Taylor Swift surpasses Drake for most Billboard Music Award wins ever

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Taylor Swift has surpassed Drake to become the artist with the most wins at the Billboard Music Awards.The pop star cleared up at the 2024 edition of the ceremony, which was held in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas last night (December 12) and broadcast on Fox.

Straight off the back of her massive ‘Eras Tour’ coming to an end – having been confirmed as the highest-grossing tour of all time’ – Swift added an impressive 10 more awards to her collection.This included Top Artist, Top Billboard 200, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Hot 100 Songwriter, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top Billboard 200 Global Artist, Top Billboard Global (Excl.

U.S.) Artist, Top Streaming Songs Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album for ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.Heading into this year’s ceremony, the ‘Midnights’ singer was initially tied with Drake as the most decorated artists at the Billboard Music Awards, with each having 39 trophies to their names.

Now, she has surpassed that figure and now sits with 49 BBMAs to her name – the most of any artist.Drake went on to collect three more awards on the night, winning in the Top Rap Artist, Top Rap Male Artist, and Top Rap Album categories.