Taylor Swift Honored With AMAs’ First-Ever Dick Clark Award
At just 24 years old, Taylor Swift received the inaugural Dick Clark Award for Excellence on Sunday during the 42nd Annual American Music Awards at NOKIA Theatre LA Live.
Iconic singer Diana Ross was on-hand to praise AMAs founder Dick Clark for his contributions to music and getting music on television with his groundbreaking show “American Bandstand,” among other pursuits including the AMAs.
Ross then introduced a video citing Swift’s impressive achievement of being the only artist in chart history to have three consecutive albums break first week sales of 1 million units.
Named for the late legendary broadcaster and producer, the Dick Clark Award is “given to an artist who achieves a groundbreaking feat or creates a landmark work,” according to the show’s producers. The prize is “bestowed upon someone whose spirit and excellence capture the visionary passion that Dick Clark himself incorporated into everything he did.”
Congrats Taylor