Billboard Music Awards 2023
Favorite Taylor Swift could set new records
Taylor Swift has a good chance of winning multiple awards at the Billboard Music Awards – and possibly catching up with a colleague too.
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Taylor Swift could win big at the Billboard Music Awards. She made it into the selection for a prize in 20 categories.
An extremely successful year for Taylor Swift (33) is coming to an end. A few weeks before the turn of the year, the singer could be with the The Billboard Music Awards on November 19th also won big again. The most successful artists of the year are honored at the US awards ceremony.
Swift is in 20 of 69 total categories among the finalists. No colleague of the 33-year-old can place so often – making the singer the favorite this year. Morgan Wallen (30) and SZA (33) also have good chances with 17 entries each, as do The Weeknd (33) with 16 entries and Drake (37) and Zach Bryan (27) with 14 each. Other well-known names on the list The list includes Miley Cyrus (30) with nine, Beyoncé (42) with seven and Selena Gomez (31) with five entries.
Can Taylor Swift overtake rapper Drake?
Taylor Swift could not only be recognized this year as “Top Artist” and “Top Female Artist” as well as “Midnights” for the “Top Billboard 200 Album”, but also set several records. With 29 awards at the Billboard Music Awards to date, she is already the most-awarded artist, but she could also overtake Drake, who tops the overall list with 34 awards. There is also the possibility that Swift will set another record for the rapper: the Canadian won 13 awards in one evening in 2017.
The chances are good for Swift, as she has made countless headlines in recent months with “Midnights”, her “The Eras Tour” and the accompanying concert film. At the end of last year she was able to set a historical record with her successful album. At that time she occupied the top spot with her songs complete top ten of the “Billboard Hot 100” charts, something no artist had ever achieved before. With her newly recorded album “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” She was also able to do so in July became the first woman to place four albums simultaneously in the US album charts “Billboard 200”.
Chart data between November 19, 2022 and October 21, 2023 is included in the evaluation for the Billboard Music Awards.