Taylor Swift sweeps iHeartRadio Music Awards 2026 with 7 wins, gives shoutout to Travis Kelce in speech

Taylor Swift had a huge night at the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2026, walking away with seven wins and emerging as the biggest winner of the evening. The singer attended the event with her fiancé, Travis Kelce and first took the stage to accept the award for Best Pop Album of the Year for The Life of a Showgirl, which was presented by Raye.

While accepting the award, Taylor Swift said, "I think that this album feels very happy and confident and free because that's the way that I get to feel every single day of my life, because of my fiance who's here tonight. So thanks for all the vibes. I really just wanted to say thank you also to iHeart and thank you to anyone who cared about 'The Fate of Ophelia,' because you made that into the biggest hit of my career, which is crazy at this point. And thank you."

That was just the beginning of a winning night for the singer. Swift later also picked up major honours, including Artist of the Year and Best Lyrics, among several others. According to Variety, her latest wins have now taken her total tally to 41 iHeartRadio Music Awards.

During another moment at the ceremony, Swift also spoke about creativity, passion and the pressure that comes with constant public feedback. "We live in this world where there's so much immediate feedback, constantly, like you get feedback for everything you share with the world," Swift said.

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"Now, like everything you post, you get feedback whether it's good or bad or whatever. I just wanna say if I had one hope for you, I would say that I hope that you get to nurture your hobby and your passion. Just between you and that craft, and you give yourself time. Give yourself time to make mistakes. Give yourself time to hone your craft. I'm a firm believer that anything you feed your mind, it will internalize. Anything you feed the internet, it will attempt to kill, and I don't want that for your dreams. So just thank you for allowing me to turn my hobby into a love, into a passion, into a dream, into a career. Thank you for allowing me to have it this long," she expressed.

The ceremony, hosted by Ludacris, opened with performances by Lainey Wilson and Alex Warren, who also accepted the Breakthrough Artist of the Year award during the night.

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