Pop sensation Taylor Swift reached another milestone after winning ten awards at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards. Swift’s wins make her the most decorated artist in the Billboard Music Awards history, with 49 BBMAs to her credit.
In a video message shared by the official BBMA social media accounts, Taylor Swift thanked her fans for helping her create history. The singer’s new achievement came on December 13, which coincidentally is her birthday as she turned 35 years old. In her video message addressed to fans, Swift said:
“Thank you to the fans, ’cause Billboard is counting your stuff. They’re counting what you listen to, the albums that you’re passionate about, and so I count these as fan-voted awards because you guys are the ones who care about our albums and come see us in concert. Everything that has happened with The Eras Tour and The Tortured Poets Department, I just have to say thank you.”
The 14-time Grammy winner continued:
“It means the world to me that you guys have embraced the things I have made, you know? And the fact that you’ve cared so much about my music. This is the nicest early birthday present you could have given me. So, thank you very much, I love it. It’s exactly what I wanted.”
Swift won ten categories in the 2024 Billboard Music Awards, including Top Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Hot 100 Songwriter, Top Streaming Songs Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top Billboard Global 200 Artist, Top Billboard Global (Excl. U.S.) Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album.
From the Eras Tour to The Tortured Poets Department: A look back at Taylor Swift’s 2024 achievements
Taylor Swift had a successful 2024, having received multiple awards and releasing a new album. On February 4, 2024, Swift won her fourth Album of the Year Grammy Award for her work in the 2022 album, Midnights. Her win made her the artist with the most number of AOTY awards of all time, tied with Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, and Paul Simon.
During her 2024 Grammy acceptance speech, Taylor Swift announced the release of her eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department. The album was released in two parts on April 19, 2024, as the pop star surprised her fans with several new songs after dropping the main album. The songs were put together in The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology.
Upon release, the album broke multiple sales and streaming records. The Tortured Poets Department spent 16 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 200 in the United States. Swift also became the only artist to occupy the top 14 spots of the US Billboard Hot 100, beginning with Fortnight.
Further, Taylor Swift concluded her record-breaking Eras Tour in Vancouver, Canada, on December 8, 2024. The tour, which began in March 2023, spanned 149 concerts in 50 cities and five continents. It was a special tour that featured 18 years of Swift’s music and had an ‘era’ or segment dedicated to each of her albums. In May 2024, she added a new segment dedicated to her newly released album, The Tortured Poets Department.
Another highlight of 2024 for Taylor Swift was the release of The Eras Tour Book on November 30. The book was released exclusively on Target and included multiple visual highlights from Swift’s tour. The nonfiction book includes over 500 pictures, including unseen behind-the-scenes images.
🧵Some of behind the scenes & rehersal pictures featured on The Eras Tour book pic.twitter.com/xQ9uuZz6Im
— Taylor Swift Edits (@TSwiftEdits_13) December 2, 2024
Upon release, the book became the number two nonfiction debut of all time, as per data shared by Circana Bookscan. As per Circana, the book sold 814,000 copies in its first week and second only to Barrack Obama’s 2020 memoir, A Promised Land.
Moving to 2025, Taylor Swift has yet to announce her next album. Swifties (the popstar’s fandom) eagerly await her to announce the release of her much-awaited rerecording of her 2017 album, Reputation, and her eponymous debut album.
