Taylor Swift wins artist of the year at iHeartRadio Awards

Thanks to the Swifites, Taylor Swift won big at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards!

The pop superstar, 34, took home the trophy for the coveted, fan-voted award for artist of the year at the 12th annual iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday in Los Angeles. Although the Grammy winner was unable to attend the awards ceremony, she spoke in a pre-recorded acceptance speech about how grateful she was to receive the honor — and teased “exciting things coming up.”

After *NSYNC’s Lance Bass and Backstreet Boys member AJ McLean introduced Swift as the award winner — as well as the winner for pop artist of the year and tour of the year — a video of the hitmaker played.

Hey! I wanted to say thank you so much to anyone who voted for this award,” the Grammy winner, who was wearing a blue top and a gold necklace, said in the clip. “iHeart, you’ve also just been so incredibly supportive over the course of my entire career, but especially this year has been pretty spectacular. I am so grateful for that.”

Aside from looking at her whirlwind past year, the “Karma” singer also looked ahead at what’s to come — including the upcoming release of her 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Department.

She continued, “We have so many exciting things ahead of us. I’m continuing on with the tour and, most importantly, I have a brand new album called The Tortured Poets Department, which comes out on April 19. I cannot wait to share it with you.”