USA With the victory of “Midnights”, Taylor Swift became the artist with the most Album of the Year awards in Grammy history.

At the 66th Grammy Awards ceremony taking place on the morning of February 5 (Hanoi time), the audience simultaneously cheered to congratulate Taylor Swift after Celine Dion’s announcement for Album of the Year. The Anti-Hero singer expressed broken emotions, hugging longtime producer Jack Antonoff and holding hands with singer Lana Del Rey to come on stage to receive the award.

Taylor Swift said: “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. sing) I like, or when I make a music video, or when working with my dancers, preparing for an upcoming tour in Japan”.

Midnights is Taylor Swift’s 10th album released on October 21, 2023, including 13 songs described by the singer as the story of “13 sleepless nights” and “the journey to overcome nightmares and dreams.” sweet dreams”. 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 the electronica, synth-pop and a little hip hop genres” “.

After two weeks of release, the album achieved many records: Occupying all positions in the Top 10 Billboard Hot 100, most streams on Spotify globally on the first day (185 million) and ranked third in the first week of release. (549 million), the largest vinyl record sales in a week, according to Nielsen. The album sold more than 1.6 million copies in the US and more than three million copies internationally.

Before the success of Midnights , Taylor Swift was always a bright name during Grammy seasons. Her second album – Fearless (won in 2010) – started a series of Album of the Year wins for the following seasons. Rolling Stone calls her a “wise composer”. The Guardian highly appreciates the potential young vocalist’s ability to portray images through lyrics.

Fearless is a country music album with pop influences. Hit songs like Love Story and You Belong With Me are on this record. When receiving the first golden trumpet in her career, the You Belong With Me singer was only 20 years old, and was also the youngest artist to receive this award.

In 2016, the fifth album 1989 was named in the top category at the 58th Grammy ceremony. Taylor Swift gave an inspirational speech to young women: “On your path, there will be many people who want to bring down or take away our success or reputation. What we need to do is focus on our work and not let those people distract us. One day, when we reach our destination, we will realize it As for myself and those I truly love here”.

The Guardian identified the 1989 album as the transformation of the “country music princess” into the contemporary pop genre. She collaborated with famous hitmakers such as Max Martin, Greg Kurstin, Ryan Tedder and Shellback to create new breakthroughs in musical style. Taylor herself describes 1989 as “the first official pop album”.

Folklore – the eighth album of the singer born in 1989 – was released unexpectedly in July 2020. If 1989 was the transformation from country music to pop, BBC assessed Folklore as the transformation of the “Queen of Pop” into an independent artist in terms of both musical material and release method. The cheerful, colorful songs gave way to gentle, quiet indie folk songs with folk elements that brought her the Album of the Year award at the 2020 Grammy.

Besides the Grammys, Taylor Swift once achieved a feat with nine winning categories at the VMAs in September 2023, including the most prestigious award for Video of the Year for MV Anti-Hero . This is the fourth time she has received this title. In 2022, Billboard honored Taylor Swift as Musician – Artist of the decade for her musical contributions. In the same year 2022, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from New York University (USA) for her positive contributions to the world art scene.

Taylor Swift, 35 years old, was once known as the “country music princess” of the American music industry. She debuted in 2006 and soon reaped many achievements. In addition to being a singer, Taylor Swift also made her mark with her songwriting talent and is the main songwriter of hit songs in her career. After 10 albums, Taylor Swift received 14 Grammy Awards, 29 Billboard Awards, 23 VMAs Awards and had success with many international tours. In December 2023, Guinness recognized her Eras Tour as the highest-grossing tour ever, exceeding more than one billion USD.

Taylor Swift is currently the girlfriend of rugby player Travis Kelce, 35 years old. Her love story receives as much public attention as her music career.

Phuong Thao (according to USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter )