Taylor & Beyoncé Reign Supreme at iHeartRadio Awards: Swift Snags Artist of the Year, Queen Bey Hailed as Innovator!

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Calaugashawk Media, Hi, and Welcome
to Taylor Swift Today a short roundup of

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all the headlines around Taylor's music,
tours, movies, and life. On

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Monday, Beyonce and Taylor Swift emerged
as big winners at the twenty twenty four

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iHeartRadio Music Awards, which took place
at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.

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While Swift sent in a clip to
accept the Artist of the Year award,

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Beyonce was present at the Dolby Theater
to receive the twenty twenty four iHeartRadio Innovator

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Honors. Swift faced tough competition in
the Artist of the Year category, with

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nominees including Miley Cyrus, Drake,
Jelly Roll, Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen,

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Olivia Rodrigo, Shakira, and Usher. In her acceptance speech, the

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singer songwriter expressed her gratitude, saying, I want to say thank you so

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much to any one who voted for
this award. iHeart you have just been

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so incredibly supportive over the course of
my entire career. The Grammy winner had

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a busy weekend leading up to the
awards, spending Easter Sunday in Pennsylvania,

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with boyfriend Travis Kelcey before returning to
southern California on Monday afternoon, arriving in

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Burbank at one thirty pm PT.
Reflecting on the past year, Swift said,

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the past year has been pretty spectacular
and she's so grateful for that.

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She also acknowledged her fans, stating
to the fans, it's completely up to

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you to choose how you spend your
time, what concerts you go to,

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what music you want to make the
soundtrack to your life. To anyone who

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has included me in those choices,
I'm so, so, so thankful for

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that. Looking ahead, Swift mentioned
her upcoming projects, including the continuation of

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the Airas Tour and the release of
her new studio album, The Tortured Poets

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Department on April nineteenth. I'm so
proud of it, Swift said, I

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cannot wait to share it with you. Thank you for voting for me for

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Artist of the Year. I can't
wait to keep having fun with you guys.

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We have a lot of exciting things
coming up. Thank you so much.

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Beyonce was presented with the Innovator Award
by Musical Icons Stevie Wonder. In

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her acceptance speech, she expressed her
gratitude, saying, I'm honored to receive

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this recognition from you, Stevie Wonder. Whenever anyone asks me if there's anything

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I can listen to for the rest
of my life, it's always you.

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Thank you, God, bless you. The singer then shared her thoughts on

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being an innovator, stating, call
me an innovator, and I'm grateful.

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Innovation starts with a dream, then
you have to execute that dream. That

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road can be very bumpy. Being
even innovator is seeing what everyone believes is

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impossible. It means being criticized often, which often will test your mental strength.

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Taylor Swift has reached yet another impressive
milestone in her already illustrious career.

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She is now officially a billionaire.
Forbes included the superstar on its World Billionaires

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list this week, estimating Swift's fortune
at one point one billion dollars this year.

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The publication attributed her wealth to earnings
from her record breaking eras Tour,

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the value of her music catalog,
and her real estate portfolio. Notably,

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Forbes stated that Swift is the first
musician to achieve a ten figure fortune solely

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based on her songs and performances.
Other notable newcomers to the billionaires list include

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Irvin Magic Johnson and Christian Luboutan.
The list is topped by Bernard Arnault,

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who amassed a two hundred thirty three
billion dollar fortune as the overseer of the

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LVMH Empire, which comprises seventy five
fashion and cosmetics brands, including Louis Vutan

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and Sephora. Elon Musk, Jeff
Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison,

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Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Steve
Balmer, Mukesh am Bonni, and Larry

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Page complete the top ten. In
other news, Sirius XM has announce the

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launch of a dedicated channel for pop
superstar Taylor Swift. The channel, named

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Channel thirteen. Taylor's version after Swift's
famous lucky number, will debut on April

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seventh, thirteen days before the thirty
four year old releases her new album,

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The Tortured Poets Department. The thirteenth
day of the channel, Friday, April

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nineteenth, coincides with the release of
Taylor Swift's new album, The Tortured Poets

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Department. A Tuesday press release from
SiriusXM read Channel thirteen Taylor's version will be

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playing the full album beginning to end
continuously throughout the weekend. The channel will

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also provide a platform for fans to
share their own stories and experiences with Taylor

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and her music. The channel will
be available until May sixth. The number

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thirteen has held special significance throughout Swift's
career. In a two thousand and nine

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interview with MTV News, she explained, I was born on the thirteenth.

