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With an illustrious profession that has spanned over 15 years, Taylor Swift has racked up a truckload of awards. That consists of greater than ten Grammys, together with Album of the Year (placing her in a small membership with Stevie Wonder and Frank Sinatra). Her numbers will doubtless improve, particularly since her 2022 album, Midnights, was acknowledged on the 66th Grammy Awards. Taylor was nominated for six further awards on the 2024 ceremony, occurring to take house the award for Best Pop Vocal Album and Album of the Year — a recognition she has now received 4 instances! Not solely that, however she even introduced her upcoming album throughout her acceptance speech.
In the longer term, Taylor may get an opportunity to win Grammys for a few of the SAME songs and albums that she’s already received for up to now. She’s presently within the strategy of re-recording her first six albums to personal the rights to the songs, and the Recording Academy confirmed that she might win Grammys for the re-recorded variations — even when she’d already received an award (apart from songwriting awards) for these albums or songs up to now! “Current eligibility guidelines would allow for the new performances and albums to be eligible if they were recorded within the last five years,” the Recording Academy informed Billboard in 2021. “However, none of the older songs would be eligible for songwriting awards.”
In complete, Taylor has 14 Grammy Awards in her trophy assortment. Here’s a take a look at Taylor’s historical past with the Recording Academy.
Taylor Swift’s 2024 Grammy Wins
- Album of the Year: Taylor’s 2022 album, Midnights, earned her the AOTY award for the fourth time in her profession.
- Best Pop Vocal Album : Her 2022 album was additionally given the Best Pop Vocal Album Grammy. During her speech, Taylor introduced her upcoming 2024 album, The Tortured Poets Department.
All of Taylor Swift’s Grammys
Music Video/Film — All Too Well: The Short Film (2023)
Taylor wasn’t on the Crypto.com area in 2023 when the pre-show non-broadcast ceremony handed out the award for Best Music Video. However, she expressed her gratitude on-line. “I can’t put into words what this means to me,” she tweeted. “For the @RecordingAcad and my peers to acknowledge me as a director, and in doing so, acknowledge my work to try and reclaim my music… I’m blown away. Thank you to all the fans who willed this to happen.”
I can’t put into phrases what this implies to me. For the @RecordingAcad and my friends to acknowledge me as a director, and in doing so, acknowledge my work to attempt to reclaim my music… I’m blown away. Thank you to all of the followers who willed this to occur. https://t.co/nVoR1myP1f
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) February 6, 2023
Album Of The Year — Fearless (2010)
Although Taylor was nominated for her first Grammy Award (Best New Artist) in 2009, she didn’t take house her first trophy on the present till the 2010 Grammys, the place she received 4 awards. Her wins included essentially the most coveted award of the evening, Album of the Year. Taylor, who was simply 20 years previous on the time, received for her second studio album, Fearless, which was launched within the fall of 2008. She beat a few of the greatest names in music — Beyonce, Lady Gaga, The Black Eyed Peas, and Dave Matthews Band — to take house the coveted honor.
“Oh wow, thank you so much,” Taylor stated whereas accepting the trophy. “I just hope that you know how much this means to me and to my producer and all the musicians you see on this stage, that we get to take this back to Nashville. Our families are freaking out in their living rooms. My dad and my little brother are losing their mind in the living room right now. This is for my dad, thank you for all those times you said I could do whatever I wanted in life. And my mom, you’re my best friend. This is the story, all of us, when we’re 80 years old, and we’re telling the same story over and over again to our grandkids, and they’re so annoyed with us, this is the story we’re going to be telling over and over again. In 2010, how we got to win Album of the Year at the Grammys. Thank you!”
Best Country Album — Fearless (2010)
Fearless additionally received Best Country Album in 2010, beating Zac Brown Band, George Strait, Keith Urban, and Lee Ann Womack. At the time, Taylor was totally making nation music, though she has since transitioned to a complete pop star. Taylor additionally accepted Best Country Album onstage on the Grammys and was equally floored to have received such an unimaginable honor.
