Taylor Swift breaks Michael Jackson’s AMA record, hits 26 wins

Taylor Swift has made history by becoming the artist with the most American Music Awards wins of all time.

The singer won six awards at the 2019 edition of the award, bringing her total wins to 2016. She has now displaced Michael Jackso who had a record 24 wins.

Taylor Swift performed a medley of her greatest hits in honor of being awarded Artist of the Decade and she kicked it off with “The Man” off her latest album, “Lover.” “I’m so sick of running/As fast as I can/Wondering if I’d get there quicker/If I was a man/I’d be the man,” Swift sang.

Swift won six awards total. She capped the night by winning artist of the year and made history as the performer with the most AMA career wins of all time with 26.

“The last year of my life has had some of the most amazing times and also some of the hardest things I’ve gone through. I wanted to thank you so much for being the thing that has been a constant in my life” Swift said in the final speech of the night.