Taylor Swift Wins BIG At The 2022 VMAs, Including Video of the Year!

Singer Taylor Swift was nominated for five awards going into Sunday night, all for her "All Too Well: The Short Film."

The 15-minute love story based on her 10-minute song, "All Too Well," from her 2021 Red (Taylor's Version) album, featured "Stranger Things" alum Sadie Sink and "Teen Wolf" star Dylan O'Brien, while Taylor directed, wrote, and appeared in the short.

Out of the five awards that she was nominated for, Taylor won three of them, including the coveted Video of the Year Award.

The "Gorgeous" singer is breaking records yet again, as she is now the first and only artist ever to win a third video of the year trophy. She won before in 2015 for her star-studded music video for “Bad Blood” and in 2019 for the popular track “You Need to Calm Down.”

In addition, she also became the first artist to win for a video that she directed herself. Her "All Too Well" short film is also eligible for the 2023 Academy Award for best live-action short. Fans can take a look at all the categories she was nominated for and the winners of each category below.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR  

Doja Cat – “Woman” – Kemosabe Records / RCA Records

Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – “Way 2 Sexy” – OVO/Republic

Ed Sheeran – “Shivers” – Atlantic Records

Harry Styles – “As It Was” – Columbia Records

Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY” – Columbia Records

Olivia Rodrigo – “brutal” – Geffen Records

Taylor Swift – “All Too Well” (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) – Republic Records (WINNER)

BEST LONGFORM VIDEO

Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles – Darkroom / Interscope Records

Foo Fighters – Studio 666 – RCA Records

Kacey Musgraves – star-crossed – Interscope Records / MCA Nashville

Madonna – Madame X – Interscope Records

Olivia Rodrigo – driving home 2 u – Geffen Records

Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)” – Republic Records (WINNER)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – “family ties”

Camila Cabello ft. Ed Sheeran – “Bam Bam”

Harry Styles – “As It Was” (WINNER)

Kendrick Lamar – “N95”

Normani ft. Cardi B – “Wild Side”

Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”

BEST DIRECTION

Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – “Family Ties”

Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever”

Ed Sheeran – “Shivers”

Harry Styles – “As It Was”

Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow – “INDUSTRY BABY”

Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)” (WINNER)

BEST EDITING

Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – “Family Ties”

Doja Cat – “Get Into It (Yuh)”

Olivia Rodrigo – “Brutal”

Rosalía – “Saoko” (WINNER)

Taylor Swift – “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”

The Weeknd – “Take My Breath”

In 2020, Taylor Swift released sister albums folklore and evermore. In 2021, she followed it up with Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version). Fans had been anxiously awaiting the arrival of 1989 (Taylor's Version), and although a few singles have been released here and there throughout the year, it looks like fans will finally get to hear some new music in October 2022.

“I made up my mind that if you were going to be this generous, and give us this … I thought it might be a fun moment to tell you my new album comes out Oct. 21, and I will tell you more at midnight,” she said as she received her award.

“I’m so honored to have been recognized alongside such amazing artists and directors in this category,” she continued. “I just want to say I’m so heartened by the fact that for the first time in VMA history four of the directors nominated in the Video of the Year category are women.”

“You guys, I’m just so proud of what we made and I know with every second of this moment that we wouldn’t have been able to make this short film if it weren’t for you the fans. I wouldn’t be able to re-record my albums if it weren’t for you, you emboldened me to do that.”

Fans can learn everything we know about her "Midnights" album so far by clicking here.