AMAs 2022: What Ticketmaster tour fiasco? Taylor Swift shakes off gross sales debacle as she makes SURPRISE look to just accept SIX awards for the songs she re-recorded as revenge on Scooter Braun – and leads the star-studded winners

Taylor Swift made a shock look on the 2022 American Music Awards in LA on Sunday to just accept a milestone six awards – amid her tour ticket fiasco with Ticketmaster.

Taylor, who final week revealed she was ‘p****d off’ following Ticketmaster’s botched dealing with of gross sales for her The Eras Tour, seemed radiant in a glittering gold backless jumpsuit as she accomplished a clear sweep of the awards present – successful all six classes she was nominated in. 

Accepting her first gong for Favourite Pop Album for  Crimson (Taylor’s Model), the star, 32, was visibly emotional as she mirrored on the win for the 2021 launch – which was one in all six albums she re-recorded after Scooter Braun bought her whole music catalog out from beneath her after which offered it with out her information for $300million to Shamrock Holdings. 

The Anti-Hero singer, who earlier skipped the crimson carpet, stated: ‘Wow. This album is a re-recorded album, and I can not inform you how a lot my rerecorded albums imply to me, however I by no means anticipated or assumed that they might imply something to you. 

‘So I can not thanks sufficient for caring about this album that I am so pleased with. I’ve some individuals who made this occur who I actually need to thank.    

She added: ‘Chris Row who co-produced this album with me, hours and hours and hours within the studio recreating Crimson, an album I really like a lot. I need to thank all of the artists who featured on the vault tracks, 

‘Chris Stapleton, Phoebe Bridgers. I need to thank my dwell touring band who performed on this album, and I need to take a second — there was a music video that I did that I used to be very joyful about, so I need to say thanks to Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien, and my sensible director Blake Energetic, and Mike Teller and Kelly Teller for being within the music video. 

‘I need to thanks guys for making this a risk for To the followers, I can not thanks sufficient. That is so particular. Thanks.’

Taylor additionally received the awards for Favourite Nation Album for Crimson (Taylor’s Model), Favourite Music Video for All Too Effectively: The Brief Movie, Artist of the 12 months, Favourite Pop Feminine Artist and Favourite Nation Feminine Artist.  This implies she has received a complete of 40 AMA gongs in her profession.

The Bejeweled hitmaker confirmed of a touch of her cleavage within the Hollywood glamor quantity, together with her tresses styled in gentle waves.

What fiasco? Taylor, who final week revealed she was ‘p****d off’ following Ticketmaster’s botched dealing with of gross sales for her The Eras Tour, seemed radiant in a glittering gold backless jumpsuit -(pictured successful Favourite Pop Album for Crimson (Taylor’s model)

Feud: Crimson (Taylor’s Model) was one in all six albums Taylor re-recorded after Scooter Braun bought her whole music catalog out from beneath her after which offered it with out her information for $300million to Shamrock Holdings (Braun pictured 2019)

Launch: The star launched Crimson (Taylor’s model) in 2021 and the album achieved renewed success – the unique album was launched in 2012

I really feel bejeweled: The star seemed totally unbelievable in her bejeweled jumpsuit which boasted a racy open again

Wow: The star sported voluminous locks as she posed with a sultry make-up look

Delight: Taylor seemed emotional as she accepted the award for Favourite Pop Album for her re-recorded album Crimson (Taylor’s Model)

Again in 2019, Taylor known as Scooter out over the sale in a social media submit and claimed that he deliberately stored her at midnight whereas he turned a hefty revenue on her laborious work. 

Previous to that, in 2019 Braun had bought Nashville-based unbiased document label Massive Machine, first taking the rights to Taylor’s physique of labor and on the time, she voiced public outrage at being minimize out of the deal.

Swift stated the information made her ‘unhappy and grossed out’ as a result of, partly, she claims Braun perpetuated ‘incessant, manipulative bullying’ in opposition to her for years.

She additionally launched Fearless (Taylor’s Model in April 2021. Crimson was initially launched in 2012 and Fearless in 2009.

In September 2022, leisure government Braun responded to the controversy, telling Wendy Williams, ‘I discovered an essential lesson’ from the acquisition. 

Gorgeous: The Bejeweled hitmaker confirmed of a touch of her cleavage within the Hollywood glamor quantity, together with her tresses styled in gentle waves

Sultry: The Lavender Haze starlet seemed like a Bond Lady as she posed in her glittering ensemble

What an evening! Taylor wowed in her glitzy ensemble as she collected her awards

Glitz: The star seemed unbelievable in her gold bejewelled quantity as she accepted the award

Emotional: The star was emotional as she addressed the crowds on the Microsoft Theater

Hug: Taylor embraced Karrueche Tran as she accepted the award 

He seemed to be referring to Massive Machine proprietor Scott Borchetta, 60, when he claimed, ‘After I did that deal, I used to be beneath a really strict NDA with the gentleman who owned it, and I could not inform any artist.’ 

