Taylor Swift sets new record at MTV VMAs - EWN

LOS ANGELES - Taylor Swift is having another good year -- just months after her lavish wedding to Travis Kelce, the pop superstar on Sunday made history by becoming the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards.

The 36-year-old Swift had been even with Beyonce for the most Moonman statuettes with 30, but broke the tie with the inaugural Artist Director Honors, bestowed on "The Fate of Ophelia" singer for her work behind the camera on visual storytelling.

She also won Video of the Year, which she dedicated to country legend Dolly Parton, praising the recently deceased performer's music and saying "every single song she wrote, her storytelling was so vivid."

"She handled this fame with such grace and love and gratitude," she added.

Swift used the occasion to premiere the video for her new single "Patient Zero," which stars actors Colin Farrell and Dakota Johnson. In the track, Swift warns a woman about her partner, with whom the singer had a toxic relationship.

"If he's killing you / I got you / I was patient zero," she sings.