Grammys 2024 Singer Taylor Swift makes Grammys history as women rule music’s top honours
Pop superstar Taylor Swift set another record on Sunday, winning the Grammy award for album of the year for an unprecedented fourth time, as women dominated the music industry’s top honours. Swift also announced from the Grammys stage that she would release a new album in April.
MUSICAL HIGH
ALBUM OF THE YEAR — Midnights, Taylor Swift
RECORD OF THE YEAR — Flowers, Miley Cyrus
SONG OF THE YEAR — What was I made for?, Billie Eilish
BEST NEW ARTIST — Victoria Monet
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE — Flowers, Miley Cyrus
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE — Not Strong Enough, Boygenius
BEST POP DANCE RECORDING — Padam Padam, Kylie Minogue
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE — 72 Seasons, Metallica
BEST ROCK SONG — Not Strong Enough, Boygenius
BEST ROCK ALBUM — This Is Why, Paramore
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE — ICU, Coco Jones
BEST JAZZ PERFORMANCE — Tight, Samara Joy
BEST PROGRESSIVE R&B ALBUM — SOS, SZA
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM — Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson
The 34-year-old won album of the year for Midnights, eclipsing music legends Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder, who each claimed the prize three times. “It makes me so happy. All I want to do is keep doing this,” she said. Earlier, Swift claimed the prize for best pop vocal performance and used the moment to announce that she would release The Tortured Poets Department on April 19.
Leading ladies
Swift, who is about to jet to Tokyo to resume the world’s highest-grossing concert tour, was among the women who swept the major Grammy awards on Sunday. Billie Eilish claimed song of the year for What Was I Made For?, a ballad written for the Barbie movie soundtrack.
“As a woman, it feels a lot of the time like you’re not being seen “I feel that this makes me feel very seen. Sometimes it feels really good to have somebody tell you ‘good job’,” Eilish said backstage.
Miley Cyrus, winner of her first two Grammys on Sunday, landed the record of the year honour for her empowerment anthem Flowers. “This award is amazing,” Cyrus said. “But I really hope that it doesn’t change anything because my life was beautiful yesterday,” she added.
Best new artist went to R&B and pop singer Victoria Monet, who thanked her mom, “a single mom raising this really bad girl”.
SZA, who went into the night as the most-nominated artiste, won three trophies, including best R&B song for Snooze. “I came really, really far,” she said. “I can’t believe this is happening, and it feels very fake,” she added.
Indie rock band Boygenius, a band formed by musicians Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, also claimed three awards.
In accepting the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, rapper Jay-Z aired some Grammy grievances, including the fact that his superstar wife Beyonce had never won album of the year despite having earned more Grammys than anyone else.
“I don’t want to embarrass this young lady,” Jay-Z said as Beyonce watched from the audience. “But she has more Grammys than anyone and never won album of the year. So even by your own metrics, that doesn’t work.” — Reuters,
