Taylor Swift is predicted to sweep up at the 2024 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles and, on the night, she could break another impressive record.
Swift has dominated a large portion of the cultural zeitgeist and media attention over the past year. The 34-year-old pop superstar took the music industry by storm in 2023 and was crowned the most listened-to artist in the world with more than 26.1 billion global streams.
Swift’s Eras Tour previously broke the Guinness World Record for the highest-grossing tour of all time. As well as this, in just its first weekend of release, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour became the highest-grossing domestic concert film of all time, making $92 million in its opening weekend.
Now, there is a chance Swift could win four out of the six categories she has been nominated in, according to GoldDerby, a website that predicts who will win Hollywood awards and reality TV shows. Swift’s likely wins include Best Pop Solo Performance and Record of the Year for “Anti-Hero” and Best Pop Vocal Album for Midnights.
Taking place on February 4, the 66th Annual Grammy Awards will honor the best recordings and artists from October 1, 2022, to September 15, 2023 as chosen by The Recording Academy. Read on to find out more about each category Swift could win in, as well as checking out her fellow nominees.
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Album of the Year
Nominees
- Jon Batiste—World Music Radio
- Boygenius—The Record
- Miley Cyrus—Endless Summer Vacation
- Lana Del Rey—Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
- Janelle Monáe—The Age of Pleasure
- Olivia Rodrigo—Guts
- Taylor Swift—Midnights
- SZA—SOS
Predicted Winner: Taylor Swift—Midnights
Swift might make history at the 2024 Grammy Awards by becoming the first person to win Album of the Year four times. The singer has already received this recognition three times for her albums Folklore, Fearless, and 1989.
The pop megastar is the only female solo artist to win the award three times and is tied with Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder. Midnights was a huge commercial success and, if she wins, she will break the previous record.
Song of the Year
Nominees
- Lana Del Rey—”A&W”
- Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero”
- Jon Batiste—”Butterfly”
- Dua Lipa—”Dance the Night”
- Miley Cyrus—”Flowers”
- SZA—”Kill Bill”
- Olivia Rodrigo—”Vampire”
- Billie Eilish—”What Was I Made For?”
Predicted winner: Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Swift has once again made history by breaking the record for most Song of the Year nods, thanks to “Anti-Hero.” She now has seven total nominations in the category, which is one more than Paul McCartney and Lionel Richie.
While she has been nominated in the category numerous times, she has never won the award. The singer-songwriter earned her first Song of the Year nod in 2010 with “You Belong with Me.” She was also nominated in 2015 for “Shake It Off;” in 2016 for “Blank Space;” in 2020 for “Lover;” in 2021 for “Cardigan;” and in 2023 for “All Too Well (10 Minute Version).”
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Nominees
- Miley Cyrus featuring Brandi Carlile—”Thousand Miles”
- Lana Del Rey featuring Jon Batiste—”Candy Necklace”
- Labrinth featuring Billie Eilish—”Never Felt So Alone”
- Taylor Swift featuring Ice Spice—”Karma”
- SZA featuring Phoebe Bridgers—”Ghost in the Machine”
Predicted winner: Taylor Swift featuring Ice Spice—”Karma”
One of the biggest hits in this list is Swift’s remix of “Karma” featuring Ice Spice. The rapper’s addition to the song included the lines: “Karma is your checks about to bounce, Karma is the fire in your house, and she about to pop up unannounced, and she never leaving you alone.”
Swift unveiled the remixed version of her single on May 26. That same month, Ice Spice joined the pop star on stage as the surprise guest during her Eras Tour at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Best Pop Vocal Album
Nominees
- Kelly Clarkson—Chemistry
- Miley Cyrus—Endless Summer Vacation
- Olivia Rodrigo—Guts
- Ed Sheeran—Subtract
- Taylor Swift—Midnights
Predicted Winner: Taylor Swift—Midnights
Swift last took home this honor for 1989 in 2016, which was eight years and five albums ago. Despite that history, Midnights is the clear favorite. Released on October 21, 2022, it is the 10th studio album by the singer-songwriter and broke numerous records. It was the best-selling album of 2022 and second-best-selling album of 2023 and spent six weeks atop the Billboard 200.
Record of the Year
Nominees:
- Jon Batiste—”Worship”
- Boygenius—”Not Strong Enough”
- Miley Cyrus—”Flowers”
- Billie Eilish—”What Was I Made For?”
- Victoria Monét—”On My Mama”
- Olivia Rodrigo—”Vampire”
- Taylor Swift—”Anti-Hero”
- SZA—”Kill Bill”
Predicted winner: Miley Cyrus – Flowers
The Record of the Year award is for commercially released singles or tracks of new vocal or instrumental recordings. It goes to the artists, producers and engineers involved in crafting the specific recording of a song
Before “Flowers,” it had been 10 years since Cyrus had a No. 1 hit. Written in the aftermath of her divorce from actor Liam Hemsworth, after the song was released in January 2023, it was played a record 96 million times in its first week on Spotify and spent eight non-consecutive weeks at No. 1.
Best Pop Solo Performance
Nominees
- Miley Cyrus—”Flowers”
- Doja Cat—”Paint the Town Red”
- Billie Eilish—”What Was I Made For?”
- Olivia Rodrigo—”Vampire”
- Taylor Swift—”Anti-Hero”
Predicted winner: Miley Cyrus—”Flowers”
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance is still relatively new as it was only introduced in 2012. It serves as a cumulative award after the discontinuation of the Female Pop Vocal, Male Pop Vocal, and Pop Instrumental Performance awards.
Swift now holds the record for the most nominations, although she has yet to win. Cyrus is predicted to win for “Flowers,” which became the fastest song in Spotify history to cross 1 billion streams when it was released.
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