Taylor Swift Wins Album of the Year at 2024 Grammy Awards
Taylor Swift triumphed at the 2024 Grammy Awards, taking home the prestigious Album of the Year award for her album “Midnights.” This win marked her fourth time receiving the award, making her the artist with the most wins in this category in Grammy history.
Swift’s incredible night didn’t stop there. She also won Best Pop Vocal Album for “Midnights” and surprised the audience during her acceptance speech by announcing her next album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” will be released on April 19.
SZA entered the night with the most nominations, securing nine nods, including ones for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year. While her win tally stood at just one before the event, winning Best Pop Duo/Group Performance in 2022 for “Kiss Me More,” she collected several more awards this year, including Best R&B Song.
2024 Grammy Awards Winners and Nominees
Best Pop Solo Performance
- Miley Cyrus, “Flowers” — Winner
- Doja Cat, “Paint the Town Red”
- Billie Eilish,”What Was I Made For?”
- Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero”
- Olivia Rodrigo, “Vampire”
Best Música Urbana Album
- Karol G, “Mañana Será Bonito” — Winner
- Rauw Alejandro, “Saturno”
- Tainy, “Data”
Best Country Album
- Lainey Wilson, “Bell Bottom Country” — Winner
- Kelsea Ballerini, “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat”
- Brothers Osborne, “Brothers Osborne”
- Zach Bryan, “Zach Bryan”
- Tyler Childers, “Rustin’ in the Rain”
Best R&B Song
- SZA, “Snooze” — Winner
- Victoria Monét, “On My Mama”
- Coco Jones, “ICU”
- Robert Glasper Featuring SiR & Alex Isley, “Back to Love”
- Halle, “Angel”
Best Pop Vocal Album
- Taylor Swift, “Midnights” — Winner
- Kelly Clarkson, “Chemistry”
- Miley Cyrus, “Endless Summer Vacation”
- Olivia Rodrigo, “GUTS”
- Ed Sheeran, “- (Subtract)”
Song of the Year
- “What Was I Made For?” (from the motion picture “Barbie”) – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) — Winner
- “A&W” – Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey & Sam Dew, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
- “Anti-Hero” – Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
- “Butterfly” – Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
- “Dance the Night” (from “Barbie The Album”) – Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
- “Flowers” – Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein & Michael Pollack, songwriters (Miley Cyrus)
- “Kill Bill” – Rob Bisel, Carter Lang & Solána Rowe, songwriters (SZA)
- “Vampire” – Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Oliva Rodrigo)
Best New Artist
- Victoria Monét — Winner
- Gracie Abrams
- Fred again…
- Ice Spice
- Jelly Roll
- Coco Jones
- Noah Kahan
- The War and Treaty
Record of the Year
- “Flowers” – Miley Cyrus — Winner
- “Worship” – Jon Batiste
- “Not Strong Enough” – boygenius
- “What Was I Made For?” (from the motion picture “Barbie”) – Billie Eilish
- “On My Mama” – Victoria Monét
- “Vampire” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “Anti-Hero” – Taylor Swift
- “Kill Bill” – SZA
Album of the Year
- “Midnights” – Taylor Swift — Winner
- “World Music Radio” – Jon Batiste
- “The Record” – boygenius
- “Endless Summer Vacation” – Miley Cyrus
- “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd” – Lana Del Rey
- “The Age of Pleasure” – Janelle Monáe
- “GUTS” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “SOS” – SZA
Aside from the main awards, several other accolades were presented. Kylie Minogue’s “Padam Padam” was crowned Best Pop Dance Recording, while The Beatles snagged Best Music Video for “I’m Only Sleeping,” marking their first Grammy win since 1997. Singer-songwriter Tyla made Grammy history by being the first recipient of the Best African Music Performance award for her song “Water.”
SZA and Phoebe Bridgers both enjoyed winners multiple times over the course of the ceremony. SZA won her second Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, this time for “Ghost in the Machine,” while Bridgers’ band boygenius scooped up the Best Alternative Music Album award.
Popular rapper Killer Mike had a memorable night, picking up victories in all three of his nominated categories: Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance, and Best Rap Album. However, his time at the ceremony was cut short when he was seen being escorted out by police officers. The LAPD later revealed that he was involved in an altercation elsewhere and was subsequently charged with a misdemeanor and released on bail.
80-year-old folk music legend Joni Mitchell secured her 10th Grammy for the Best Folk Album with “Live at Newport” and delivered a moving performance of “Both Sides, Now.” This marked her first-ever Grammy performance since recovering from a brain aneurysm in 2015.
In the realm of film music, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” took home Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media respectively. Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell were honored for their song “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie” with the Best Song Written for Visual Media award.
For a complete list of the earlier award winners, please click here.
