Pop icon Taylor Swift has been presented with the inaugural trophy named after her at the BMI Pop Awards in Los Angeles.

The Taylor Swift Award represents only the second time that the BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc., which tracks airplay and collects royalties for artists) has created an award in a specific artist’s name, having done so way back in 1990 for Michael Jackson. The eponymous award recognises Swift’s “artistic talent and influence”.

Accepting the award at the ceremony in Beverly Hills’ Wilshire Hotel on Tuesday night (May 10th), the 26 year old megastar said: “If they had chosen someone else to give the Taylor Swift Award to, I'd be kind of bummed about it.”

Taylor SwiftTaylor Swift at the BMI Pop Awards in Beverly Hills

She also said that becoming a globe-conquering star with her fifth album 1989, which made her famous worldwide after a number of nationally successful albums, had not dulled her appetite for creating more music, confessing that she often feels compelled to write songs at any time of day.

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“My favourite part is when I'm in the middle of a conversation with my friends and my eyes glaze over and I awkwardly run over to a corner,” she continued in another speech as she accepted another award, this time for Pop Songwriter of the Year. “I have to explain to them that I have this issue called: 'I love song-writing so much that it interrupts my daily life'.”

The BMI’s vice president Barbara Cane explained the decision last month to create an award in Swift’s honour, saying she had “transformed pop culture”.

“She has had a profound impact, not only musically, but also through her personal conviction and commitment to create a standard that values and respects music for everyone,” said Cane. “We felt it appropriate to award Taylor with an honour that is as unique and special as she is.”

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