Taylor Swift was the big winner at the American Music Awards.
The Look What You Made Me Do hitmaker took home SIX AMAs, racking up a total 29 wins - toppling Michael Jackson’s record by five awards.
The 29-year-old pop star knew ahead of the event she’d win the Artist of the Decade honour.
But she also pipped Drake, Ariana Grande, Halsey and Post Malone for the coveted Artist of the Year award at the 47th annual AMAs on Sunday night at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles.
Reflecting on the past year, an emotional Taylor said she experienced “some of the most amazing times” as well as “the hardest things I’ve gone through in my life”, adding: “This year for me has been a lot. It’s been a lot of good, it’s been a lot of really complicated.”
A feud with talent manager Scooter Braun and her former record label over the rights to her back catalogue of six albums is said to have resulted in Braun’s family getting “numerous death threats”.
Accepting her award, she said: “All that matters to me is the memories I have had with you guys, with you the fans, over the years.”
Taylor also won Favourite Music Video for You Need to Calm Down; Favourite Female Artist - Pop/Rock; Favourite Album - Pop/Rock; and Favourite Artist - Adult Contemporary.
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— Taylor Swift News (@TSwiftNZ)
Other winners included Beyoncé as Favourite Female Artist - Soul/R&B; Billie Eilish, 17, scooped Best New Artist; Post Malone, who topped the list with seven nominations, won Favourite Rap/hip-hop Album for Hollywood’s Bleeding; Halsey won Favourite pop/rock song for her hit Without Me; and Carrie Underwood received Favourite Country Artist and Country Album of the Year.
Hosted by Ciara, Selena Gomez kicked off the jol, followed by Toni Braxton, Lizzo, Camila Cabello and her berk Shawn Mendes.
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— Ciara (@ciara)