Which singer received the Artist of the Decade award at the 2019 AMAs?

Taylor Swift received the Artist of the Decade award at the 2019 American Music Awards.

The honor recognized Swift’s extraordinary influence and commercial success during the 2010s. Carole King presented the award at the ceremony, held on November 24, 2019, at Los Angeles’s Microsoft Theater. Swift performed a medley of songs from throughout her career before accepting the honor.

The award was separate from the regular Artist of the Year category, which Swift also won that night. She collected six awards in total, including Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock Album for Lover. Her six victories raised her career AMA total to 29 at the time, making her the ceremony’s most awarded artist.

A common mix-up is confusing this recognition with Billboard’s Artist of the Decade honor, which was awarded to Drake in 2019. The AMAs’ decade award specifically went to Swift, reflecting her sustained popularity with the show’s audience throughout the 2010s.