She can cross this off her “Wi$h Li$t.” Taylor Swift is officially the most-awarded artist in MTV Video Music Awards history. The pop star rose to the No. 1 slot as she received the inaugural MTV VMA Artist Director Honors at the 2026 awards ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday. “I want to say thank you to MTV for giving this platform to music videos so long ago,” she said. Swift, wearing a silver Tamara Ralph Couture gown, told the crowd how she wrote and directed 18 of the roughly 60 music videos she’s made over the last 20 years. “The main reason why I love writing and directing music videos so much is because you,…









