Taylor Swift dominated the winner’s board at the MTV European Music Awards held in Manchester on Sunday night.
The Blank Space hitmaker, 34, was not in attendance at the star-studded ceremony but managed to win three awards nonetheless.
Taylor – who is about to begin the final leg of her record-breaking Eras Tour in Canada – won in the Best Artist category and Best Live Artist category.
The Best Video award also went to Taylor ft. Post Malone for their hit Fortnight form her latest album The Tortured Poets Department.
Taylor missed the awards held in the UK as she was attending her boyfriend Travis Kelce‘s football game where his team the Kansas City Chiefs played against the Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium.
Elsewhere The Best Song award went to Sabrina Carpenter for her smash hit Espresso from her Short n’ Sweet album.
Best UK act was won by Raye and the Best Pop award went to Ariana Grande who wasn’t there at the ceremony.
Best Hip-Hop award went to Eminem while the Best Electronic gong went to Calvin Harris.
Elsewhere Jimin won in the Best K-Pop category while Peso Pluma was victorious in the Best Latin group.
The Best R&B and Best Afrobeats awards went to Tyla – who also performed at the event while the Best New award went to Benson Boone who opened the show with his hits.
The Best Rock award went to Liam Gallagher while Busta Rhymes accepted the Global Icon award at the event.
Later on the Best Alternative award went to American pop rock band f Imagine Dragons.
The Best Collaboration award went to LISA feat. Rosalía for their hit NEW WOMAN.
Rita Ora made history as the first person to host the MTV European Music Awards for the third time this year, at the star-studded ceremony held at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena.
It came after organisers were forced to cancel last year’s event in Paris due to security fears amid the Israel and Hamas war.
Speaking ahead of the event host Rita said: ‘I’m over the moon that I get to be back with my MTV family hosting the EMAs for the third time!
‘The EMAs stage has become like another home for me, and this year’s show in Manchester is going to be absolutely incredible!
‘We’ve got an amazing lineup of music performances and plenty of surprises in store. We’re all ‘mad fer it!’.’
She joined the likes of Maya Jama, Vick Hope and Jodie-Turner Smith bringing the red carpet glamour earlier in the night.
The event featured performances from the likes of Raye, Pet Shop Boys, Le Sserafim, Shawn Mendes and Benson.
