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  "id": 10336880,
  "title": "Taylor Swift becomes most-awarded artist in MTV VMA history with 31 wins",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/taylor-swift-becomes-most-awarded-artist-in-mtv-vma-history-with-31",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-28T02:07:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20260928-taylor-swift-most-awarded-mtv-vmas-31-wins"
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  "summary": "Taylor Swift has become the most-awarded artist in MTV Video Music Awards history with 31 wins. She received the inaugural Artist Director Honors award, which recognises artists who have made significant contributions behind the camera in music video production.\n\nSwift has written and directed 18 music videos and has won four VMA awards for Best Director out of seven nominations. Her friend Dakota Johnson presented the honour, praising Swift as a \"visionary with a relentless drive for perfection\".\n\nSwift's acceptance speech highlighted her long-standing involvement with music videos, having started 20 years ago and made 60 videos to date. She expressed gratitude to MTV for providing a platform for music videos.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/fuerza-regida-talks-being-a-part-of-pushing-regional-mexican-music",
        "published": "2026-09-27T23:50:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Taylor Swift Makes History, Wins First-Ever Artist Director Honor at VMAs: ‘I Just Love Making Stuff’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/taylor-swift-makes-history-wins-first-ever-artist-director-honor-at",
        "published": "2026-09-28T01:28:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "VMAs 2026: Blackpink's Lisa wins Best Pop, beats Taylor Swift: 'All those late night dreams brought me here'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/vmas-2026-blackpinks-lisa-wins-best-pop-beats-taylor-swift-all-those",
        "published": "2026-09-28T02:04:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "MTV VMAs 2026 Winners List: Madonna Dominates, Taylor Swift Wins Special Honor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/mtv-vmas-2026-winners-list-madonna-dominates-taylor-swift-wins",
        "published": "2026-09-28T02:41:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Taylor Swift Wins Video of the Year at 2026 MTV VMAs, Extends Her Record",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/taylor-swift-wins-video-of-the-year-at-2026-mtv-vmas-extends-her",
        "published": "2026-09-28T02:51:38.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}