Fans accuse the loves of ignoring Taylor Swift after not winning any prize despite six nominations

LThe fans of Taylor Swift They have accused the American Music Awards (AMAS) having deliberately ignored the singer, after this will not win in any of the six categories in which she was nominated during the gala held on Monday in Las Vegas. The discontent of fans, known as SwiftiesIt was noted on social networks, where accusations arose that the award was “manipulated” and even “rigged.”

Newsweek contacted A. Penske Media CorporationOrganizing Company of the Amas, to request comments, but so far there has been no official response.

What happened in the Ama 2025?

The American Music Awards ceremony was held Fallen Day (Memorial Day) in the Fontainebleou Las Vegaswith Jennifer Lopez as host and musical presentations of artists such as Rod Stewart, Janet Jackson, Gloria Estefan, Benson Boone, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton.

Taylor Swift was nominated in six key categories:

• Artist of the year, winner Billie Eilish

• Album of the year, Winner Billie Eilish, “Hit Me Hard and Soft”

• Collaboration of the year (With Post Malone), Kendrick Lamar & Sza, “Luther”

• Favorite Pop Female Artist, Billie Eilish

• Favorite artist on tour, Billie Eilish

• Favorite pop album, Benson Boone

However, No award was taken. During the announcement of “artist of the year”, the Swifties They pointed out that the applause and cheers for swift were silenced In the transmission. Some described the event as “Manipulated”while others directly stated that “everything was fixed.”

Billie Eilish swept the awards voted for fans

In contrast, the singer Billie Eilish“Bad Guy” interpreter, it was nominated in seven categories And he took All awards voted by the publicwhich increased the discomfort of swift followers. For many, it was even more disappointing that Taylor did not attend the event or make any announcement related to his expected 12th study albumAs some expected.

Prior to the ceremony, fans had noticed that on the official Swift website, the initials of the “Apparel, Music, Accessory and Sale” sections formed the acronym for “Amas”. Besides, there was 12 articles with 26% discountwhat some interpreted as a cryptic reference to their Twelfth album already the date of the event (May 26).

Rumors, expectations and prolonged silence

Speculation increased after the inclusion of the song “Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor’s Version)” In a recent episode of The Handmaid’s Talealthough it is worth mentioning that this version had already been used previously in the series Wilderness in 2023.

Taylor Swift concluded his successful tour The Eras Tour In December and since then it has maintained a low profileappearing sporadically in public. Recently he was seen in an appointment with his partner, the player of the Kansas City Chiefs, Travis Kelcebut it has been relatively inactive in social networks.

However, your public presence is expected to increase in Septemberwhen the new NFL season began, since since it began its relationship with Kelce in 2023, it has been seen in several games supporting it from the stands.

Was there an injustice in the AMA?

Although there is no conclusive evidence of manipulation in the results, the discontent of swift fans is evidentand the controversy promises to stay in the center of the cultural conversation. For an artist who has dominated the global lists and has broken records with each launch, empty On one night like the Amas It has not gone unnoticed.

Is Swift being ignored by the industry or was it simply an atypical night? The debate is open, but one thing is safe: Swifties They won’t forget it soon. N

(Published in cooperation with Newsweek. Published in Cooperation With Newsweek)

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