Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Grammy Noms Snubs and Surprises: Victoria Monet and Female Artists Surge, Morgan Wallen Shut Out, Latin Music Brushed Off and More
variety.comfull list of 2024 Grammy nominees here. SURPRISE: Women take all. Well, not all, but you get the idea. After former Grammys president and CEO Neil Portnow’s comments to a Variety reporter that women need to “step up” in order to secure nominations, the Recording Academy responded this year with a majority number of female nods.
Women hold the lion’s share of nominations in record of the year, album of the year and the pop categories. To put it in perspective, in album of the year, Jon Batiste is the sole male nominee of the eight contenders.
Across the board, SZA leads the pack with an overwhelming nine nominations, spanning everything from three of the four top categories (excluding best new artist, obviously) and with five different songs appearing across five different categories.
Alongside her group Boygenius, Phoebe Bridgers scoops up seven nominations — six with the band, one with SZA — while Victoria Monét matches her seven.
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