“This is my first time walking up those stairs to accept a Grammy on national television,” she gushed. “Thank you so much. I want to thank my record label for letting me write every song on my album. I just keep thinking back to when you’re in 2nd grade, and you sing at your talent show for your first time, and people joke around and say maybe we’ll see you at the Grammys someday, and that just seems like an impossible dream. I just feel like I’m standing here accepting an impossible dream right now, and I thank you so much for that.”
Best Female Country Vocal Performance — “White Horse” (2010)
Taylor additionally received Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her track “White Horse” in 2010. This award was not given out throughout the primary Grammys telecast, however Taylor obtained to simply accept the distinction throughout a pre-televised portion of the occasion. She beat established nation stars Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Carrie Underwood, and LeeAnn Womack to win the award. This was formally the primary Grammy award Taylor received.
“This is my first Grammy, you guys!” she stated whereas accepting the distinction. “I mean, this is a Grammy! I live in awe of the people I was nominated against in this category. I live in awe of my producer, Nathan Chapman, and all the wonderful, incredibly talented musicians in Nashville. Thank you to anyone who was a Grammy voter and decided it might be a good idea to vote for me for this. I’m so happy. Thank you so much!”
Best Country Song — “White Horse” (2010)
“White Horse” additionally received Best Country Song on the 2010 present. In that class, which was additionally introduced within the pre-televised present, Taylor was up in opposition to Trace Adkins, Jamey Johnson, Lady Antebellum, and Billy Currington. She accepted the award with Liz Rose, who co-wrote the observe.
“Liz Rose and I co-wrote this song together,” Taylor informed the viewers. “She started writing songs with me when she had absolutely no reason to do so. I didn’t have a record label, I didn’t have anything to offer her, but I’m so glad she wrote songs with me anyway.” Taylor then turned the microphone over to Liz, who added, “I have to thank Taylor. About six years ago, this curly-headed 14-year-old walked up to me and said, ‘Do you think you’d write with me sometime?’ Thankfully, I said yes.”
Best Country Solo Performance — “Mean” (2012)
At the 2012 Grammys, Taylor obtained three nominations for her work on the 2010 album, Speak Now, and she or he received two of them. One was Best Country Solo Performance for her track “Mean,” which was one of many greatest nation songs of the 12 months. The different artists within the class have been Jason Aldean, Martina McBride, Blake Shelton, and Carrie Underwood.
“Oh wow. This is fantastic,” Taylor stated whereas accepting the award on the present. “It’s always going to mean the world to me, the idea of getting to go to the Grammys and to possible have a chance at winning a Grammy. But this one means a lot to me. This one was for a song called “Mean” that I wrote. There’s no fairly feeling like writing a track about somebody who’s actually imply to you and utterly hates you and makes your life depressing, after which profitable a Grammy for it. Thank you!”
It’s been reported that Taylor penned “Mean” as a response to a blogger named Bob Lefsetz, who criticized Taylor’s efficiency with Stevie Nicks on the Grammys in 2010. “I get that not everyone is going to like what you do,” Taylor has stated in regards to the track. “And I get that, no matter what, you’re going to be criticized for something. But I also get that there are different kinds of ways to criticize someone. There’s constructive criticism. There’s professional criticism. And then there’s just being mean. There’s a line that you cross when you just start to attack everything about a person, and there’s one guy who just crossed the line over and over again.”
Best Country Song — “Mean” (2012)
“Mean” took house a second award, as properly, when Taylor received Best Country Song in 2012. In this class, she beat Blake Shelton, Thompson Square, Trace Adkins, Vince Gill, and Kenny Chesney, though the award goes to the songwriter. Taylor penned “Mean” utterly by herself, together with the remainder of the Speak Now album.
“Thank you to anyone who voted for this song, that is so incredible of you for doing that. Wow. This is another Grammy. I want to thank Scott Borchetta at Big Machine Records for letting me create this album and believing in this song and putting it out at radio,” Taylor stated. “When we put this out as a single, a few people said, ‘Really? You’re going to do that?’ And my label stood by it, and country radio played it a lot, which was wonderful.”