Braun additionally indicated within the interview he wasn’t as practical as he ought to have been when signing on the dotted line.

‘I used to be excited to work with each artist on the label. So once we finalized the deal, I began making telephone calls to say, hey, I am part of this. And earlier than I might even do this – I made 4 telephone calls; I began to do these telephone calls – all hell broke free.’

‘So the remorse I’ve there,’ he continued, ‘is that I made the idea that everybody, as soon as the deal was achieved, was going to have a dialog with me, see my intent, see my character and say, nice, let’s be in enterprise collectively. And I made that assumption with folks that I did not know.’ 

 The New York native claimed he discovered an essential lesson from the controversy. ‘I can by no means make that assumption once more. I can not put myself in a spot of, , vanity to suppose that somebody would simply be prepared to have a dialog and be excited to work with me.’   

She launched All Too Effectively and its accompanying 10-minute brief movie in direction of the top of 2021 and sparked rumors that the ‘crimson scarf’ she sings about was nonetheless within the possession of ex-boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal, 41.

Nonetheless, she has now admitted that the garment was merely a storytelling gadget, with the colour chosen after its dad or mum album’s title. 

The ‘Shake It Off’ hitmaker alleges within the lyrics that she left a shawl on the home of a sister to a person she was courting and followers consider that she is alluding to the ‘Brokeback Mountain’ actor – whom she dated from October 2010 till January 2011 – and his sister Maggie.  

True to life? All Too Effectively is believed by followers to be impressed by her temporary relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal whom she dated from October 2010 to January 2011; Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien in All Too Effectively

Doppelgängers: Taylor, who made her directorial debut with the brief and in addition wrote and produced it, appeared in it as an older model of Sadie’s character

All Too Effectively initially debuted in a five-minute model on her hit 2012 album Crimson, however Taylor had initially written a 10-minute draft of the music together with her cowriter Liz Rose, who helped her edit it down for the album.

After Taylor set about rerecording her catalogue, she lastly recorded the unique 10-minute model of All Too Effectively and included it as a bonus observe on the album.

To accompany the brand new music, she created the almost 15-minute brief movie to function its music video.

The movie was deemed eligible for Oscar consideration in the perfect dwell motion brief movie class, The Hollywood Reporter revealed final month.

The movie seems to behave out a model of Taylor’s relationship with Jake, with Sadie Sink, 20, enjoying the Taylor stand-in — referred to solely as Her — whereas Dylan O’Brien performs a model of Jake, referred to as Him.

Taylor can also be featured towards the top of the brief as an older model of Sadie’s character, and he or she sports activities crimson hair to match.

Along with making her directorial debut, Taylor additionally wrote and produced the brief movie.   

Win three: The star seemed emotional as she collected the gong for Artist of the 12 months 

Two icons: Taylor posed up with Smokey Robinson on the occasion 

Accepting the award Taylor stated: ‘Alright! This brief movie was ten years within the making, and the one cause I bought to jot down and direct the movie is since you the followers selected the music all too nicely. You selected it. Nobody at a document label selected it. You picked it. You stated that’s the music that issues to us, and it was simply so occurs that it was the music that issues essentially the most to me. 

‘I am very joyful all of us agreed on that. So the individuals who helped me make this, I actually need to ssay this without end, Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien, thanks a lot for trusting me as a director together with your immense expertise… I am so pleased with it. I am so joyful you prefer it too. That is so particular and fantastic and — ahh, thanks. Thanks for this.’

Choosing up the Artist of the 12 months award and and triumphing over fellow nominees Adele, Dangerous Bunny, Beyoncé, Drake, ex Harry Kinds and The Weeknd, Taylor stated: ‘You realize, up to now few years, I’ve launched extra music than I did in the complete decade previous that, and I actually really feel like that is all the way down to the truth that you, the followers, made it clear that you simply wished to listen to a number of music that I might make. 

‘You inspired me. And so, I discovered that the extra music I made and the extra music I put out, the happier I used to be. The extra I simply stored that channel open and simply stored creating, stored making issues, and the extra that occurred, the extra you guys had been like, yeah, hold doing it. 

