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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n Save this article for later<\/p>\n Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.<\/p>\n Got it<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Taylor Swift has stolen the show at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards<\/a>, winning seven prizes from nine nominations in her first public appearance of the year.<\/p>\n The pop juggernaut has been keeping a low profile since releasing her chart-topping The Life of a Showgirl album in October. She was last spotted in February out with her fiance Travis Kelce, to whom she became engaged in August. She did attend Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s Oscars after-party last week, but she remained under the radar.<\/p>\n However, Swift was thrust back into the spotlight at the iHeartRadio Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Friday (AEDT), which she attended alongside Kelce, marking the couple\u2019s awards show debut.<\/p>\n Swift swept the biggest categories of the night, including best album, favourite tour style for the record-breaking Eras Tour, and artist of the year. She also won best pop album, as well as best pop song, best lyrics and best music video, all for her hit track The Fate of Ophelia.<\/p>\n \u201cI love writing songs more than anything in the world,\u201d Swift said while accepting the award for best artist.<\/p>\n \u201cWe live in this world where there\u2019s so much immediate feedback constantly \u2026 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.<\/p>\n \u201cGive yourself time to make mistakes, give yourself time to hone your craft. I\u2019m a firm believer that anything you feed your mind, it will internalise; anything you feed the internet, it will attempt to kill. I don\u2019t want that for your dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier, Swift told the crowd that Showgirl was inspired by the positivity she felt from fans on her record-breaking Eras Tour.<\/p>\n \u201cThe album came out with this energy of just feeling really happy and strong and confident and free. And so I want to say thank you to the fans for giving me that feeling,\u201d Swift said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis album probably also feels very happy and confident and free because that\u2019s the way I get to feel every single day of my life because of my fiance who\u2019s here tonight,\u201d she added as the camera captured Kelce on his feet, beaming widely.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n All eyes and ears were on whether the singer would make an announcement of some kind \u2013 speculation around wedding dates, pregnancy and album releases swirled online. But Swift kept things simple on Friday, thanking her fans and fiance for the joy that defines her current Showgirl era.<\/p>\n Despite the lack of any announcement, Swifties were still diligently searching for Easter eggs, analysing every detail of the singer\u2019s outfit and acceptance speeches. Some wondered whether her pale green corset top, miniskirt and nude lip (rather than her signature red) hinted at a re-recording of her 2006 debut album, Taylor Swift. Her first album cover was somewhat understated, similar in colour scheme and tone as Swift\u2019s red carpet fit.<\/p>\n In May, Swift regained full ownership of her music<\/a>. This ended a years-long battle between the singer and former music manager Scooter Braun, who initially owned the masters of her early catalogue through Big Machine Label Group. Before taking back her entire discography, the pop star released re-recorded \u201cTaylor\u2019s versions\u201d of four of her albums \u2013 Fearless, Red, Speak Now and 1989, with plans to release two more.<\/p>\n When she regained control of her back catalogue, Variety published a letter from Swift to her fans<\/a>, in which she assured them the release of the rerecorded albums would still take place.<\/p>\n \u201cThose 2 albums can still have their moments to re-emerge when the time is right, if that would be something you guys would be excited about. But if it happens, it won\u2019t be from a place of sadness and longing for what I wish I could have. It will just be a celebration now,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n Other winners included Bruno Mars, who took out song of the summer with I Just Might, while his collaboration with Australian artist Ros\u00e9, APT, picked up best collaboration. Pop artist of the year went to Sabrina Carpenter, and Miley Cyrus won the innovator award. Ludacris, who hosted the event, took home the landmark award.<\/p>\n Find out the next TV, streaming series and movies to add to your must-sees. Get The Watchlist delivered every Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/51dbb60a87aae0a8d4baf1671cbb2c2f14805d08.jpeg\")
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce make their awards debut at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles.Billboard via Getty Images<\/p>\n![\"Taylor](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2aeaa28e0b35d545a23297a9fad944a938b746e2.jpeg\")
Taylor Swift\u2019s look at the iHeartRadio Music Awards sent fans into a frenzy of speculation as to whether it was all a clue to a new rerecorded album.Jordan Strauss\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n![\"Miley](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8322e7e1ccec02246df4b69f6555e11b08b6197b.jpeg\")
Miley Cyrus accepts the innovator award.Chris Pizzello\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n![\"Nell](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bc62508ef19b6e2feedd5afa6e558d56c3864d75.png\")
Nell Geraets<\/a> is a Culture and Lifestyle reporter at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via X<\/a> or email<\/a>.From our partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 27, 2026 \u2014 2:57pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-568280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}