Current:Home > MarketsTaylor Swift, Drake tie for the most Billboard Music Awards in history of the show -FinanceAcademy
Taylor Swift, Drake tie for the most Billboard Music Awards in history of the show
View
Date:2025-04-18 06:40:03
Taylor Swift's near domination of, well, everything it seems, continued at the Billboard Music Awards.
Swift headed into Sunday's award show – reimagined this year as an online-only event – as a finalist in 20 categories. By winning 10 of the 20 honors, she tied with Drake as the most-awarded recipient in BBMA history. Drake came into this year's awards with 34 and won five more, including top rap touring artist and top rap male artist.
Swift was already the top female winner of all time with 29 wins heading into the 2023 ceremony. Her current tally of 39 includes this year's wins for top female artist, top artist and top Billboard global artist.
Taylor Swift, Drake win big:The complete Billboard Music Awards 2023 winners list
Swift came close, but did not break, Drake's record for the most Billboard Music Awards won in one night. In 2017, the “In My Feelings” rapper/singer snagged 13 awards.
Swift is currently in South America on her massive Eras Tour and addressed her fans Sunday night via a prerecorded message.
"None of this happens without you," Swift told fans. "I’m so honored that this year you made the Eras Tour so magical. You went and saw the movie. You cared about my rerecordings. I just 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."
More:Taylor Swift returns to the Rio stage after fan's death, show postponement
According to Billboard, the awards are determined by performance metrics on the year-end Billboard charts from Nov. 19, 2022, through Oct. 21.
Swift's haul at the BBMAs is a precursor to the celebrations she might have at the 2024 Grammy Awards. Among her six nominations for the Feb. 4 event is album of the year for her 2022 album, “Midnights.” If Swift lands the high honor, she will be the first artist to accomplish the feat (she’s currently tied with Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder with three wins in the category).
But she’s already surpassed one record: Swift is the first songwriter to receive seven career nominations in the song of the year category.
More new music:Drake announces 'Scary Hours 3' album, new project coming out Friday at midnight
Related:Taylor Swift's '1989' rerelease is here! These are the two songs we love the most
veryGood! (7277)
Related
- Have Dry, Sensitive Skin? You Need To Add These Gentle Skincare Products to Your Routine
- California braces for flooding from intense storms rolling across the state
- Dozens are dead from Ian, one of the strongest and costliest U.S. storms
- Hailey Bieber Recalls Facing Saddest, Hardest Moments in Her Life Since Start of 2023
- As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest
- Impact investing, part 2: Can money meet morals?
- RHONJ's Melissa Gorga Slams Teresa Giudice for Comment About Her Daughter Antonia
- Love Is Blind's Paul Peden Accuses Vanessa Lachey of Having Personal Bias at Reunion
- McConnell absent from Senate on Thursday as he recovers from fall in Capitol
- Ready to toss out your pumpkins? Here's how to keep them out of the landfill
Ranking
- Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
- Negotiators at a U.N. biodiversity conference reach a historic deal to protect nature
- Sofia Richie Shares Glimpse into Her Bridal Prep Ahead of Elliot Grainge Wedding
- Biden tightens methane emissions rules, even as the U.S. pushes for more oil drilling
- New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
- 5 numbers that show Hurricane Fiona's devastating impact on Puerto Rico
- Love Is Blind Production Company Responds to Contestants' Allegations of Neglect
- Battered by Hurricane Fiona, this is what a blackout looks like across Puerto Rico
Recommendation
Toyota to invest $922 million to build a new paint facility at its Kentucky complex
A Taste Of Lab-Grown Meat
Love Is Blind’s Marshall Glaze Reveals He’s Related to Bachelorette’s Justin Glaze
As farmers split from the GOP on climate change, they're getting billions to fight it
Former Syrian official arrested in California who oversaw prison charged with torture
Taylor Swift Just Subtly Shared How She's Doing After Joe Alwyn Breakup
A record high number of dead trees are found as Oregon copes with an extreme drought
Here's what happened on day 3 of the U.N.'s COP27 climate talks