Who holds the record for most Billboard Music Award wins by a female artist?

Taylor Swift holds the record for the most Billboard Music Award wins by a female artist.

Swift’s record reflects her exceptional performance across Billboard’s chart-based categories. By the 2024 ceremony, she had accumulated 49 Billboard Music Awards overall, placing her ahead of every other artist in the awards’ history and making her the leading female winner as well.

Her success is not limited to one genre or one type of release. Swift has been recognized for overall artist performance, album and song success, touring, and chart achievements. Her awards have followed major eras including Fearless, 1989, Reputation, Lover, Folklore, and Midnights.

This question can be confused with the separate Top Female Artist category. Swift also holds the record in that category, with six wins, while Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Adele, and Mariah Carey have each won it twice. The broader all-awards record is a different statistic: it counts wins across all Billboard Music Award categories rather than only the female-artist prize.