It’s not like we wouldn’t expect anything less from her, right? Taylor Swift took home the most prizes at the American Music Awards in all six categories that she was nominated for. The Shake It Off singer won Artist of the Year, for the seventh time with her re-recorded Red voted Favorite Pop Album and Favorite Country Album. Here’s what you need to know.
The music video for Taylor’s Version of All Too Well starring Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien – was named Favorite Music Video. Other accolades for Swift included Favorite Female Pop Artist and Female Country Artist. The star now holds more American Music Awards than Michael Jackson’s 26 awards and Whitney Houston’s 22.
Taylor Swift Dominates The American Music Awards
When presented with Artist of the Year, the Blank Space hitmaker admitted in her acceptance speech that she has her fans to thank for her “happiness.” She said: “In the past few years, I have released more music than I did in the decade preceding that. I really feel like that’s down to the fact that you, the fans, made it clear that you wanted to hear lots of music … I found that the more music I made [and] the more music I put out, the happier I was.”
“I have the fans to thank, essentially, for my happiness. I love you more than I can say. I cannot express how unbelievable it is to me that I get to do this and that you still care. So, thank you underlined with 13 exclamation points.” Swift added.
Beyoncé won Favorite Female R’n’B Artist and Favorite R’n’B Album for Renaissance. K-Pop megastars BTS received two awards for Favorite Group and Favorite K-Pop Artist and made history as they’ve won the former prize four times. Harry Styles, Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny all took home two prizes each. Lionel Richie was honored with this year’s Icon Award. Performers included Stevie Wonder, Pink, Dove Cameron, and special guest Cardi B joined GloRilla for a surprise performance of ‘Tomorrow 2’.
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