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Shakira crowd-surfed her way to a lifetime achievement prize at The MTV Video Music Awards, as she performed a career-spanning medley of hits.

The Colombian star put on a spectacular show that saw her dance with knives, writhe in a fake cave and play a fiery Guitar Solo during Objection Tango.

Presenting her Award , Wyclef Jean said: " Latin music would not be The global force that it is without Shakira . "

Taylor Swift was The Night 's other big winner, earning nine Moon Man trophies.

The Star won in every category where she was nominated, including The Night 's biggest Award - Video of The Year - in recognition of The self-directed promo for Anti-Hero.

She is The First Artist to win Video of The Year twice in a row, and extended her record for The Most wins in that category to four - After previously winning for Bad Blood , You Need to Calm Down and All Too Well: The Short Film.

The Star , who is in The Middle of The First $1bn stadium tour in history, also took home prizes for song of The Year , best pop, best direction, best cinematography and best visual effects, all for Anti-Hero,

She was also awarded album of The Year for Midnights, plus artist of The Year and show of The summer.

The 33-Year -old singer dedicated her wins to The art of songwriting.

" I love making Pop Music , I love making Pop Music videos, I also love making country, " she told a star-studded crowd at New Jersey 's Prudential Center .

" I love slinking around different genres, and The only reason I'm allowed to do that is because you, The fans, gave me The opportunity to do this. "

She also had words for Boy Band 'NSync, who reunited to present one of her prizes.

" You guys are pop personified so to receive this from your golden pop hands is really, it's too much, " she told The Group .

Other winners on The Night included rapper Ice Spice , who took home best new artist, and K-pop group Blackpink , who became The First Girl Band to Pick Up best group since TLC 24 years ago.

It's The fifth Time In a row that a South Korean band has won The Prize , with Blackpink taking The Place of boyband BTS, who are currently on hiatus.

Full list of winners

Source of news: bbc.com