Taylor Swift has extended her own record as iHeartRadio’s most decorated artist of all time, leaving Thursday night’s ceremony at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles with seven wins from nine nominations, bringing her all-time total to 41 iHeartRadio Music Award wins.
Swift, who attended with her fiance Travis Kelce, kicked off her winning streak by accepting the award for best pop album of the year for The life of a showgirlpresented by Raye.
He took the moment to give credit directly to Kelce.
“I think this album makes me feel very happy, safe and free because that’s how I feel every day of my life, thanks to my fiancé who is here tonight,” she said.
“Thanks to iheart and thanks to anyone who cared Ophelia’s fatebecause you made that the biggest success of my career, which is crazy right now.”
The night took a turn when figure skater Alysa Liu presented him with six more awards in one go, including artist of the year and album of the year.
Swift used the platform to deliver a message that clearly meant a lot to her, about creativity, patience, and protecting your dreams online.
“We live in this world where there is a lot of immediate and constant feedback,” he said.
“Anything you feed your mind, it will internalize. Anything you feed on the Internet, it will try to kill, and I don’t want that in your dreams. So thank you for allowing me to turn my hobby into a love, into a passion, into a dream, into a career.”
The show, hosted by Ludacris, also featured performances by Lainey Wilson, Alex Warren, who took home Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Kehlani, Raye and a joint set from TLC, Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue in a preview of their upcoming summer tour.
Ludacris closed the evening with a series of his own hits.
