Taylor Swift’s public battle with music executive Scooter Braun dominated the buildup to the American Music Awards.
However, the singer put the issue to one side on Sunday night, focusing on her success.
And what a success it was, as Taylor surpassed Michael Jackson for the most American Music Awards won by a single person, 29 to 24.
Swift received the highest honor, artist of the year, among four others. She also received an honorary Artist of the Decade Award.
‘All that counts to me is the memories that I’ve had with you guys, with you the fans, throughout the years,’ Swift, 29, told the crowd during the ceremony in Los Angeles, following a medley of her past hits.
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Taylor Swift shakes off her Scooter Braun feud in green sparkles as ‘artist of the decade’ arrives at American Music Awards
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Many expected Swift to come out about her long-running conflict with record industry executive Scooter Braun, who owns the master recordings to her first six albums, after signing with a new label in 2018.
Swift accused Braun last week of refusing to allow her to perform songs from her back catalog at the awards presentation. The public spat culminated last week with Braun saying that his family had received numerous death threats after the pop singer urged her 122 million Instagram fans to let Braun ‘know how you feel about this.’
But on Sunday, the Fearless singer made no direction mention of the dispute, although she opened her performance wearing a white shirt printed with the titles of her old albums.
‘This year for me has been a lot. It’s been a lot of good and a lot of terribly complicated,” she remarked, without going into detail. She beat Drake, Ariana Grande, Halsey and Post Malone as artist of the year.
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Ten years at the top: Swift’s astronomical success certainly makes her worthy of the Artist Of The Decade honor
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Taylor looked fierce and magnificent on the red carpet, pairing an aggressive expression with a shimmering green outfit.
The singer certainly looked the part as she walked the red carpet, wearing a ferocious attitude and a shimmering green outfit.
Her meteoric achievement over the last 10 years undoubtedly qualifies her for the Artist of the Decade award.
Her five albums published between 2010 and 2019 – Speak Now (2010), Red (2012), 1989 (2014), Reputation (2017), and Lover (2019) – all reached number one on the Billboard charts.
Her additional accolades include three #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, three global stadium tours, and two Billboard Woman of the Year Awards.
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Ready for her big night: The AMAs were the Taylor show, as she scooped a clutch of new awards
