Taylor Swift Always Has the Most Fun at the American Music Awards, and We Have Receipts

2007: Taylor Attended the AMAs For the First Time

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The singer was nominated for favorite country female artist at the time.

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2007: Taylor Presented on Stage With Rapper Fabolous

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She looks so young!

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2007: Taylor Caught Up With Her Good Friend Kellie Pickler on the Red Carpet

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The following year, the country singers worked together on Kellie's song, "Best Days of Your Life."

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2008: Taylor Stunned in a Silver Dress

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"In her best dress fearless."

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2008: She Mingled With Some of Disney Channel's Biggest Stars

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In addition to posing on the red carpet with Demi Lovato, Taylor also hugged it out with Miley Cyrus backstage as the singer celebrated her 16th birthday.

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2008: Taylor Moved Us to Tears With "White Horse"

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The singer gave a stripped down version of her song on stage.

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2008: Taylor Took Home Her First AMA

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That year, Taylor took home favorite country female artist.

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2009: Taylor Took Home 5 More AMAs

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Taylor won five out of the six awards she was nominated for in 2009, including favorite country album, favorite adult contemporary artist, favorite country female artist, favorite pop/rock female artist, and artist of the year. Even though she wasn't able to attend the show due to her Fearless tour, the singer made sure to thank her fans onscreen.

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2010: Taylor Looked Unrecognizable With Straight Hair

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Taylor ditched her signature curly locks for a straight do on the red carpet.

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2010: Taylor Brought Her Mom as Her Date

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Taylor hung out with her mom, Andrea, the whole night.

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2010: Taylor Sang "Back to December" on the Piano

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During the show, Taylor performed her hit song from Speak Now, which is rumored to be about Taylor Lautner.

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2010: Taylor Took Home Favorite Country Female Artist Again

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The singer took home favorite country female artist for the third year in a row.

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2011: Taylor Was Absolutely Golden on the Red Carpet

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There's that straight hair again!

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2011: She Brought Her Brother Austin as Her Date

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Aww! Their sibling bond is so sweet.

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2011: She Danced the Night Away With Selena Gomez

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Long live Taylor's award show dance moves.

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2011: She Also Third-Wheeled With Selena and Justin Bieber

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Back when Jelena was going strong.

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2011: She Hung Out With Selena, Nicki Minaj, and Katy Perry

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Katy Perry and Taylor Swift didn't have any "bad blood" at the time.

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2011: Taylor Took Home 3 More AMAs, Including Artist of the Year

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She was clearly shocked about the whole thing. In addition to winning artist of the year, she also took home favorite country female artist and favorite country album for Speak Now.

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2012: She Had Legs For Days in a Gold Mini Dress

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What can we say? The girl loves to wear gold.

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2012: She Rocked Out to "I Knew You Were Trouble"

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An actual queen.

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2012: She Took Home Favorite Country Female Artist

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She really was country music's princess.

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2013: Taylor Took Our Breath Away on the Red Carpet

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Stunning!

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2013: She Presented Justin Timberlake With Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist

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The two snapped a photo together backstage.

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2013: She Took Home 4 Awards

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She took home favorite country female Artist, favorite pop/rock female artist, artist of the year, and favorite country album for Red, which was her last country album.

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2014: She Showed Off More of Her Moves in the Audience

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The singer couldn't help but sing along when Jessie J performed.

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2014: She Was Surrounded by Friends

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Taylor sat with her best girl friends during the show.

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2014: She Chilled With Selena Gomez and Lorde

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The trio posed for a photo together during a commercial break.

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2014: She Goofed Off With Karlie Kloss

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Remember when Taylor and Karlie were inseparable?

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2014: She Performed "Blank Space," and Blew Our Minds

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"A nightmare dressed like a daydream."

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2014: She Took Home the Dick Clark Award For Excellence

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Taylor was the first person to receive the award.

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2018: She Showed Up to the Show Looking Like a Disco Ball

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She even had disco balls on her heels!

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2018: She Gave an Electrifying Performance

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The singer performed "I Did Something Bad" on stage. It marked her first award show performance since the 2016 Grammys.

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2018: She Showed Off Her Sweet Friendship With Camila Cabello

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Taylor gave her Reputation tour opener a special shoutout during her acceptance speech for tour of the year.

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2018: She Took Home 4 Awards

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In addition to winning tour of the year, Taylor also took home artist of the year, favorite pop/rock female artist, and favorite pop/rock album for Reputation.

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2018: She Became the AMAs's Most Decorated Female

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With a total of 23 wins, Taylor became the show's most decorated female artist in history, beating the record previously held by the late Whitney Houston.

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