And the happier I used to be, so I’ve the followers to thank, primarily, for my happiness and — [ cheers and applause ] — And I really like you greater than I can say. I can not categorical how unbelievable it’s to me that I nonetheless get to do that and that you simply nonetheless care, so thanks underlined with 13 exclamation factors. I do not know what to say. I really like you.’

This comes as Ticketmaster blamed a ‘staggering variety of bot assaults’ for inflicting a tidal wave of issues for Taylor followers searching for to buy tickets for her Eras Tour.

On November 1, Swift introduced a 27-date tour throughout 20 U.S. cities, operating from March to August subsequent 12 months – sparking fan chaos.

Tickets went on sale on Tuesday, however what Ticketmaster termed a ‘traditionally unprecedented demand’ from tens of millions of followers noticed the positioning crash repeatedly and the method descend right into a fiasco, together with her supporters livid on the hovering costs and spending hours ready in line.

Final week Swift has blasted Ticketmaster for the mayhem surrounding her current ticket sale, claiming that she was ‘assured’ the corporate might deal with the excessive demand ‘a number of occasions’

Ticketmaster canceled her public sale resulting from ‘inadequate remaining tickets’

Taylor blasted Ticketmaster for the mayhem surrounding her current ticket sale, claiming that she was ‘assured’ the corporate might deal with the excessive demand ‘a number of occasions’ and calling it ‘excruciating’ to ‘watch errors occur with no recourse.’ 

Ticketmaster has cancelled the scheduled public sale of tickets for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour on Friday, citing ‘excessive calls for on ticketing programs and inadequate remaining ticket stock.’

In a tweet, Ticketmaster stated ‘As a result of terribly excessive calls for on ticketing programs and inadequate remaining ticket stock to fulfill that demand, tomorrow’s public on-sale for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour has been cancelled.’

Now, Taylor has spoken out in regards to the state of affairs in a press release posted to her Instagram Tales, and he or she stated she is simply as ‘pissed off’ as everybody else is.

‘It goes with out saying that I am extraordinarily protecting of my followers,’ she started within the prolonged submit. 

‘We have been doing this for many years collectively and over time, I’ve introduced so many components of my profession in home.’

Taylor went on to elucidate – with out mentioning the corporate by title – that she selected to make use of Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan system as a result of she thought it might ‘enhance the standard of her followers’ expertise,’ regardless of it being ‘actually tough’ for her to ‘belief an outdoor entity.’

Swift completed the record-breaking feat of getting all 10 of the Billboard High 100 singles without delay, with 10 songs from her new album Midnights

Response: The positioning has issued a prolonged response blaming bots and followers with out invite codes for inflicting ‘unprecedented visitors’ of three.5billion customers – 4 occasions the conventional quantity.

‘I’ve achieved this SPECIFICALLY to enhance the standard of my followers’ expertise by doing it myself with my group, who care as a lot about my followers as I do,’ she continued. 

‘It is actually tough for me to belief an outdoor entity with these relationships and loyalties, and excruciating for me to simply watch errors occur with no recourse.’ 

The Cardigan songstress added that there have been ‘a number of the reason why individuals had such a tough time attempting to get tickets’ and that she’s presently ‘attempting to determine how the state of affairs could be improved transferring ahead.’

‘I am not going to make excuses for anybody as a result of we requested them, a number of occasions, if they may deal with this type of demand and we had been assured they may,’ she stated. 

‘It is really superb that 2.4 million individuals bought tickets, however it actually pisses me off that numerous them really feel like they went by means of a number of bear assaults to get them.’

She concluded her message with a observe to those that weren’t capable of get their arms on a ticket, writing, ‘All I can say is that my hope is to offer extra alternatives for us all to get collectively and sing these songs.

‘Thanks for eager to be there. You don’t have any thought how a lot which means.’   

Now, after Tennessee’s legal professional common Jonathan Skrmetti revealed he was launching an investigation into Ticketmaster, the positioning has issued a prolonged response blaming bots and followers with out invite codes for inflicting ‘unprecedented visitors’ of three.5billion customers – 4 occasions the conventional quantity.

An announcement learn: ‘The Eras on sale made one factor clear: Taylor Swift is an unstoppable power and continues to set information. We try to make ticket shopping for as simple as doable for followers, however that hasn’t been the case for many individuals attempting to purchase tickets for the Eras Tour. We need to share some info to assist clarify what occurred.

Ticketmaster defined that followers wanted to register with their system Verified Fan earlier than the sale started, which is designed to ‘assist handle excessive demand exhibits – figuring out actual people and hunting down bots.’   

The assertion continued: ‘Primarily based on fan curiosity at registration we knew this might be huge. Over 3.5 million individuals pre-registered for Taylor’s Verified Fan, which is the most important registration in historical past.  

