Taylor Swift breaks a Michael Jackson record and is crowned artist of the decade
He has won 29 AMA'S awards throughout his career, compared to 24 for the 'king of pop'. In addition, she got the five awards for which she was nominated.
The Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles hosted last night the delivery of the American Music Awards, where Taylor Swift shone with her own light by winning five awards and thus adding 29 AMA's awards in his entire career, surpassing Michael Jackson, who added 24. Likewise, the North American artist won the award for 'artist of the decade', putting the final touch on a perfect night that will go down in the history of music in the United States. The American Music Awards are given annually as the prelude to the Grammy Awards, the winners of which are determined through consumer surveys.
Those present at the gala were also able to experience in first person the spectacular performances of artists such as the adolescent phenomenon, Billie Eilish, who stole the cameras from the rest of the artists thanks to her incredible personality and charisma, the return to the stage of Selena Gómez or the of Taylor Swift herself, who was one of the great protagonists of this edition of the AMA's.
Swift was honored with five awards including "Favorite Pop Album", "Artist of the Year" and the award that crowned her "Artist of the Decade" 2010-2020, a title that places her in a privileged place in the history by sharing the award with artists who are on the 'Olympus' of music such as Elvis Presley (1950), The Beatles (1960), Stevie Wonder (1970) and Michael Jackson himself (1980), who also won the award for' 20th century artist 'at the 2002 gala.
Winner's speech
After winning the award that crowned her as artist of the decade, the singer decided to pronounce the following words: "Any of the artists who are here wants to create things that last, whatever it is," to which she added: "It's been a decade of art, hard work, fun and memories. "
Also, he wanted to thank all his followers for their triumphs and to thank the support they have given him during all this time: "This industry is very rare, you go up and then down, sometimes you feel bad about yourself, but there are people who He always supports you. Thanks to the 'fans' who have been with me for 15 years. "
All the lights were on Taylor's speech, since a few weeks ago the artist denounced through an open letter to the entrepreneurs Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta, who denied the artist to sing her old songs. These, bought the old Taylor record company, which owned the rights to the recordings of her songs, but finally and after the initial refusal, they managed to reach an agreement and she was able to sing old songs as a tribute.