Unfortunately, Taylor now not has a detailed relationship with Scott, the top of her former report label. She left the label in 2018 when Big Machine wouldn’t enable her to purchase the rights to the masters of her earlier six albums. In 2019, Scott offered the masters to Scooter Braun for $300 million, which, Taylor says, she by no means had the chance to do. Instead, Scott needed Taylor to report one new album to earn again the rights to every earlier album. This is why Taylor is now re-recording her music — so she will personal the rights to the brand new variations herself!
Best Song Written For Visual Media — “Safe & Sound” (2013)
At the 2013 Grammys, Taylor scored three nominations and received one award for Best Song Written for Visual Media. The award was for her collaboration with The Civil Wars on the observe “Safe & Sound,” which was featured on the soundtrack for The Hunger Games. Taylor & The Civil Wars beat Arcade Fire, Birdy & Mumford & Sons, Katharine McPhee & Megan Hilty, and Jason Segel & Walter to win.
“This is unbelievable,” Taylor gushed. “I just want to thank my collaborators for working with me — the Civil Wars and T Bone Burnett, you guys are amazing. We just won a Grammy for that! I really want to thank Suzanne Collins for writing Hunger Games and Jennifer Lawrence, who was so fun to write from the perspective of. And I want my co-writers to go. Thank you, this is an honor!” Taylor then turned the microphone over to her co-writers to talk.
Album Of The Year — 1989 (2016)
After Taylor’s 2012 album, Red, misplaced within the Album of the Year class on the 2014 Grammys, she vowed to jot down an excellent higher and extra cohesive album. Taylor produced 1989 in 2014 and received huge on the Grammy Awards in 2016. For 1989, she obtained her second Album of the Year award, beating out Alabama Shakes, Kendrick Lamar, Chris Stapleton, and The Weeknd.
The 2016 Grammys occurred proper across the time of Taylor’s re-ignited feud with Kanye West, stemming from his track “Famous.” Her Album of the Year speech included a direct dig at Kanye with out utilizing names. “As the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice, I want to say to all the young women out there — there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success, or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame,” she stated. “But if you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people sidetrack you, someday, when you get where you’re going, you’ll look around and you will know that it was YOU and the people who love you that put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world. Thank you for this moment.”
Best Pop Vocal Album — 1989 (2016)
In addition to Album of the Year, 1989 additionally received Best Pop Vocal Album in 2016. In that class, Taylor beat Kelly Clarkson, Florence & The Machine, James Taylor, and Mark Ronson. The award was given out within the pre-televised portion of the present, and Taylor accepted by way of her cellphone since she was in rehearsals for her Grammys efficiency on the time. One of her producers and co-writers, Jack Antonoff, was there in particular person to do the honors.
Jack phoned Taylor, and she or he could possibly be heard screaming, “We won!!!” as he relayed the information. She didn’t have a speech ready however needed to ensure everybody within the crowd knew how a lot she liked James Taylor. “If somebody sees James Taylor, tell him I love him!” she gushed. Jack concluded, “This was a massive album, but Taylor and I did a lot of this in a 600-square-foot apartment on an acoustic guitar, and it really means the world to be here. This is the coolest.”
Best Music Video — “Bad Blood” (2016)
Taylor’s music video for “Bad Blood” additionally received in 2016. The video premiered through the 2015 Billboard Music Awards and featured a few of Taylor’s well-known buddies. Some of the celebs included Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne, Ellie Goulding, Hailee Steinfeld, Lily Aldridge, Ellen Pompeo, Mariska Hargitay, and extra. Selena was even by Taylor’s aspect throughout her huge evening on the Grammys!
This award was additionally given out through the present’s pre-televised portion, so Taylor once more wasn’t there in particular person to simply accept. However, she beat out A$AP Rocky, The Dead Weather, Kendrick Lamar (featured on “Bad Blood” and within the video), and Pharrell Williams.
