Taylor Swift beat Travis Kelce — at least in the competition for a Webby Award.
The singer and the football professional, who are romantically involved, were both competing for a Webby in the same category: best collaboration between creators or influencers, (social) features. Swift won for her collaboration with Vote.org on National Voter Registration Day, while Kelce was nominated for her collaboration with The Cheesecake Factory on “Fashion Icons.”
But Kelce was not excluded from the list of winners. Kelce, along with his brother Jason Kelce, won the People’s Voice Award (voted by the public) for Best Co-Hosts and Features (Podcasts) for their podcast New Heights.
Among the winners, revealed Tuesday, also includes Olivia Rodrigo’s album GUT, who was honored in two social media categories; Timothée Chalamet, for his involvement in Call Me with Timothée Chalamet, an advertising campaign for Apple TV+; And Saturday Night Live monologues by Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Emma Stone, Jason Momoa, Keke Palmer and Michael B. Jordan.
Other winners of the Webbys or People’s Voice Awards include barbie marketing campaign, the Conan O’Brien needs a friend podcast, the Apple Vision Pro, GLAAD, the Jimin experience of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonJon Batiste, Jennifer Garner and the Pretend to cook series, The Kelly Clarkson Show, The Laverne Cox Show, Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 8: RuPaul’s Best Laughs Ranked, The Simpsons – Maggie Simpson in Rogue Not Quite One, Snoop Goes Smokeless And It’s just Ken: Ryan Gosling offers BTS’ Jimin Ken’s guitar.
In addition, the Webbys also honor a group of people by giving them special awards for their achievements.
Kara Swisher will receive the Webby Lifetime Achievement Award for her “incomparable career as a seasoned technology journalist covering a rapidly transforming industry and for her work as a pioneering digital entrepreneur in her own right.”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus will receive the Webby Podcast of the Year Award for Wiser than me and “its embrace of the Internet as a platform to connect generations through meaningful, fun, and important conversations with unforgettable women.”
Shannon Sharpe will receive the Webby Advocate of the Year Award, a recognition chosen by a committee led by the NAACP and IADAS, “celebrating her significant impact in sports commentary, advocacy for racial equality, education and health and its resoundingly successful podcast, Shay Shay Club.»
Keke Palmer will receive a Webby Special Achievement Award for “her unprecedented contributions as an actress, activist and entrepreneur, as well as her unique brand of digital innovation on projects like Baby, this is Keke Palmer And CléTV.“
Additionally, iHeartMedia, with 12 total wins, was named Webby Podcast Company of the Year, which recognizes the organization that has won the most honors across the globe.
