The 2024 Grammy Awards ceremony took place at Crypto.com Stadium in Los Angeles (USA) with the participation of a series of famous stars, on the morning of February 5 (Vietnam time).
Taylor Swift is one of the prominent faces at this year’s awards ceremony with 6 nominations. As expected by fans, Taylor Swift’s Midnights won the important category – Album of the Year.
Nominated in the same category as Midnights are Boygenius’s The Record , Miley Cyrus’s Endless Summer Vacation , Lana Del Rey’s Did You Know That There’sa Tunnel Under Ocean Blv d, Janelle Monáe’s The Age of Pleasure , Olivia Rodrigo’s GUTS , SZA’s SOS .
At Grammy 2024, Taylor Swift won in 2 categories. Previously, in the Best Pop Album category, Taylor also won against Kelly Clarkson, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, and Ed Sheeran thanks to the album Midnights.
Midnights is an album released in October 2022 by Taylor Swift. This is also the 10th album in the female singer’s career.
Talking about the album Midnights , Taylor shared: “We all live with love and fear, in happiness and tears. This is a collection of songs I wrote in the middle of the night, a journey Through pain and sweet dreams”.
Before the 2024 Grammy Awards, experts said that Midnights was the brightest candidate in the Album of the Year category. Stepping on stage to receive the award, Taylor thanked her fans and also revealed her plan to release a new album called The Tortured Poets Department on April 19.
“I want to thank the members of the Academy for voting. I also understand that the votes of Academy members also directly reflect the emotions of the fans.
I want to thank you, my fans, by revealing to you a secret that I have kept for the past 2 years. My new album will be released on April 19. The album is called The Tortured Poets Department . I will reveal the album cover soon. Thank you and love you,” she said.
The Grammy Awards took place for the first time in 1959. This is a music award organized by the US National Academy of Arts and Sciences, to honor artists who have made outstanding contributions to the music industry. music.
The 66th awards ceremony was hosted by comedian Trevor Noah. This year, three new awards were added: Outstanding Pop Dance Performance, Outstanding African Music Performance and Best Alternative Jazz Album.
Leading this year’s nominations is female vocalist SZA with 9 nominations, followed by names like Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers, and Serban Ghenea with 7 nominations each.
Monét’s 2-year-old daughter, Hazel, became the youngest artist nominated in the history of the Grammy Awards when she collaborated with her mother on a song that received a nomination for Best Traditional R&B Performance – Hollywood.
The 2024 Grammy Awards is recognized as a season that honors women when many of this year’s main categories focus on women, with the presence of talented female stars such as Taylor Swift, SZA, Olivia Rodrigo .
In prestigious categories of top concern such as Album of the Year or Song of the Year, out of the 8 nominated names, up to 7 works belong to female artists. At the same time, according to the statistical list of the most nominated artists at Grammy 2024, women also account for three-quarters.
Taylor Swift is one of the most famous female singers in the world today. In 2023, she was chosen by Time magazine as “Person of the Year” thanks to her brilliant success in music and became the first artist to be awarded this title.
According to Forbes , Taylor Swift’s current net worth is $1.1 billion. This amount includes $500 million in royalties and touring, $500 million from musical works and about $125 million from real estate.
Taylor Swift became a billionaire in October 2023 thanks to income from The Eras Tour and other musical activities. The 8X generation singer is the first artist to become a billionaire thanks to music activities, not entering the cosmetics and fashion business like other entertainment industry billionaires.
List of 2024 Grammy Award winners:
Album of the year: Taylor Swift – Midnights album
Record of the year: Miley Cyrus – song Flowers
Song of the year: Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
Best New Artist: Victoria Monét
Best pop vocal album: Taylor Swift – album Midnights
Best R&B song: SZA – song Snooze
Best country album: Lainey Wilson – Bell Bottom Country album
Best Latin música urbana album: Karol G – album Mañana Será Bonito
Best pop solo performance: Miley Cyrus – song Flowers
Best contemporary R&B album: SZA – SOS album
Best R&B performance: Coco Jones – song ICU
Best Folk Album: Joni Mitchell – album Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live)
Music Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Jack Antonoff
Musician of the year, non-classical: Theron Thomas
Best Pop Duo or Group Performance: SZA and Phoebe Bridgers – Ghost in the Machine
Best dance/electronic recording: Skrillex, Fred Again and Flowdan – Rumble
Best pop dance recording: Kylie Minogue – song Padam Padam
Best dance/electronic album: Fred Again – album Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022)
Best Traditional R&B Performance: PJ Morton and Susan Carol – Good Morning
Best R&B album: Victoria Monét – album Jaguar II
Best rap performance: Killer Mike, André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers
Best rap/singing collaboration: Lil Durk and J Cole – song All My Life
Best rap song: Killer Mike, André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers
Best rap album: Killer Mike – Michael album
Best country solo performance: Chris Stapleton – song White Horse
Best country song: Chris Stapleton – song White Horse
Best comedy album: Dave Chappelle – album What’s in a Name?
Best global music album: Shakti – album This Moment
Best African music performance: Tyla – song Water
Best musical album: Some Like It Hot
Best alternative rock album: boygenius – album The Record
Best alternative rock performance: Paramore – album This Is Why
Best rock album: Paramore – album This Is Why
Best rock song: boygenius – song Not Strong Enough
Best rock metal performance: Metallica – song 72 Seasons
Best rock performance: boygenius – song Not Strong Enough
Best Country Performance by a Duo/Group: Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything
Best audio recording, narration and storytelling: Michelle Obama – The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times