Taylor Swift and Tyla both made history at this year's Grammy Awards

Taylor Swift makes history at this year's Grammy Awards for becoming the first musical artist to win the Album of the Year four times! The "Anti-Hero" singer had previously been tied on three best album wins with Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, and Frank Sinatra. Meanwhile, South African singer Tyla also made history by picking up the first ever award for Best African Performance for her viral smash "Water," which inspired a TikTok dance craze last summer.

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Taylor Swift makes history at this year's Grammy Awards for becoming the first musical artist to win the Album of the Year four times! The "Anti-Hero" singer had previously been tied on three best album wins with Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, and Frank Sinatra. Meanwhile, South African singer Tyla also made history by picking up the first ever award for Best African Performance for her viral smash "Water," which inspired a TikTok dance craze last summer.

Taylor Swift makes history at this year's Grammy Awards for becoming the first musical artist to win the Album of the Year four times!

The "Anti-Hero" singer had previously been tied on three best album wins with Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, and Frank Sinatra.
 


She received the prize from Celine Dion, who made an unexpected appearance. Swift also used the event to reveal a surprise new album in April 19 titled The Tortured Poets Department.

"It makes me so happy. All I want to do is keep doing this. I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I've been keeping from you for the last two years. For me, the award is the work. All I want to do is keep being able to do this. I love it so much. It makes me so happy. It makes me unbelievably blown away that it makes some people happy who voted for this award too," says the 34-year old superstar who also won the award for Pop Vocal Album for Midnights.

Miley Cyrus and Billie Eilish also took the other top awards at the Grammys. 

Eilish's contribution to the Barbie film soundtrack, "What Was I Made For?", won Song of the Year.

"Damn, that's stupid guys," she remarked to the crowd as she accepted the award with her brother and co-writer Finneas. "Everybody in this category - that was a crazy list of incredible people, incredible artists, incredible music. I feel crazy right now."

The song also won Best Song Written for Visual Media, while the Barbie album - which was put together by producer Mark Ronson - picked up the award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.

However, Eilish lost out on the Record of the Year award to "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus; which also picked up Best Pop Vocal Performance.

Dua Lipa opened the ceremony with an athletic medley of her songs including her contribution to the Barbie album, "Dance the Night", which was also up for Song of the Year.

R&B star SZA was the show's leading nominee with nine nods. For her performance, the singer staged a recreation of the Crazy 88 fight scene from Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill to accompany her song of the same name.

She was joined by a phalanx of sword-wielding female dancers who swiftly dispatched hordes of men in suits - a reference to her song's comical tale of killing her ex.

Tracy Chapman has only performed in public a handful of times since going into semi-retirement in 2009, but she joined country singer Luke Combs, who had a smash hit with a cover of her song "Fast Car" last year.

Then Joni Mitchell gave a poignant seated rendition of her classic "Both Sides Now", her first Grammy performance at the age of 80. The Canadian singer-songwriter had earlier picked up best folk album for a live album that captured her return to the stage in 2022 after a brain aneurysm.

That was one of many awards that were handed out during a four-hour "premiere ceremony" on Sunday afternoon.

That pre-ceremony also saw multiple wins for indie-rock trio Boygenius, whose debut album The Record combines 1970s California rock harmonies with lyrics about love and friendship.

Rapper Killer Mike won three awards but was later filmed apparently being taken away in handcuffs backstage. 

Kylie Minogue won her second ever Grammy, Best Pop Dance Recording, for the viral smash "Padam Padam."

And South African singer Tyla made history by picking up the first ever award for Best African Performance. The 22-year-old, who came fourth in the BBC's "Sound of 2024," won for her viral smash "Water," which inspired a TikTok dance craze last summer.


Here is the full list of winners...

Album of the Year: Taylor Swift - Midnights
Record of the Year: Miley Cyrus - "Flowers"

Song of the Year: Billie Eilish - "What Was I Made For?"
Best New Artist: Victoria Monét

Best Pop Solo Performance: Miley Cyrus - "Flowers"
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers - "Ghost in the Machine"
Best Pop Vocal Album: Taylor Swift - Midnights
Best R&B Song: SZA - "Snooze"
  
Best R&B Performance: Coco Jones - "ICU"
Best R&B Album: Victoria Monét - Jaguar II
Best Rap Song: Killer Mike ft André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane - "Scientists & Engineers"
Best Rap Performance: Killer Mike ft André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane - "Scientists & Engineers"
    
Best Melodic Rap Performance: Lil Durk feat J Cole – "All My Life"
Best Rap Album: Killer Mike - Michael
Best Dance/Electronic Recording: Skrillex, Fred again... & Flowdan - "Rumble"
Best Dance/Electronic Album: Fred again... - Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022)

Best Pop Dance Recording: Kylie Minogue – "Padam Padam"
Best Rock Performance: Boygenius - "Not Strong Enough"

Best Rock song: Boygenius - "Not Strong Enough"
Best Rock Album: Paramore - This Is Why

Best Alternative Album: Boygenius - The Record
Best Alternative Performance: Paramore - This Is Why
Best Musical Urbana Album: Karol G - Mañana Será Bonito

Best African Music Performance: Tyla - "Water"
  
Best Folk Album: Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell at Newport
Best Country Album: Lainey Wilson - Bell Bottom Country
Best Country Solo Performance: Chris Stapleton - "White Horse"
Best Country Song: Chris Stapleton - "White Horse"

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Laufey - Bewitched

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Jack Antonoff
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical: Theron Thomas
Best Music Video: The Beatles - "I'm Only Sleeping"
 
Best Song Written for Visual Media:
Billie Eilish - "What Was I Made For?"

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Various artists - Barbie the Album
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Visual Media: Ludwig Göransson - Oppenheimer
Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording: Michelle Obama - The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times
 
Dr. Dre Global Impact Award: Jay-Z

 

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