 At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards , the video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video . During Swift 's acceptance speech , rapper Kanye West interrupted Swift , grabbing the microphone and stating , " Yo Taylor , I 'm really happy for you and I 'ma let you finish , but Beyoncé [ Knowles ] had one of the best videos of all time " , regarding her video for " Single Ladies ( Put a Ring on It ) " . According to Jayson Rodriguez of MTV News , Knowles " looked on from the crowd , stunned " . Later in the evening , during her acceptance speech for winning the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year , Knowles told about her first experience winning her first Video Music Award with Destiny 's Child and how much it meant to her . She then called Swift from backstage to complete her acceptance speech . Numerous critics , celebrities , and fans criticized West 's actions , including the President of the United States , Barack Obama , who called West a " jackass " . At first , West made no effort in contacting Swift , but he later issued an apology , which Swift accepted . The video was nominated for Video of the Year at the 45th Academy of Country Music Awards . At the 2010 CMT Music Awards , the video received nominations for the CMT Music Award for " Video of the Year " and " Female Video of the Year " , but lost to Carrie Underwood 's " Cowboy Casanova " and Miranda Lambert 's " White Liar " , respectively . The video was nominated for the MuchMusic Video Award for Best International Artist Video and the MuchMusic Video Award for People 's Choice : Favourite International Video , but lost to Miley Cyrus ' video for " Party in the U.S.A. " and Adam Lambert 's video for " <unk> Want From Me " at the 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards , respectively . 