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I turned thirteen on Friday the thirteenth. My first album went gold in thirteen

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weeks. My first song had a
thirteen second intro. Every time I've won

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an award, I've been seated in
either the thirteenth seat, the thirteenth row,

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the thirteenth section, or row M, which is the thirteenth letter.

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Basically, whenever a thirteen comes up
in my life, it's a good thing.

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Swift also announced the Tortured Poets Department
during her thirteenth Grammy win in February.

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Travis Kelcey, Swift's boyfriend, recently
expressed his excitement about one of her

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upcoming Era's tour stops. Man,
I'll tell you what the London shows.

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I think she's at Wembley eight times, which is mind blowing that she can

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do that many shows in one stadium
and fill that thing up, Kelsey told

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Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday, April second. I played at Wembley once and I

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don't even think we filled that thing
all the way up. When asked if

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he would be attending any of his
girlfriend's upcoming concerts, Kelsey teased, you

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know, I gotta go support you
know it. Regarding balancing their romance and

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respective careers, Kelsey said, I
think we're both very career driven. I

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think we both love what we do. Any chance that I can show my

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support to her, knowing that she's
shown me all the support in the world

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throughout the season, he added,
it's just been an amazing experience getting to

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note. In an interesting twist,
Taylor Swift is competing against boyfriend Travis Kelcey

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for an award at the twenty twenty
four Webby Awards, which recognize achievements on

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the Internet. Swift's collaboration with vote
dot Org on National Voter Registration Day is

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nominated alongside Kelsey's collaboration with the Cheesecake
Factory on fashion icons in the category Best

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Creator or Influencer, Collaboration, Features
Social. Kelsey has a second nomination for

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his podcast with his brother Jason Kelce, New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce,

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which is nominated for Sports Shows Podcasts. Both Swift and Kelsey were winners

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at the twenty twenty four People's Choice
Awards on February eighteenth, albeit in different

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categories. Swift won four awards Female
Artist, Pop Artist, Concert Tour,

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and Social Celebrity. Kelsey won one
Athlete of the Year in the Webby Race

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for Music Video General Video Video.
The nominees are Doja Cat's Paint the Town

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Red, Lil nas X's j christ
Meghan, the Stallions, Cobra, Olivia

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Rodrigue's Vampire, and Victoria Monet's On
My Mama. Other nominees in various categories

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include Doctor Dre and Snoop Dogg,
Kelly Clarkson, Ryan Gosling, Timothy Challome,

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Adam Driver, Laverne Cox, Michelle
Obama, and Paris Hilton More.

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In a moment finally, MuggleNet has
learned that Taylor Swift will be writing a

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featured song for the highly anticipated TV
adaptation of the Harry Potter books. Although

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Warner Brothers Television has not yet shared
details about the tracks title or the episode

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in which it will be featured.
They did reveal that Swift will not only

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write and record one song for the
show, but has also joked about wanting

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to write what she referred to as
an ode to missus Norris, who is,

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in her opinion, the very understated
hero of the books. Based on

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Swift's style, fans can expect an
emotionally charged and potentially wistful song similar to

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her tracks Illicit Affairs, All Too
Well and The Lakes. Alternatively, the

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song could be a joyful tune celebrating
Gryffindor winning the House Cup. Potterhead Swifties

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will have to wait until twenty twenty
six to hear what Swift has enchanted for

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them this time, leaving fans with
one final question, are you ready for

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