Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) for her Anti-Hero music video.
泰勒·斯威夫特在2023年《MTV音乐录影带颁奖礼》(VMAs)上凭借《Anti-Hero》音乐视频获得了最高奖项。
The music network's yearly awards show took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
这一年度音乐颁奖礼在新泽西州纽瓦克的保诚中心举行。
This is unbelievable. The fact that this is a fan-voted award means so much to me, Swift said in her acceptance speech. "I can't believe it was a year ago that I announced the Midnights album."
“太不可思议了。这个由粉丝投票决定的奖项对我来说意义重大，”斯威夫特在获奖感言中说道。“不敢相信一年前我宣布了《午夜》专辑。”
The night's first presenters were from the male musical act NSYNC. They reunited to hand the best pop video award to Swift.
当晚首个颁奖人是男子音乐组合超级男孩(NSYNC)。他们重聚在一起，并将最佳流行音乐录影带奖颁给了斯威夫特。
Swift received the most nominations of any performer. Swift later returned to the stage to receive the song of the year award for Anti-hero and also the best direction award.
斯威夫特获得了最多的提名，她后来多次登台，凭借《Anti-Hero》获得年度最佳歌曲奖和最佳导演奖。
The performer received nine awards in total. Those included artist of the year in a group of nominees made up of women for the first time on the VMA show.
斯威夫特总共获得了九个奖项。其中包括年度最佳艺人奖，这是VMA颁奖礼上首次全部是女性提名。
Ice Spice, who worked with Swift on Karma (Remix), won best new artist.
与霉霉合作《Karma》(混音)的埃丝·史佩斯(Ice Spice)获得最佳新人奖。
New music filled the show with songs from Nicki Minaj who also was the host. Minaj performed the new song Last Time I saw You. She then performed a piece from her upcoming Pink Friday 2 album.
节目中充满了新音乐，其中包括担任主持人的妮琪·米娜(Nicki Minaj)的歌曲。米娜演唱了新歌《Last Time I saw You》。随后，她演唱了即将发行的专辑《Pink Friday 2》中的一首歌曲。
The award show centered on showing music's international power. K-pop, or Korean pop, boy group Tomorrow X Together and Brazilian artist Anitta introduced a new song together, Back for More.
颁奖典礼的重点是展示音乐的国际影响力。韩国流行音乐(K-pop)男团Tomorrow X Together和巴西歌手阿妮塔(Anitta)共同推出了新歌《Back for More》。
Another K-pop group, Stray Kids, performed the song S-Class. Mexican singer Peso Pluma performed a song called Lady Gaga and Colombian singer Karol G sang Oki Doki and another song Tá OK (remix).
另一个韩国流行音乐组合Stray Kids演唱了歌曲《S-Class》。墨西哥歌手比索·普拉玛(Peso Pluma)演唱了《Lady Gaga》，哥伦比亚歌手卡罗尔·G(Karol G)演唱了《Oki Doki》和《tok》(混音版)。
Tiffany Haddish presented the award for "Best Afrobeats," a new award group. Afrobeats is music with influences from Africa and Black American culture. Rema and Selena Gomez won the award for the popular song Calm Down.
蒂芙尼·哈迪什(Tiffany Haddish)颁发了“最佳非洲节奏”奖，这是一个新的奖项。“非洲节奏(Afrobeats)”是一种受非洲和美国黑人文化影响的音乐。雷马(Rema)和赛琳娜·戈麦斯(Selena Gomez)凭借流行歌曲《冷静下来》(Calm Down)获得了该奖项。
Africa in the house! Rema said in his acceptance speech. Gomez said, "I want to send all of my love to Nigeria, thank you."
“非洲在这里!” 雷马在接受奖时说道。戈麦斯说：“向尼日利亚致以我所有的爱，谢谢。”
Colombian star Shakira received the Video Vanguard Award and performed a mix of her popular songs.
哥伦比亚明星夏奇拉(Shakira)获得了音乐录影带先锋奖，并演唱了她的几首热门歌曲。
MTV, thank you for being such a big part of my career since I was only 18 years old, Shakira said. She also thanked her parents and her children, who she brought to the show.
夏奇拉说:“MTV，感谢你从我18岁起就成为我职业生涯中重要的一部分。”她还感谢了她的父母和孩子们，她把他们带到了颁奖典礼现场。
This is for you my people, my Latin American people, inside and outside this country, she said in the Spanish language.
“这是给你们的，我的粉丝，拉美亲人，以及世界各地的朋友们。”她用西班牙语说。
Diddy received the Global Icon Award from Mary J. Blige and his daughter Chance Combs. He is the third act to receive the award, after the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2022 and the Foo Fighters in 2021.
吹牛老爹从玛丽·J·布莱奇(Mary J. Blige)和他的女儿康斯·库姆斯(Chance Combs)手中获得了全球偶像奖。他是继2022年的红辣椒乐队(Red Hot Chili Peppers)和2021年的喷火战机乐队(Foo Fighters)之后，第三位获得该奖项的艺术家。
The artist also performed at the VMAs for the first time since 2005. The performance was a collection of some of his most popular songs like Bad Boy for Life and Mo Money Mo Problems.
