Taylor Swift made Grammy history Sunday by winning her fourth Album of the Year prize, the most of any artist – the crowning moment of an electric night.
Taylor Swift made Grammy history Sunday by winning her fourth Album of the Year prize, the most of any artist – the crowning moment of a night of electric performances and breakthrough wins.
The show was hosted by South African comedian Trevor Noah, who was also nominated for Best Comedy Album, but the honour went to Dave Chappelle instead.
In taking home the honour at the 66th annual Grammys in Los Angeles, Swift surpassed the likes of Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder – industry greats she previously had been tied with.
It’s a cherry on top for the 34-year-old, who is already one of music’s blockbuster stars.
“For me, the award is the work,” Swift said, who earlier in the night announced she would drop a new album on 19 April. “I love it so much.”
“It makes me unbelievably blown away that it makes some people happy who voted for this award too,” she added.
Swift, however, lost two other top prizes she was up for.
Record of the Year honours went to Miley Cyrus’ Flowers and the prize for Song of the Year, which honours songwriting, went to Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell for What Was I Made For? from the Barbie soundtrack.
“This award is amazing but I really hope it doesn’t change anything because my life was beautiful yesterday,” Cyrus said onstage as she accepted her prize, her second of the evening – and the second of her career.
“Not everyone in the world will get a Grammy, but everyone in this world is spectacular, so please don’t think that this is important,” she said.
The already decorated Eilish was equally humble in accepting her prize, saying: “I just want to say everyone in this category, like – that was a crazy list of incredible people, incredible artists, incredible music!”
And Victoria Monét won the coveted Grammy for Best New Artist, her third prize of the evening.
Monét entered the night with seven nominations, including one for Record of the Year, after her debut studio album Jaguar II sparked a commercial breakthrough following years in the industry.
