The Billboard Music Awards were held in an online ceremony Sunday night, with winners including Taylor Swift, who collected 10 awards, including top artist, and Morgan Wallen, who scored 11 wins.
Swift is now tied with Drake for the most victories in the top artist category after winning it three times. Swift also achieved a record-breaking sixth time as the top Billboard 200 artist and a record-breaking fifth time as the top female artist.
“Well, this is unreal. The fact that you guys have given me 10 Billboard Awards — I’m talking to the fans, specifically—non of this happens without you,” Swift said in an acceptance speech recorded from the road.
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 re-records. 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.”
Swift, 33, is currently on the international leg of her Eras Tour, including a concert at Estádio Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday, November 19. On Saturday, November 18, and Sunday, November 19, she performed two sold-out gigs at the venue.
She will next go to So Paolo for her final tour stop of the year, where she will perform three performances from November 24 to November 26.
Meanwhile, the Eras Tour is set to become the highest-grossing tour of all time and has already made Swift a billionaire. After a two-month hiatus, she will resume the international leg in Tokyo in February 2024 and travel around the world before bringing the tour to a close in Canada in December 2024.
Amid her professional success, Swift’s personal life has also been making headlines due to her relationship with Travis Kelce. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 34, attended Swift’s Argentina concert on November 11. She notably changed her “Karma” lyrics to “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs” in reference to Kelce, and the two shared their first public kiss after the show.
