Taylor Swift surpassed Beyoncé to become the most-awarded artist in MTV Video Music Awards history Sunday when she brought her Moon Person statue total to 32.
\n\nSwift and Beyoncé had been tied with 30 VMAs.
\n\nSwift won the coveted video of the year award for “The Fate of Ophelia” and dedicated the award to the late Dolly Parton, whom she described as “the ultimate showgirl.”
\n\n“Every single song that she wrote, her storytelling was so vivid and so rich,” Swift said onstage. “Listening to her songs, it’s like watching the best music video you have ever seen in your life every single time you hear what she has written.”
\n\nTaylor Swift becomes VMA's first Artist Director Honoree
\n\nSwift also received the show’s inaugural Artist Director Honors prize, which organizers said was designed to honor someone “whose work behind the camera has expanded the possibilities of music video and advanced the art of visual storytelling.”
\n\nActor Dakota Johnson, a longtime friend of Swift’s, presented her with the award, describing her as “an architect of emotional landscapes filled with the most intimate and intricate detail.”
\n\nOnstage, Swift reflected on the roughly 60 music videos she has made over the last 20 years…
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