Taylor Swift, the US singer, has set a record for album of the year wins at the Grammy Awards.
On Sunday night, ‘Midnights,’ Swift’s most recent project, beat out entries from SZA, Olivia Rodrigo, Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus, Jon Batiste and Janelle Monáe to take the Grammys’ top album prize.
Swift becomes the first singer to win that category four times — more than any other artiste in the 66-year history of the prize.
Phoebe Bridgers, the US singer, also won the highest number of awards at the 2024 Grammy Awards.
Bridgers, alongside her Boygenius music group, won four awards including the ‘Best Alternative Music Album’ and ‘Best Rock Song’ categories.
Other categories won are ‘Best Pop Duo/Group Performance’ and ‘Best Rock Performance’.
Davido and Burna Boy were among the six Nigerian artistes that lost their categories at the prestigious award ceremony.
Davido, who is a first-time Grammy nominee, was nominated in three categories — including ‘Best Global Album’ for his latest album, ‘Timeless’.
Others are ‘Best African Performance’ for his song ‘Unavailable’ and ‘Best Global Music Performance’ for his track ‘Feel’.
He, however, lost the ‘Best African Music’ category to Tyla’s ‘Water’, ‘Best Global Music Performance’ to ‘Pashto’ by Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain featuring Rakesh Chaurasia, and ‘Best Global Album’ to Shakti’s ‘The Moment’.
Burna Boy, who was nominated in four categories — including ‘Best Melodic Rap’, ‘’Best Global Music Album’, ‘Best Global Music Performance’ and ‘Best African Music Performance’ — also failed to win in all the categories.
The ‘Twice as Tall’ hitmaker lost the ‘Best African Music’ category to Tyla’s ‘Water’, and ‘Best Global Music Performance’ to ‘Pashto’ by Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain featuring Rakesh Chaurasia.
Shakti’s ‘The Moment’ won the ‘Best Global Album’ category while ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ went to Lil Durk’s ‘All My Life’ featuring J Cole.
Tyla, the South African singer, edged past the likes of Asake, Olamide, and Ayra Starr, to win the ‘Best African Music Performance’, the newly introduced category.
Tems also lost the ‘Best Song Written for Visual Media’ category. She had been nominated for her contribution to the movie ‘The Black Panther (Wakanda Forever)’ with the song ‘Lift Me Up’ alongside Rihanna and Ludwig Goransson. But the award went to Billie Eilish and Finneas for their song ‘What Was I Made For’.
The award ceremony was held at the Peacock Theater. It was broadcast live on GRAMMY.com and the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel.
See the winner list below:
Record Of The Year
- Flowers – WINNER
Miley Cyrus
Album Of The Year
- Midnights – WINNER
Song Of The Year
- What Was I Made For? [From The Motion Picture “Barbie”] – WINNER
Best New Artist
- Victoria Monét – WINNER
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
- Jack Antonoff – WINNER
Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
- Theron Thomas – WINNER
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- Ghost In The Machine – WINNER
SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers
Best Pop Vocal Album
- Midnights – WINNER
Taylor Swift
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
- Rumble – WINNER
Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan
Best Pop Dance Recording
- Padam Padam – WINNER
Kylie Minogue
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
- Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9, 2022) – WINNER
Fred again..
Best Rock Performance
- Not Strong Enough – WINNER
Boygenius
Best Metal Performance
- 72 Seasons – WINNER
Best Rock Song
- Not Strong Enough – WINNER
Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers & Lucy Dacus, songwriters (Boygenius)
Best Rock Album
- This Is Why – WINNER
Paramore
Best Alternative Music Performance
- This Is Why – WINNER
Paramore
Best Alternative Music Album
- The Record – WINNER
boygenius
1Best R&B Performance
- ICU – WINNER
Coco Jones
Best Traditional R&B Performance
- Good Morning – WINNER
PJ Morton Featuring Susan Carol
Best R&B Song
- Snooze – WINNER
Kenny B. Edmonds, Blair Ferguson, Khris Riddick-Tynes, Solána Rowe & Leon Thomas, songwriters (SZA)
Best Progressive R&B Album
- SOS – WINNER
SZA
Best R&B Album
- JAGUAR II – WINNER
Victoria Monét
Best Rap Performance
- SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS – WINNER
Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future And Eryn Allen Kane
Best Melodic Rap Performance
- All My Life – WINNER
Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole
Best Rap Song
- SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS – WINNER
Andre Benjamin, Paul Beauregard, James Blake, Michael Render, Tim Moore & Dion Wilson, songwriters (Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future And Eryn Allen Kane)
Best Rap Album
- MICHAEL – WINNER
Killer Mike
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
- The Light Inside – WINNER
J. Ivy
Best Jazz Performance
- Tight – WINNER
Samara Joy
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- How Love Begins – WINNER
Nicole Zuraitis
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- The Winds Of Change – WINNER
Billy Childs
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- Basie Swings The Blues – WINNER
The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart
Best Latin Jazz Album
- El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2 – WINNER
Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo
Best Alternative Jazz Album
- The Omnichord Real Book – WINNER
Meshell Ndegeocello
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- Bewitched – WINNER
Laufey
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
- I Remember Everything – WINNER
Zach Bryan Featuring Kacey Musgraves
See the full list here
Photo credit: REUTERS/Mike Blake
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