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Katy Perry took home the award for Most Iconic Performance at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. During a chat with MTV on the red carpet, she expressed her gratitude towards fans who have stayed woth her for a lifetime.
She got emotional while dedicating the win to her daughter, Daisy, whom she shares with actor, Orlando Bloom.
Perry’s joy knew no bounds when the host handed over the Moon Man for Most Iconic Performance for 2013’s Roar. She immediately thanked her fans ‘KatyCats’ upon learning the awards are fan-voted and proceeded to exclaim, “Don’t make cry” tears of joy of course. Perry also set the stage on fire with her spectacular performance at the September 11 award ceremony where she did everything from flying, and sliding assisted by drones while singing her greatest hits.
This wasn’t the only recognition of the night, as she also received the prestigious honor of MTV Video Vanguard Award for her long-lasting impact on music and popular culture that spans across decades.
Reflecting on her Video Vanguard award recognition, she added, “It’s incredible because that means I have had fans for a lifetime. My fans are showing up for me like never before.”
Perry continued, “It’s incredible to see that I started on MTV with 20 seconds and now I’m going to have 10 mintues. Life is really happening!”
She shared a golden piece of advice with viewers and fans while reflecting on her achievements of the day, stating, “Be present every single day. It does happen.”
Over the years, the Dark Horse singer has won five VMAs. She won Video of the Year for her mega hit Firework in 2011 and Best Collab and Best Special Effects for E.T. with Kanye West. She walked away with the award for Best Art Direction for Wide Awake in 2012. She has also won the Best Female Video Dark Horse with Juicy J back in 2014.
Katy Perry hops into the long list of female icons who have won the Vanguard award such as the likes of Shakira who won it in 2023, Nicki Minaj in 2022, and Missy Elliott in 2019.
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The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards is currently underway at the UBS Arena in New York. Commonly known as just the VMAs, the annual ceremony honors musicians for their best efforts throughout the year. Needless to say, where there is a music award, Taylor Swift is bound to dominate. The TTPD singer entered Wednesday, September 11, night with 12 nominations and has already nabbed the Best Collaboration accolade for Fortnight alongside Post Malone.
Before thanking her collaborator on her hit track, Ms. Swift remembered the victims of 9/11 from the VMAs stage, saying she’s “just been thinking about what happened 23 years ago.” She expressed that “everyone who lost a loved one and everyone we lost” were in her thoughts and prayers as she collected one of many Moonmen for the night.
Moving on to acknowledge the “people who worked so hard” with her on the Fortnight video, Swift addressed her collaborator directly, saying, “There is a very clear reason why Post Malone is everyone in music’s favorite person to collaborate with.” She explained that it’s because he is “ridiculously talented,” “so versatile,” and also “down to earth.”
Swift then joked that it took her quite some time to get him to stop addressing her as “ma’am.”
In addition to winning the Best Collaboration prize, the duo’s aforementioned also nabbed the much sought-after Song of the Summer award.
Taylor Swift leads the VMAs nominations with 12 nods, including Artist of the Year. Malone trails behind her with 11 nominations, while Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, and Megan Thee Stallion have seven nods apiece. SZA has six, followed by LISA, Teddy Swims, and Olivia Rodrigo, with four each. In addition to competitive prizes, the 2024 VMAs is honoring Katy Perry with the MTV Video Vanguard Award.
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