Pakistan, Oct. 4 -- The MTV VMAs team was ready to honour Taylor Swift. Days after the "Cleveland!" singer accepted the Artist Director Award that Swift at the Sept. 27 ceremony, producer Van Toffler revealed how it came to be.

"Basically, a bunch of us-MTV employees, the producers, the production team-were looking at Taylor's body of work and her evolution," Toffler told Rolling Stone in an interview published Sept. 28. "She's an artist who has thrived in front of the camera and behind the camera, in all genres of music." And it had been clear to Toffler and MTV that Swift-who became the most decorated artist in VMAs history at the ceremony, where she premiered her "Patient Zero" video-deserved recognition for the artistry she brought t...