TAYLOR SWIFT added two more honors — the first-ever Taylor Swift Award and Pop Songwriter of the Year — to her crowded shelf of industry accolades at the 64th annual BMI Pop Awards on Tuesday night. Held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, the ceremony honored the writers and publishers of the most-performed pop songs during the past year.

    Swift’s eponymous award, in recognition of her creative and artistic talent and influence, marked only the second time in BMI’s 76-year history that the organization has presented an award in an artist’s name.

    Michael Jackson was the first to achieve that honor in 1990. Swift also claimed four of the year’s most-performed songs to earn pop songwriter of the year kudos. “Bad Blood,” “Blank Space,” “Style” and “Wildest Dreams” are all featured on the artist’s Billboard 200 No. 1 album “1989.”

    Accompanied by her mother, father and brother, Swift received a standing ovation when she was presented with her self-named award. “This is just an unbelievable night,” commented the 10-time Grammy Award winner, who further noted that “I have this issue called songwriting ... I know you have it, too” before thanking everyone in the house.

    The BMI Pop Awards also honored “Uptown Funk” as its Pop Song of the Year.

    (SD-Agencies)