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Originally Posted by I.A.S.K.

American Music Awards 2
BET Awards 7
BET Hip Hop Awards 2
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards 2
BRIT Awards 3
Grammy Awards 12
GQ Awards 2
MOBO Awards 5
MTV Europe Music Awards 1
MTV Video Music Awards 2
NAACP Image Awards 1
Teen Choice Awards 1
Vibe Awards 2
World Music Awards 2
Total Awards won 42

It is not a waste of money because he is talented. Taylor, until yesterday and Kanye, was not very relevant. Most people did not know who she was. Many people in this thread and elsewhere have said "I didnt know she sang that song." So in the scheme of relevance in music she was basically irrelevant. As compared to Kanye she's (or was) a nobody.

She's not completely irrelevant. Anyone who listens to their local top 40 station will hear both of their music within the hour. And there were lots of people who didnt know who Kanye was before that whole "George Bush doesnt care about black people" bit.

Fans of her music and career know who Taylor Swift is. Ditto for Kanye. whether the audiences overlap, probably not much.

This, coming from someone who also didnt know she sang the song she won the award for. I didnt know half the songs Lady Gaga was responsible for - does that make her irrelevant, though she's had a couple of this past year's hits?