Ice Spice gave an emotional speech as she accepted the award for Best New Artist at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards.
While rocking an all-white tutu dress and diamond accessories, the Bronx rap starlet thanked her supporters and God for her Moonman award on Tuesday (September 12) on the VMAs stage in Newark, New Jersey.
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“Y’all, thank you so much,” she said while visibly tearing up. “Thank you MTV. Oh my God, this is so cool. I just want to thank my Munchkins. I love you guys so much. I want to thank my manager James. I want to thank my producer Riot [USA] for making the best music with me.”
She added: “Shoutout to all the other nominees in this category. Shoutout to my label 10K and Capitol for always supporting me. And of course, God. Without God, none of this would be possible. Shoutout the Bronx, period! Thank you guys, I love you so much!”
Ice Spice beat out GloRilla, Kaliii, Peso Pluma, PinkPantheress and Reneé Rapp for the coveted award, which marks her first
This is the sixth consecutive year that a female artist has won in the Best New Artist category. The “Munch” rapper follows Cardi B (2018), Billie Eilish (2019), Doja Cat (2019), Olivia Rodrigo (2021) and Dove Cameron (2022).
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Of those names, all but Cardi and Cameron went on to earn Grammy nominations for Best New Artist. Only time will tell whether Ice Spice will follow suit at next year’s Grammys.
The 23-year-old’s VMAs win continues her groundbreaking year and comes shortly after she was crowned Billboard‘s Rookie of the Year for 2023.
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“I have put in so much hard work, and it means a lot to be recognized for it and have more than just plaques to show for it,” Spice told Billboard. “I hope to push the genre forward in whatever ways I can, but I know I’ll have a huge impact on the youngins coming up now.”
The outlet gave Ice Spice the award because of her four Top 10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, which included blockbuster collaborations with Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift.
Back in May, the curly-haired Hip Hop princess broke a record held by Nicki, earning the biggest streaming debut for a female rapper in global Spotify history thanks to her “Karma” collaboration with Swift.
The song, which was released as a bonus track on Swift’s deluxe album Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition), racked up 5.036 million streams on the platform on its first day. That figure propelled “Karma” to No. 5 on the global Spotify chart, making it the top new entry.
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Check out the full list of winners at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards below:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR, PRESENTED BY BURGER KING®
Doja Cat — “Attention”
Miley Cyrus — “Flowers”
Nicki Minaj — “Super Freaky Girl”
Olivia Rodrigo — “Vampire”
Sam Smith & Kim Petras — “Unholy”
SZA — “Kill Bill”
Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero” (WINNER)
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé
Doja Cat
Karol G
Nicki Minaj
Shakira
Taylor Swift (WINNER)
SONG OF THE YEAR
Miley Cyrus — “Flowers”
Olivia Rodrigo — “Vampire”
Rema & Selena Gomez — “Calm Down”
Sam Smith & Kim Petras — “Unholy”
Steve Lacy — “Bad Habit”
SZA — “Kill Bill”
Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero” (WINNER)
BEST NEW ARTIST
Glorilla
Ice Spice (WINNER)
Kaliii
Peso Pluma
PinkPantheress
Reneé Rapp
PUSH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
August 2022: Saucy Santana — “Booty”
September 2022: Stephen Sanchez — “Until I Found You”
October 2022: Jvke — “Golden Hour”
November 2022: Flo Milli — “Conceited”
December 2022: Reneé Rapp — “Colorado”
January 2023: Sam Ryder — “All the Way Over”
February 2023: Armani White — “Goated”
March 2023: Fletcher — “Becky’s So Hot”
April 2023: Tomorrow X Together — “Sugar Rush Ride” (WINNER)
May 2023: Ice Spice — “Princess Diana”
June 2023: Flo — “Losing You”
July 2023: Lauren Spencer Smith — “That Part”
BEST COLLABORATION
David Guetta & Bebe Rexha — “I’m Good (Blue)”
Post Malone & Doja Cat — “I Like You (A Happier Song)”
Diddy ft. Bryson Tiller, Ashanti & Yung Miami — “Gotta Move On”
Karol G & Shakira — “TQG” (WINNER)
Metro Boomin ft. The Weeknd, 21 Savage & Diddy — “Creepin’ (Remix)”
Rema & Selena Gomez — “Calm Down”
BEST POP
Demi Lovato — “Swine”
Dua Lipa — “Dance the Night”
Ed Sheeran — “Eyes Closed”
