Taylor Swift Wins Album of the Year at 2021 Grammys for folklore

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Taylor Swift has won the 2021 Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her eighth album, folklore. She won the award over HAIM, Post Malone, Black Pumas, Jhené Aiko, Jacob Collier, Coldplay, and Dua Lipa. Swift is the first woman in history to win Album of the Year three times, having previously been honored for 1989 and Fearless.

Swift, who performed a suite of songs at the ceremony, was also up for five other Grammys tonight: Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for “cardigan,” as well as Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “exile” (with Bon Iver), Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Song Written for Visual Media (for Cats’ “Beautiful Ghosts”). Album of the Year was her only 2021 victory.

Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff are also credited as Album of the Year recipients for their work on folklore. Dessner was one of the LP’s producers, engineers/mixers, and songwriters; Antonoff was a producer and engineer/mixer. Back in 2018, Dessner won his first Grammy, earning Best Alternative Music Album with his National bandmates for Sleep Well Beast.

The 2021 Album of the Year is Swift’s 11th Grammy win. She surprise released folklore last July and followed it up in December with the companion album evermore, which featured tracks with HAIM, Bon Iver, and the National. Next month, Swift will release Fearless (Taylor’s Version), a re-recorded version of her 2008 album Fearless, as part of her efforts to regain ownership of her music after Scooter Braun bought her masters in 2019.

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TheCzar11 on March 15th, 2021 at 10:38 UTC »

I was surprised that Mac Miller’s posthumous Circles album was not nominated for any awards. That was my album of the year. And I had never really listened to a Mac Miller song before hearing that album. It just hits you right in the feels. So, well done.

dan1son on March 15th, 2021 at 05:50 UTC »

Glad to see Fiona Apple won a couple. That album was easily my favorite for the year. It's remarkably good. Folklore is good too, but Fetch the Bolt Cutters is ridiculously good.

Grungle4u on March 15th, 2021 at 04:16 UTC »

remember the year The Suburbs won?

man that was crazy