这也是他自2005年以来首次参加VMA颁奖礼。他还表演了《Bad Boy for Life》和《Mo Money Mo Problems》等他最受欢迎的歌曲。
Lil Wayne opened the show with a performance of his new single Kat Food. Olivia Rodrigo then brought her Vampire music video to the stage before performing Get Him Back!
李尔·韦恩(Lil Wayne)以他的新单曲《Kat Food》开场。奥利维亚·罗德里戈(Olivia Rodrigo)在表演《Get Him Back!》之前把她的《吸血鬼》MV带到了舞台上。
Later, Anitta would win the "best Latin" award for the second year. In her acceptance speech, she laughed, saying, "I wanna thank myself." And she added, "Because I work so hard!"
之后，阿妮塔(Anitta)第二年获得了“最佳拉丁”奖。在获奖感言中，她笑着说:“我要感谢自己。”她又说:“因为我工作太努力了!”
French Montana, a performer who presented an award, brought attention to an effort to provide aid to victims of the Morocco earthquake. The performer grew up in Morocco.
颁发奖项的表演者弗伦奇·蒙大拿(French Montana)提醒人们关注向摩洛哥地震受害者提供援助的努力。这位表演者在摩洛哥长大。
The VMA show ended with a celebration of 50 years of the musical form hip-hop. It included Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, LL Cool J, and DMC of Run-DMC.
VMAs最后以庆祝嘻哈音乐形式诞生50周年落幕。表演者包括妮琪·米娜(Nicki Minaj)、李尔·韦恩(Lil Wayne)、里·库尔·j(LL Cool J)和大嘴跑火车组合(Run-DMC)。
I'm Gregory Stachel.
格雷戈里·斯塔切尔报道。
Taylor Swift Takes MTV's Top Award
By Gregory Stachel
13 September 2023
Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) for her Anti-Hero music video.
The music network's yearly awards show took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
"This is unbelievable. The fact that this is a fan-voted award means so much to me," Swift said in her acceptance speech. "I can't believe it was a year ago that I announced the Midnights album."
The night's first presenters were from the male musical act NSYNC. They reunited to hand the best pop video award to Swift.
Swift received the most nominations of any performer. Swift later returned to the stage to receive the song of the year award for Anti-hero and also the best direction award.
The performer received nine awards in total. Those included artist of the year in a group of nominees made up of women for the first time on the VMA show.
Ice Spice, who worked with Swift on Karma (Remix), won best new artist.
New music filled the show with songs from Nicki Minaj who also was the host. Minaj performed the new song Last Time I saw You. She then performed a piece from her upcoming Pink Friday 2 album.
The award show centered on showing music's international power. K-pop, or Korean pop, boy group Tomorrow X Together and Brazilian artist Anitta introduced a new song together, Back for More.
Another K-pop group, Stray Kids, performed the song S-Class. Mexican singer Peso Pluma performed a song called Lady Gaga and Colombian singer Karol G sang Oki Doki and another song Tá OK (remix).
Tiffany Haddish presented the award for "Best Afrobeats," a new award group. Afrobeats is music with influences from Africa and Black American culture. Rema and Selena Gomez won the award for the popular song Calm Down.
"Africa in the house!" Rema said in his acceptance speech. Gomez said, "I want to send all of my love to Nigeria, thank you."
Colombian star Shakira received the Video Vanguard Award and performed a mix of her popular songs.
"MTV, thank you for being such a big part of my career since I was only 18 years old," Shakira said. She also thanked her parents and her children, who she brought to the show.
"This is for you my people, my Latin American people, inside and outside this country," she said in the Spanish language.
Diddy received the Global Icon Award from Mary J. Blige and his daughter Chance Combs. He is the third act to receive the award, after the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2022 and the Foo Fighters in 2021.
The artist also performed at the VMAs for the first time since 2005. The performance was a collection of some of his most popular songs like Bad Boy for Life and Mo Money Mo Problems.
Lil Wayne opened the show with a performance of his new single Kat Food. Olivia Rodrigo then brought her Vampire music video to the stage before performing Get Him Back!
Later, Anitta would win the "best Latin" award for the second year. In her acceptance speech, she laughed, saying, "I wanna thank myself." And she added, "Because I work so hard!"
French Montana, a performer who presented an award, brought attention to an effort to provide aid to victims of the Morocco earthquake. The performer grew up in Morocco.
The VMA show ended with a celebration of 50 years of the musical form hip-hop. It included Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, LL Cool J, and DMC of Run-DMC.
I'm Gregory Stachel.
Maria Sherman reported this story for The Associated Press. Gregory Stachel adapted the story for VOA Learning English.
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Words in This Story
pop – n. music that is popular
host – n. a person who talks to guests on a television or radio show
hip-hop – n. rap music
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