Miley Cyrus — “Flowers”
Olivia Rodrigo — “Vampire”
P!nk — “Trustfall”
Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero” (WINNER)
BEST HIP HOP
Diddy ft. Bryson Tiller, Ashanti & Yung Miami — “Gotta Move On”
DJ Khaled ft. Drake & Lil Baby — “Staying Alive”
GloRilla & Cardi B — “Tomorrow 2”
Lil Uzi Vert — “Just Wanna Rock”
Lil Wayne ft. Swizz Beatz & DMX — “Kant Nobody”
Metro Boomin ft. Future — “Superhero (Heroes & Villains)”
Nicki Minaj — “Super Freaky Girl” (WINNER)
BEST R&B
Alicia Keys ft. Lucky Daye — “Stay”
Chlöe ft. Chris Brown — “How Does It Feel”
Metro Boomin ft. The Weeknd, 21 Savage & Diddy — “Creepin’ (Remix)”
SZA — “Shirt” (WINNER)
Toosii — “Favorite Song”
Yung Bleu & Nicki Minaj — “Love in the Way”
BEST ALTERNATIVE
Blink-182 — “Edging”
Boygenius — “The Film”
Fall Out Boy — “Hold Me Like a Grudge”
Lana Del Rey ft. Jon Batiste — “Candy Necklace” (WINNER)
Paramore — “This Is Why”
Thirty Seconds to Mars — “Stuck”
BEST ROCK
Foo Fighters — “The Teacher”
Linkin Park — “Lost (Original Version)”
Red Hot Chili Peppers — “Tippa My Tongue”
Måneskin — “The Loneliest” (WINNER)
Metallica — “Lux Æterna”
Muse — “You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween”
BEST LATIN
Anitta — “Funk Rave” (WINNER)
Bad Bunny — “Where She Goes”
Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma — “Ella Baila Sola”
Grupo Frontera & Bad Bunny — “Un X100to”
Karol G & Shakira — “TQG”
Rosalía — “Despechá”
Shakira — “Acróstico”
BEST K-POP
Aespa — “Girls”
Blackpink — “Pink Venom”
Fifty Fifty — “Cupid”
Seventeen — “Super”
Stray Kids — “S-Class” (WINNER)
Tomorrow X Together — “Sugar Rush Ride”
BEST AFROBEATS
Ayra Starr — “Rush”
Burna Boy — “It’s Plenty”
Davido ft. Musa Keys — “Unavailable”
Fireboy DML & Asake — “Bandana”
Libianca — “People”
Rema & Selena Gomez — “Calm Down” (WINNER)
Wizkid ft. Ayra Starr — “2 Sugar”
VIDEO FOR GOOD
Alicia Keys — “If I Ain’t Got You (Orchestral)”
Bad Bunny — “El Apagón – Aquí Vive Gente”
Demi Lovato — “Swine”
Dove Cameron — “Breakfast” (WINNER)
Imagine Dragons — “Crushed”
Maluma — “La Reina”
BEST DIRECTION
Doja Cat — “Attention”
Drake — “Falling Back”
Kendrick Lamar — “Count Me Out”
Megan Thee Stallion — “Her”
Sam Smith & Kim Petras — “Unholy”
SZA — “Kill Bill”
Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero” (WINNER)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adele — “I Drink Wine”
Ed Sheeran — “Eyes Closed”
Janelle Monáe — “Lipstick Lover”
Kendrick Lamar — “Count Me Out”
Miley Cyrus — “Flowers”
Olivia Rodrigo — “Vampire”
Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero” (WINNER)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Fall Out Boy — “Love From the Other Side”
Harry Styles — “Music for a Sushi Restaurant”
Melanie Martinez — “Void”
Nicki Minaj — “Super Freaky Girl”
Sam Smith & Kim Petras — “Unholy”
Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero” (WINNER)
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Blackpink — “Pink Venom” (WINNER)
Dua Lipa — “Dance the Night”
Jonas Brothers — “Waffle House”
Megan Thee Stallion — “Her”
Panic! at the Disco — “Middle of a Breakup”
Sam Smith & Kim Petras — “Unholy”
BEST ART DIRECTION
Boygenius — “The Film”
Blackpink — “Pink Venom”
Doja Cat — “Attention” (WINNER)
Lana Del Rey ft. Jon Batiste — “Candy Necklace”
Megan Thee Stallion — “Her”
SZA — “Shirt”
BEST EDITING
Blackpink — “Pink Venom”
Kendrick Lamar — “Rich Spirit”
Miley Cyrus — “River”
Olivia Rodrigo — “Vampire” (WINNER)
SZA — “Kill Bill”
Taylor Swift — “Anti-Hero”
SHOW OF THE SUMMER
Beyoncé
Blackpink
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Karol G
Taylor Swift (WINNER)
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Blackpink (WINNER)
Fifty Fifty
Flo
Jonas Brothers
Måneskin
NewJeans
Seventeen
Tomorrow x Together
SONG OF THE SUMMER, PRESENTED BY M&M’S®
Beyoncé — “Cuff It”
Billie Eilish — “What Was I Made For?”
Doja Cat — “Paint the Town Red”
Doechii ft. Kodak Black — “What It Is”
Dua Lipa — “Dance the Night”
Fifty Fifty — “Cupid”
Gunna — “Fukumean”
Jung Kook ft. Latto — “Seven” (WINNER)
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice — “Barbie World”
Olivia Rodrigo — “Vampire”
SZA — “Kill Bill”
Taylor Swift ft. Ice Spice — “Karma”
Tomorrow x Together & Jonas Brothers — “Do It Like That”
Luke Combs — “Fast Car”
Troye Sivan — “Rush”
Yng Lvcas & Peso Pluma — “La Bebé (Remix)”
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Beyoncé — Renaissance
Drake & 21 Savage — Her Loss
Metro Boomin — Heroes & Villains
Miley Cyrus — Endless Summer Vacation
SZA — SOS
Taylor Swift — Midnights (WINNER)
