{"id":17286,"date":"2024-12-14T02:47:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T02:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=17286"},"modified":"2024-12-14T02:47:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T02:47:09","slug":"proud-taylor-swift-thanks-fans-for-the-early-birthday-present-as-she-makes-history-at-the-billboard-music-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=17286","title":{"rendered":"PROUD: Taylor Swift thanks fans for the &#8216;early birthday present&#8217; as she makes history at the Billboard Music Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">Taylor Swift received an early birthday present on Dec. 12, winning\u00a010 Billboard Music Awards \u2014 including Top Artist and Top Female Artist \u2014 for her work in 2024.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">With the new trophies, she surpassed Drake to become the top Billboard Music Awards winner in history. She has a career total of 49 awards. Drake, her closest competitor, has 42.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">Fresh off her \u201cEras Tour\u201d and taking a beat for herself \u2014 and to give back,\u00a0visiting a children\u2019s hospital with boyfriend Travis Kelce\u00a0in Kansas City, Mo., this week \u2014 Swift did not attend the BBMAs, which were prerecorded anyway. She did share a pretaped message thanking Swifties for elevating her music to the level it\u2019s reached.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"twitter-slot\">\n<div class=\"article-social-slot\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1867403154490290437&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fmusic%2Fnews%2Ftaylor-swift-thanks-fans-for-the-early-birthday-present-as-she-makes-history-at-the-billboard-music-awards-and-more-standout-moments%2Far-AA1vOpMh%3Fapiversion%3Dv2%26noservercache%3D1%26domshim%3D1%26renderwebcomponents%3D1%26wcseo%3D1%26batchservertelemetry%3D1%26noservertelemetry%3D1&amp;sessionId=116c7af5fe76a429305b93ed94fbc27b1f56a33c&amp;theme=dark&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1867403154490290437\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"continue-read-break\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">Swift said she counted the trophies \u201cas fan-voted awards\u201d because they\u2019re based on the music charts.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">\u201cIt means the world to me that you guys have embraced the things I\u2019ve made, you know, and the fact that you\u2019ve cared so much about my music,\u201d The\u00a0<em>Tortured Poets Department<\/em>\u00a0singer said.<\/p>\n<p>She also called it \u201cthe nicest early birthday present you could have given me,\u201d as she turns 35 on Dec. 13. \u201cIt\u2019s exactly what I wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BBMAs are certainly not the Grammys, which are around the corner on Feb. 2, 2025. The show was hosted by comedian and actress Michelle Buteau, but completely pretaped. The performances took place in different locations around the world, like Coldplay in Australia, and were packaged together. There was no red carpet.<\/p>\n<p>That said, there were still memorable performances. Linkin Park, back together after Chester Bennington\u2019s death and with controversial new singer Emily Park, gave an energetic performance of \u201cThe Emptiness Machine\u201d off their album From Zero. Their fans were feeling it, singing along.<\/p>\n<p>They also won the award for Top Rock Duo\/Group and Top Hard Rock Artist.<\/p>\n<p>Coldplay performed their new hit \u201cAll My Love\u201d from Down Under, where they are on their \u201cMusic of the Spheres World Tour.\u201d Their fans also sang along and lights lit up the arena as Chris Martin tapped the keys and sang the poignant lyrics. (The video for the song, starring Dick Van Dyke, dropped Dec. 13.)<\/p>\n<p>The group also had a funny acceptance speech for Top Rock Touring Artist with Martin quipping that they are the \u201chandsomest old man band in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jelly Roll seems to be everywhere right now \u2014 and we are more than OK with that. At the Billboards, he performed his song \u201cI Am Not Okay\u201d from Beautifully Broken and its lyrics clearly spoke to fans.<\/p>\n<p>Shaboozey was also a highlight, singing his hit \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d on an elaborate ballroom party set. The song, and the fun he brought to the performance, made for a napkin-waving good time.<\/p>\n<p>Other moments of note: Beyonc\u00e9 won her first-ever country music award by nabbing Top Country Female Artist.<\/p>\n<p>Zach Bryan earned five awards, including Top Rock Artist, Top Country Touring Artist and Top Country Album.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Wallen was also a winner, collecting four trophies, including Top Male Artist and Top Country Artist. It was a better end to his day than the start. Before the pre-recorded awards show aired on Fox, he was sentenced to seven days in a DUI education center and two years of supervised probation for throwing a chair from the rooftop of a six-story bar in Nashville in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift received an early birthday present on Dec. 12, winning\u00a010 Billboard Music Awards \u2014 including Top Artist and Top Female Artist \u2014 for her work in&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-taylor-swifts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PROUD: Taylor Swift thanks fans for the &#039;early birthday present&#039; 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