Taylor Swift gets four wins at the 2024 People's Choice Awards
Taylor Swift added to her extensive collection of accolades at the 2024 People's Choice Awards, although she did not attend the ceremony.
The pop star, 34, won four awards at the Sunday, February 18 event, after receiving five nominations in total. She was honored as Female Artist of the Year, Pop Artist of the Year, Concert Tour of the Year and Social Celebrity of the Year. While she Eras tour concert film was nominated for Film of the Year, but it did not win in that category. (The prize went to Barbie.)
Prior to Sunday's ceremony, Swift had taken home 16 People's Choice Awards throughout her career, including four for Female Artist of the Year, two for Favorite Pop Artist, four for Favorite Country Artist, two for Album of the Year, one for Favorite Number. , one for Concert Tour of the Year, one for Music Video of the Year and one for Soundtrack Song of the Year. Her additions in 2024 will bring her collection to an even number of 20 PCAs.
Swift was unable to attend the awards ceremony in Santa Monica, California as she is currently on the international leg of her tour. She just completed three nights of concerts in Melbourne, Australia, and will next perform four shows in Sydney, Australia, from February 23 to 26. After six nights in Singapore in early March, she will take a short break from her tour until May. .
During her hiatus, Swift releases her 11th studio album, The department of tortured poetson Friday, April 19. Earlier this month, she opened up about her behind-the-scenes process for the record.
“I had to make it. It really was a lifeline for me,” Swift told the crowd at her Melbourne concert. “It kind of reminded me why songwriting is something that gets me through life, and I've never had an album where I needed more songwriting than on the album. Martyred poets.”
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TAS2023 via Getty ImagesSwift announced the album during her acceptance speech for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2024 Grammy Awards on February 4. She revealed at the time that she had kept the project a secret from her fans for “the past two years.”
Although Swift later won Album of the Year at the ceremony and made history as the only artist to take home the award four times, she opted to spill the beans about her upcoming album early in the evening in case it was her only was a chance. .
Marcelo Endelli/TAS23/Getty Images While Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department came as a surprise to fans, the pop star seemingly dropped several Easter eggs, hinting that her eleventh studio album was on the way. Swift unveiled her latest musical venture as she accepted the award for Best Pop Vocal Album – her 13th career win – […]
“I told my friends, I told them Jac [Antonoff], but I hadn't really told many other people. I thought, 'Okay, if I'm lucky enough to win one thing tonight, I'm just going to do it. I'm just going to announce my album,” she told the audience days later during a tour stop in Tokyo, Japan. “And luckily that ended up happening.”
Swift revealed that her “backup plan” was to share the news at her first concert in Japan, adding: “But thanks to you and your support, I was lucky enough to win a Grammy and tell you about it on stage at the Grammys. ”