

Taylor was also named Artist of the Year and is now officially the most awarded solo artist in VMAs history with 30 Moonman trophies.

Another memorable win for the night was Blackpink's Lisa for Best K-Pop for her solo single “Rockstar.”

“’Rockstar’ was a meaningful comeback for me after ‘Lalisa,’ so this is very, very special to me,” she said in her speech.

Breakout star Chappell Roan was named Best New Artist and dedicated her first Moonman to her LGBTQIA+ fans.

"I dedicate this to all the drag artists who inspire me and I dedicate this to queer and trans people who fuel pop," she said.

"For all the queer kids in the Midwest watching right now, I see you, I understand you, because I’m one of you,” the “Good Luck, Babe!” hitmaker added.

The full list of winners is as follows:

• Video of the year: Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight”
• Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift
• Song of the Year: Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”
• Best New Artist: Chappell Roan
• Best Collaboration: Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight”
• Best Pop: Taylor Swift
• Best Hip-Hop: Eminem – “Houdini”
• Best R&B: SZA – “Snooze”
• Best Alternative: Benson Boone – “Beautiful Things”
• Best Rock: Lenny Kravitz – “Human”
• Best Latin: Anitta – “Mil Veces”
• Best Afrobeats: Tyla – “Water”
• Best K-pop: LISA – “Rockstar”
• Video for Good: Billie Eilish – “What Was I Made For (From Barbie)”
• MTV Push Performance of The Year: LE SSERAFIM – “EASY”
• VMAs Most Iconic Performance: Katy Perry – “Roar” (2013)
• Best Trending Video: Megan Thee Stallion feat. Yuki Chiba – “Mamushi”
• Best Group: SEVENTEEN
• Song of Summer: Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight”
• Best Direction: Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight;” directed by Taylor Swift
• Best Cinematography: Ariana Grande – “we can’t be friends (wait for your love);” cinematography by Anatol Trofimov
• Best Editing: Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone – “Fortnight;” editing by Chancler Haynes
• Best Choreography: Dua Lipa – “Houdini;” choreography by Charm La’Donna
• Best Visual Effects: Eminem – “Houdini;” visual effects by Synapse Virtual Production, Louise Lee, Rich Lee, Metaphysic, Flawless Post
• Best Art Direction: Megan Thee Stallion – “BOA;” art direction by Brittany Porter

— Nika Roque/CDC, GMA Integrated News