‘The massive demand for Taylor’s tour knowledgeable the artist group’s resolution so as to add further dates – doubling the tour and variety of tickets accessible so extra followers might make it to exhibits.

‘Traditionally, round 40% of invited followers really present up and purchase tickets, and most buy a mean of three tickets. So working with the artist group, round 1.5 million individuals had been invited to take part within the on sale for all 52 present dates, together with the 47 offered by Ticketmaster.

‘The remaining 2 million Verified Followers had been placed on the ready checklist.’

Including the demand for Taylor ‘broke information and components of our web site’, the assertion continued: ‘Traditionally, working with Verified Fan invite codes has labored as we’ve been capable of handle the quantity coming into the positioning to buy tickets. 

‘Nonetheless, this time the staggering variety of bot assaults in addition to followers who didn’t have invite codes drove unprecedented visitors on our website, leading to 3.5 billion whole system requests – 4x our earlier peak.

‘By no means earlier than has a Verified Fan on sale sparked a lot consideration – or uninvited quantity. This disrupted the predictability and reliability that’s the hallmark of our Verified Fan platform.  

‘It normally takes us about an hour to promote by means of a stadium present, however we slowed down some gross sales and pushed again others to stabilize the programs. The commerce off was longer wait occasions in queue for some followers.

‘Total, we estimate about 15% of interactions throughout the positioning skilled points, and that’s 15% too many, together with passcode validation errors that triggered followers to lose tickets that they had carted.’

They added: ‘The largest venues and artists flip to us as a result of we have now the main ticketing expertise on the planet – that doesn’t imply it’s good, and clearly for Taylor’s on sale it wasn’t. However we’re at all times working to enhance the ticket shopping for expertise. Particularly for prime demand on gross sales, which proceed to check new limits.

‘Even when a excessive demand on sale goes flawlessly from a tech perspective, many followers are left empty handed. For instance: based mostly on the quantity of visitors to our website, Taylor would wish to carry out over 900 stadium exhibits (nearly 20x the variety of exhibits she is doing)…that’s a stadium present each single evening for the subsequent 2.5 years.

‘Whereas it’s unimaginable for everybody to get tickets to those exhibits, we all know we are able to do extra to enhance the expertise and that’s what we’re centered on.’

The Eras Tour would promote a staggering and record-breaking 2 million tickets in simply in the future. 

The state of affairs additionally launched an investigation into Ticketmaster from the the Justice Division, in accordance with the New York Times.

‘The Justice Division has opened an antitrust investigation into the proprietor of Ticketmaster, whose sale of Taylor Swift live performance tickets descended into chaos this week, stated two individuals with information of the matter,’ the outlet reported.

‘The investigation is targeted on whether or not Dwell Nation Leisure has abused its energy over the multibillion-dollar dwell music business.’                   

Followers of Swift had been vocal Tuesday about issues buying tickets for her The Eras Tour with a pre-sale code by means of Ticketmaster 

 Coming quickly: Swift will kick off the American leg of her tour March 18 at Glendale, Arizona’s State Farm Stadium, and can proceed by means of an August 5 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles (pictured final week)

Dove Cameron received the honors for finest new artist of the 12 months on the 2022 American Music Awards.

Cameron, 26, defeated fellow nominees GAYLE, Latto, Måneskin and Steve Lacy for the honour.

The Disney Channel alum thanked ‘the queer group at giant’ in accepting the award. 

‘That is so significant to me,’ she stated. ‘I need to begin by saying that each award that I ever win will at all times firstly be devoted to the queer group at giant.’

She stated, ‘I’ve by no means felt safer or extra beloved and extra supported, and I hope I can provide you some semblance of that very same feeling in my music.’

She continued: ‘On the heels of what occurred at Membership Q in Colorado Springs, I need to remind everybody how essential queer visibility is and the way essential our group is. 

‘And I need to direct your consideration to organizations like GLAAD and The Trevor Undertaking for what you are able to do proper now … thanks for holding the house – I am holding it for you too.’  

Machine Gun Kelly took house the honors for favourite rock artist. He bested a area together with Think about Dragons, Måneskin, Crimson Scorching Chili Peppers and The Lumineers.

MGK, 32, whose actual title is Colson Baker, thanked the followers for voting him into the honors.

The tall musician joked, ‘I am petitioning for bigger mic stands subsequent time.’

He stated that ‘there have been some individuals within the rock group who’ve known as me a vacationer, however they’re fallacious – I am a rocket man.

