Taylor Swift became the artist with the most Album of the Year wins in Grammy history at the world’s largest music awards ceremony, on the morning of February 5 

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This year, the Academy honors women, naming a series of female faces in important categories. Taylor Swift surpassed many “heavyweight” names such as Miley Cyrus, boygenius, Lana Del Rey, SZA, Olivia Rodrigo to win with Midnights.

The victory marked her becoming the artist with the most Album of the Year awards in Grammy history – breaking the record of legends Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, and Paul Simon (all won three awards). Her three albums achieved similar results, including Fearless (winner 2010) , 1989 (2016) and Folklore (2020) .

“I want to tell you that this is the best moment in my life, I feel happy when I finish a song, or when I decipher the bridge I like, or when I make a music video, or when I work with my dancers,” Taylor Swift broke down while speaking. In addition, she thanked her longtime collaborator and friend – producer Jack Antonoff.

Taylor Swift received her fourth Grammy golden trumpet in the Album of the Year category. Photo: CBS

In addition, Midnights also won another golden trumpet in the Best Pop Album category, bringing Taylor’s total number of Grammy awards to date to 14.

Winning at the 2024 Grammy once again affirms Taylor Swift’s position and musical thinking. According to Billboard , her influence in 2022-2023 rivals The Beatles, Bee Gees and Michael Jackson during their time.

Before the Grammy Awards, fans speculated that Taylor Swift would re-record Reputation – the final album in the Taylor’s Version project – after the singer changed her social media profile photo to a black and white image on February 4.

However, at the moment of receiving the Pop Album of the Year award, the singer suddenly announced the release of a new album called The Tortured Poets Department on April 19 – including 16 songs that she had been cherishing for two years for her fans. fan.

This information made many Grammy attendees excited and screaming. The Instagram post about the new music product quickly attracted more than four million likes after just 20 minutes of posting.

Album cover photo “The Tortured Poets Department” is about to be released on April 19. Photo: Instagram Taylor Swift

At the event, the star attracted attention with a classic outfit from the Schiaparelli fashion house, combined with black velvet gloves. The highlight of the accessory lies in the classic watch by Lorraine Schwartz on the singer’s neck. According to AP , the short hand on the clock face indicates 12 o’clock, the time of night, like the album name Midnight .

Midnights set a record for being the most streamed album in a single day on the Spotify platform. The work is Taylor’s 10th album, released at 0:00 (North American time), October 21, 2023. Taylor describes the 13 songs as the story of “13 sleepless nights” and “a journey through nightmares and sweet dreams”.

The Guardian commented: “Swift’s new album shows that she no longer pursues familiar indie compositions like in the two records Folklore and Evermore , but switches to electronica, synth-pop and a little more hip hop.” .

In addition to releasing the album, the artist had a year of exciting activities while conducting the Eras Tour around the world. Billboard rates Taylor Swift’s influence in the 2023-2024 period on par with The Beatles, Bee Gees and Michael Jackson.

Miley Cyrus also had a successful year with two golden trumpets in the categories of Best Pop Solo and Record of the Year, both awarded for the hit Flowers. The song has a dance pop sound, mixing funk and disco. The lyrics, co-written by the singer, talk about a girl’s joy when returning to single life.

Billie Eilish wins Song of the Year for What Was I Made For? – Barbie soundtrack . The song was co-written by Billie Eilish and her brother, expressing thoughts about the purpose of life. In her speech, she thanked her brother Finneas and Barbie director – Greta Gerwig – for “making the best movie of the year”.

The important award – New Artist of the Year – went to Victoria Monét. She talked about her perseverance in Hollywood when accepting the award: “I want everyone to see me as a testament.

This award is a 15-year pursuit.” Monét is 35 years old and is an independent artist. She collaborated with Ariana Grande for many years, composing many songs for Grande. Last year, she released many attention-grabbing songs such as Smoke, On My Mama, Party Girls.

SZA – who led the nominations in nine categories – won Best R&B Song for Snooze, Outstanding Contemporary R&B Album for SOS and Outstanding Pop Duo/Group Performance for Ghost in the Machine , singing with Phoebe Bridgers.

This year’s awards ceremony took place briefly and solemnly. Artists bring a colorful musical party. Miley Cyrus stirred up the stage when she recreated the image of Tina Turner, singing Flowers . Billie Eilish delivered a poignant performance with What Was I Made For?, while Olivia Rodrigo exploded with Vampire.

Excerpt from Miley Cyrus singing ‘Flowers’ at Grammy 2024. Video: CBS

The program creates silence in the tribute to the late artists who passed away last year. Stevie Wonder, Annie Lennox, Lenny Kravitz, Oprah Winfrey, Fantasia Barrino pay tribute to legends such as Tony Bennett, Sinéad O’Connor, Bill Withers, Tina Turner.

The performance of Joni Mitchell, 81 years old, was also emotional. Due to poor health, she sat on a chair singing the ballad Both Sides, Now. She suffered from a brain aneurysm and lost the ability to walk and talk. The artist won the award for Best Folk Music Album.

Celine Dion also suddenly appeared at the awards ceremony, after spending time in hiding to treat a rare disease. Before announcing the important award for Album of the Year, she talked about the magical power of music: “I’m so happy to be here, I really want to say it from my heart. You guys, you lucky people.” Present at the Grammy Awards, it is impossible to underestimate the great love and joy that music brings to our lives and to people around the world.”

The 66th awards ceremony was held at the Crypto.com arena in Los Angeles (USA), hosted by comedian Trevor Noah. The award is organized annually by the US National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to honor artists who have made outstanding contributions to the music industry.