Album Of The Year — folklore (2021)
In Taylor’s greatest Grammys evening for the reason that success of 2014’s 1989 album, she walked away with the best honor of the night — Best Album of the 12 months for folklore. Joined by her collaborators Jack Antonoff, and Aaron Dessner, Taylor reveled within the unimaginable second and drank within the main achievement of turning into the primary girl in historical past to win Album of the Year 3 instances and the 4th artist even within the historical past of the award present to do it in any respect. In her speech, she thanked her followers and her household, however she additionally thanked the primary particular person she shared her new music with whereas she was writing: her boyfriend, Joe Alwyn.
Taylor Swift’s Grammy Nominations
2008
2010
- Album of The Year (Fearless)
- Best Country Album (Fearless)
- Record of the Year (“You Belong With Me”)
- Song of the Year (“You Belong With Me”)
- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (“You Belong With Me”)
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance “White Horse”)
- Best Country Song (“White Horse”)
- Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals (“Breathe” ft. Colbie Caillat)
2012
- Best Country Album (Speak Now)
- Best Country Solo Performance (“Mean”)
- Best Country Song (“Mean”)
2013
- Record of the Year (“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”)
- Best Country Duo/Group Performance “(Safe & Sound” ft. The Civil Wars)
- Best Song Written For Visual Media (“Safe & Sound” ft. The Civil Wars)
2014
- Album of the Year (Red)
- Best Country Album (Red)
- Best Country Song (“Begin Again”)
- Best Country Duo/Group Performance (“Highway Don’t Care” with Tim McGraw and Keith Urban)
2015
- Record of the Year (“Shake It Off”)
- Song of the Year (“Shake It Off”)
- Best Pop Solo Performance (“Shake It Off”)
2016
- Album of the Year (1989)
- Best Pop Vocal Album (1989)
- Record of the Year (“Blank Space”)
- Song of the Year (“Blank Space”)
- Best Pop Solo Performance (“Blank Space”)
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (“Bad Blood”)
- Best Music Video (“Bad Blood”)
2018
- Best Country Song (“Better Man”)
- Best Song Written For Visual Media (“I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”)
2019
- Best Pop Vocal Album (Reputation)
2020
- Best Pop Vocal Album (Lover)
- Song of the Year (“Lover”)
- Best Pop Solo Performance (“You Need To Calm Down”)
2021
- Album of The Year (Folklore)
- Song of the Year (“Cardigan”)
- Best Pop Vocal Album (Folklore)
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (“Exile” ft. Bon Iver)
- Best Pop Solo Performance (“Cardigan”)
- Best Song Written for Visual Media (“Beautiful Ghosts”)
2022
- Album of the Year (Evermore)
2023
- Song of the Year (“All Too Well” (10 Minute Version))”
- Best Country Song (“I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version))”
- Best Music Video (All Too Well: The Short Film)
- Best Song Written For Visual Media (“Carolina”)
Did She Perform At The 2023 Grammys?
On stage, no. In the viewers, sure.
Taylor spent the evening dancing alongside to all of the performances. It was a efficiency in itself that confirmed help for her fellow artists and the way she simply loves music.
🚨| Taylor Swift stands out in a crowd as she dances alongside to Harry Styles’ efficiency on the #GRAMMYs!
https://t.co/HI4dPA2HsH
— The Eras Tour (@tswifterastour) February 6, 2023
📹| And she dances on 🫶🏻 pic.twitter.com/3aZ1tzL5Yl
— Taylor Swift Updates 🤍 (@swifferupdates) February 6, 2023
One factor about Taylor Swift is she’s gonna dance #Grammys
pic.twitter.com/dVz7mOfPOz— Chicks within the Office (@ChicksInTheOff) February 6, 2023
What’s Next For Taylor?
As talked about, after the Grammys, Taylor is occurring tour. For those that have been in a position to get tickets, followers will see Taylor on The Eras Tour as she performs music from all through her profession. Having been unable to tour for Lover, Folklore, and Evermore because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she’ll dip into these albums and 2022’s Midnights to thrill followers throughout the United States. The tour kicks off in March and ends in August with a string of reveals at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium. With International dates forthcoming, Taylor would possibly spend 2023 on the street.
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