Taylor Swift was the most-nominated artist on the 2023 Billboard Music Awards, and she or he took dwelling 10 trophies.
“Well, this is unreal. The fact that you guys have given me 10 Billboard Awards — I’m talking to the fans, specifically — none of this happens without you,” Swift mentioned in an acceptance speech recorded from the street.
She continued, “Billboards base everything off of what you are listening to and what you’re passionate about. And I’m so honored that this year you made the tour, The Eras Tour, so magical. You went and saw the movie, you cared about my rerecords. I just, like, I love you so much. I feel like the luckiest person in the world to have you in my corner and caring about the music that I make. So thank you, thank you, thank you, 10 million times, for this.”
The awards present passed off on Sunday, November 19, whereas Swift, 33, is on the worldwide leg of her Eras Tour, with a live performance at Estádio Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday. She already performed two sold-out exhibits on the venue on Saturday, November 18, and Sunday, November 19. She is going to subsequent journey to São Paolo for her remaining tour cease of the yr, placing on three live shows from Friday, November 24, to Sunday, November 26.
Swift has dominated the music trade in 2023, which was mirrored by her nominations on the BBMAs. She acquired nods in 20 classes, the ten she received for being Prime Radio Songs Artist, Prime Track Gross sales Artist, Prime Billboard World 200 Artist, Prime Billboard World (Excluding U.S.) Artist, Prime Sizzling 100 Songwriter, Prime Feminine Artist, Prime Billboard 200 Artist, Prime Artist, Prime Promoting Track (“Anti-Hero”).
Forward of the Sunday awards present, Swift was the highest feminine BBMAs recipient in historical past with 29 wins. Drake had probably the most BBMAs total, with 34 and 14 further nominations for 2023.
If Swift surpasses Drake because the most-awarded BBMAs artist of all time, will probably be the most recent in a string of information she has damaged this yr. With regard to her success on the charts, her 2019 hit “Cruel Summer” topped the Billboard Sizzling 100 for the primary time in October. Weeks later, Swift’s track “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) [From the Vault]” — from her rerecording of her 1989 album — took the spot of “Cruel Summer” when it went to No. 1. She subsequently grew to become the one artist to ever change herself 3 times at No. 1 on the chart as “Cruel Summer” returned to the highest.
In the meantime, the Eras Tour is about to turn into the highest-grossing tour of all time and has already made Swift a billionaire. After a two-month hiatus, she is going to resume the worldwide leg in Tokyo in February 2024 and journey around the globe earlier than bringing the tour to a detailed in Canada in December 2024.
Amid her skilled success, Swift’s private life has additionally been making headlines attributable to her relationship with Travis Kelce. The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish, 34, attended Swift’s Argentina live performance on November 11. She notably modified her “Karma” lyrics to “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs” in reference to Kelce, and the 2 shared their first public kiss after the present.