Officially, Taylor Swift has surpassed all other artists in terms of the number of Grammy Awards she has received for Album of the Year.
A trophy for Album of the Year was awarded to Taylor Swift on Sunday night for her album Midnights, which was her tenth studio album and was published in 2022. As a result of this victory, she has surpassed Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, and Frank Sinatra, all of whom have won three Album of the Year awards.
Swift praised her “once-in-a-generation producer” Jack Antonoff and her engineer Laura Sisk, as well as her friend and partner Lana Del Rey, who were both standing with her when she took the stage after Celine Dion had announced her name. Swift was in a state of shock when she made her announcement.
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“All that I want to do is continue to be able to do this,” she said. It brings a smile to my face. The only thing that I want to do is continue doing this,” Swift continued. “My mind has been blown. Many, many thanks to you.
Swift won the prestigious Album of the Year award for the second time in 2010, when she was awarded the award for her album Fearless, which was her second studio album. Both in 2016 and 2021, she was awarded the same award for her pop hit 1989. In 2021, she got the award again for Folklore.
Jon Batiste, Boygenius, Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey, Janelle Monáe, Olivia Rodrigo, and SZA were among the other artists whose albums were nominated for awards. Midnights was the winner.
It was a very dramatic evening for Swift, and the culmination of it all was her victory for Album of the Year. Earlier in the evening, while she was presenting the prize for Best Pop Vocal Album, she made a shocking announcement that she will be releasing a brand new album on April 19 titled The Tortured Poets Department.
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Swift entered the 2024 awards presentation with six nominations to her name, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for her chart-topping Midnights track “Anti-Hero.” Swift’s performance at the show was truly remarkable. In the end, she achieved a total of two Grammys, increasing her total for her career to fourteen.
