Historic wins for Taylor Swift and Beyonce at 2024 Billboard Awards
Dec 13, 2024, 2:05 PM | Updated: Dec 16, 2024, 12:48 pm

(Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
(Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)
It was a big night for Taylor Swift and Beyonce! Both women making history.
Beyonce won Top Female Country Artist, her first award in a country music category. It’s a big one. Congratulations Bey.
And Taylor Swift became the most decorated artist in Billboard Music Award Show history, just ahead of her 35th birthday.
Taylor took home 10 awards at the Billboard Music Awards ceremony on December 12. Among the 10 awards was the night’s biggest award, Top Artist, as well as Top Billboard 200 Album for The Tortured Poets Department.
With those new trophies, Swift becomes the winningest artist in the show’s 31-year history. Bringing her total career wins to 49.
“This is the nicest early birthday present you could have given me,” Swift said in a pre-recorded speech. “So, thank you very much. I love it. It’s exactly what I wanted.”
Taylor was not at the ceremony but she added in her speech that, “Everything that’s happened with the Eras Tour and The Tortured Poets Department, I just have to say thank you. It means the world to me that you guys embraced the things I’ve made, and the fact that you care so much about my music.”
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Other awards given out during the 2024 ceremony were Chappell Roan won Top New Artist, Charli XCX took home Top Dance/Electronic Artist while Brat won Top Dance/Electronic Album. Four artists won three trophies on the night: Shaboozey, who took home Top Song Sales Artist; Bad Bunny, who won Top Latin Artist; Elevation Worship; and Drake, who took home Top Rap Artist and Top Rap Male Artist over Kendrick Lamer, and Linkin Park won Top Rock Duo/Group and Top Hard Rock Artist.
Read the full list of winners here.