The newest: Dove Cameron received the honors for finest new artist of the 12 months on the 2022 American Music Awards

He continued: ‘We weren’t born on the moon, however we checked out it and we had been curious, and we went there supposedly. And these final two rock albums to me had been me going to the moon. However I am not achieved exploring the universe but.’ 

Dan + Shay took house the award for favourite nation duo or group, besting a area together with Girl A, Previous Dominion, Parmalee and Zac Brown Band. 

Chris Brown, who was not in attendance at Sunday’s occasion, received the honors for favourite male R&B artist, defeating a area together with Brent Faiyaz, Givēon, Fortunate Daye and The Weeknd.

Presenter Kelly Rowland accepted the honors for Brown, thanking the artist for making nice R&B music and being an unbelievable performer. 

Anitta received favourite feminine Latin artist, prevailing in a class together with Becky G, Kali Uchis, Karol G and Rosalía.

The 29-year-old singer, who hails from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, thanked her followers in her acceptance speech.

Cameron defeated fellow nominees GAYLE, Latto, Måneskin and Steve Lacy for the honour 

‘You guys are superb,’ she stated. ‘With out this, with out you guys and my entire nation of Brazil, I would not be right here at this time.’

She additionally credited different nominees comparable to Becky G and Rosalía, including that ‘there aren’t any winners if there aren’t any different individuals operating this path with us.’  

Wizkid, who was not current, was the winner within the class of favourite Afrobeats artist, besting fellow nominees. The 32-year-old artist received in a class that additionally included Burna Boy, CKay, Fireboy DML, and Tems.

Måneskin received the favourite rock music award for his or her music Beggin’. They had been nominated in opposition to Foo Fighters (Love Dies Younger); Think about Dragons x JID (Enemy); Kate Bush (Working Up That Hill A Deal With God) and Crimson Scorching Chili Peppers (Black Summer time).   

Within the class for favourite hip-hop music, presenter Liza Koshy accepted the honors on behalf of the winner Future that includes Drake & Tems for Wait For U.

Different nominees included Jack Harlow (First Class), Kodak Black (Tremendous Gremlin), Latto (Massive Power) and Lil Nas X that includes Harlow (Business Child).

The Harry Kinds hit As It Was claimed the honors for favourite pop music, successful in a class that additionally included Adele (Simple on Me); Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Solid (We Do not Speak About Bruno); Lizzo (About Rattling Time); and The Child LAROI & Justin Bieber (Keep).

Presenter Kim Petras accepted the honors on behalf of the famous person singer, who was not on the present on Sunday.

Puerto Rican rapper and singer Dangerous Bunny landed essentially the most nominations at this 12 months’s American Music Awards with eight, taking house two awards for Favourite Male Latin Artist and Favourite Male Latin Album for Un Verano Sin Ti.  

The nominations are based mostly on performances on the Billboard music charts, streaming and album gross sales, radio play and social media engagement. 

Winners  had been decided by fan votes and introduced on the ceremony at Microsoft Theater at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles.

Machine Gun Kelly took house the honors for favourite rock artist 

He bested a area together with Think about Dragons, Måneskin, Crimson Scorching Chili Peppers and The Lumineers 

Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney of Dan + Shay had been seen accepting the honors for favourite nation duo or group

Lionel Richie was honored on the ceremony as he acquired the Icon Award.

Stevie Marvel led the efficiency for his up to date, whereas Charlie Puth and Ari Lennox joined the keyboard virtuoso for a medley of Richie’s hottest materials.

Presenter Kelly Rowland accepted an award on behalf of Chris Brown, who was not current to just accept the honour for favourite male R&B artist

Anitta, 29, received favourite feminine Latin artist, prevailing in a class together with Becky G, Kali Uchis, Karol G and Rosalía 

Presenter Latto accepted the honors on Wizkid’s behalf after his win in the class of favourite Afrobeats artist

Måneskin members (L-R) Victoria De Angelis, Damiano David, Ethan Torchio and Thomas Raggi accepted the honors for the favourite rock music award for his or her music Beggin’

Wayne Brady was the host for Sunday’s proceedings stemming from Southern California 

Presenter Kim Petras accepted the honors on behalf of Harry Kinds, who was not on the present on Sunday.

The 2021 ceremony noticed Okay-Pop icons BTS earn essentially the most wins with three together with prime honor artist of the 12 months as essentially the most nominated singer Olivia Rodrigo earned new artist of the 12 months.

The seven member South Korean pop boyband – who additionally earned favourite pop group or duo and favourite pop music  – was given essentially the most coveted crystal pyramid trophy of the evening as they beat out heavy hitters together with Ariana Grande, Drake, Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift, and The Weeknd.