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On May 10, 2016 Taylor Swift received the first ever Taylor Swift Award (really!!) at the BMI Pop Awards. This makes Taylor the second artist ever to receive an award in their own name by BMI, the first being Michael Jackson in 1990. She also received the Pop Songwriter of the Year Award on the same night! Watch the “New Romantics” singer accept the award below:
Last night BMI gave me an award called the Taylor Swift Award, which was very nice of them. pic.twitter.com/RKH4NrNOG5
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 11, 2016
Taylor brought along her mother, father, and brother to the event, which she called an “unbelievable night.” From all the fun photos, we can tell it was a blast:
BMI Honors Taylor Swift and Legendary Songwriting Duo Mann & Weil at the 64th #BMIPopAwards https://t.co/dLNa3fZvrj pic.twitter.com/u8NuWccw0Q
— Broadcast Music Inc. (@bmi) May 11, 2016
Congrats to T-Swift on the much deserved awards!! 🙂