Grammy Awards: Taylor Swift wins album of the year for a record fourth time

Europe 1 with AFP 6:31 a.m., February 5, 2024

Taylor Swift made history at the Grammy Awards on Sunday by winning the album of the year award for the fourth time, considered the crowning glory of this musical equivalent of the Oscars. With this honor attributed to her album "Midnights", the American singer enters the pantheon of the ceremony as the artist most awarded for her albums, ahead of Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon.

"The best time of my life"

“I would like to tell you that this is the best moment of my life, but I also feel happy when I finish a song,” reacted the queen of pop. "Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to do what I love so much! I'm blown away!" The 34-year-old artist stood out against other pop stars like Lana Del Rey and Olivia Rodrigo.

She continues to transform everything she touches into gold: elected personality of the year 2023 by Time magazine, her “Eras Tour” is a phenomenal success. She generated more than a billion dollars in revenue in 60 dates last year, an amount never seen before in music history.

Nominated in six categories

"Midnights", her tenth studio album, immediately debuted at the top of the Billboard chart in October 2022. It also allowed her to become the first artist to simultaneously occupy the top ten places on the most popular songs chart in the United States. Taylor Swift was nominated in six categories at this year's Grammy Awards, including Best Song, a coveted award that recognizes performers who write their own lyrics.

She had already won the supreme prize, that of album of the year, three times with her opuses “Fearless”, “1989” and “Folklore”. In addition to her new productions, the singer is also enjoying resounding success thanks to the reissue of her old albums, which she decided to re-record to control the rights alone, after a dispute with her record company.