Pop powerhouse Taylor Swift is the first singer to win album of the year four times.
Taylor Swift captured the Grammy Award for album of the year on Sunday, capping off one of the most successful years in pop culture history by becoming the first singer to win the music industry’s top prize four times.
Swift’s album Midnights took home the honour, adding to her previous wins for Fearless, 1989 and Folklore.
Swift had previously been tied with Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder for the most wins in the category.
Album of the year was one of two prizes for Swift on the night, who used her acceptance speech for best pop vocal album to announce a new album due out in April. Titled The Tortured Poets Department, she finished the album while also mounting the bestselling tour in music history.
“I would love to tell you this is the best moment of my life, but I feel this joy when I finish a song,” Swift said after winning the prize. “For me, the award is the work.” Jack Antonoff, Swift’s long-time collaborator, won for producer of the year, non-classical and credited Swift for much of his success.
Swift set the record during a big night for women at the Grammys. Female acts swept all four of the top prizes and accounted for seven of the eight nominees for album of the year.
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Billie Eilish claimed song of the year for her track from the soundtrack of the movie Barbie and Miley Cyrus won record of the year for her song “Flowers”.
