Taylor Swift Walks Away Empty Handed After Skipping the 2025 American Music Awards
Although Swifties excitedly took to social media to encourage fan voting, Swift ultimately lost out in all her categories, with Artist of the Year, Favorite Female Pop Artist, Favorite Touring Artist, Album of the Year and Favorite Pop Album all going to Billie Eilish. Collaboration of the Year, meanwhile, went to Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars for their song “Die With A Smile.”
Prior to the 2025 ceremony, Swift was already the most-awarded artist in AMAs history, with a record 40 wins throughout her career. She most recently attended the awards show in November 2022, taking home six trophies that night. (The AMAs were not held in 2023 and 2024.)
In the weeks leading up to this year’s event, fans speculated that Swift planned to make an announcement at the AMAs. One of the supposed Easter eggs was featured on her website, which listed four items on a prominent menu — Apparel, Music, Accessories and Sale — that spelled out AMAs with each of their first letters.
Swifties also noticed that 12 items on the online store were on sale for 26 percent off. Some reasoned that the 12 represented Swift’s upcoming 12th studio album and the 26 could hint at the AMAs’ May 26 date.
Taylor Nation seemed to get in on the fun too, promoting voting for Swift at the AMAs with a May 6 X post that read, “And our town, it looks so sMall from wAy up here. Screamed, ‘vote for the chairman’ at the night sky!” Again, the capitalized letters spelled out AMAs.
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