Grammy Predictions: Taylor Swift, SZA and Olivia Rodrigo Likely to Battle for Album of the Year

variety.com:

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Who will be the anti-hero of the 2024 Grammys? Well, if that question sounds a little bit rigged, it’s not far from the truth: Taylor Swift enjoys a level of cultural dominance that few other performers have approached (including monopolizing National Football League coverage in recent weeks).

Her fall 2022 album “Midnights” isn’t full of obvious swing-for-the-fences smashes like “1989” or seen as more of an art project like “Folklore” (her last two album of the year winners), but it’s got huge hits and a unique, late-night, bringing-the-club-home feel that will appeal to voters who like artists who don’t make the same album twice.

Plus, a huge swath of them may have been swayed by seeing the star devote the climactic half-hour of her blockbuster “Eras Tour” set to the project.

Yet the Academy has been fickle about Swift before, so there’s no doubt we still have a contest on our hands. Yes, she’s won album of the year a historic three times (the first being “Fearless” in 2010); with good will for her reaching its ape, why not make it four?