Swift grabs Grammy for Album of the Year

Los Angeles – Country/pop crossover artist Taylor Swift won the Grammy Award for album of the Year. After missing out on Song of the Year (You Belong With Me) and Best Female Pop Vocal (You Belong With Me) the 20-year-old artist finished the night with a win on her sophomore release “Fearless” on Sunday.

Overall, Swift won four Grammy awards out of her eight nominations. She was only seconded by R&B artist Beyoncé, who left with eight awards out of her 10 nominations. In addition to her Album of the Year award, Swift garnered Best Female Country Vocal Performance, Best Country Song for “White Horse” and Best Country Album for “Fearless”.

During the televised awards show, Swift performed her most recent release “Today Was a Fairytale” followed by a duet with Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks to the classic “Rhiannon”. Swift ended her performance with “You Belong With Me”.

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Comments

  1. Tom K says:

    I’m happy that Taylor won Best Album. But for Best Country Song, I wanted “People Are Crazy” win, probably my favorite song of last year. “White Horse” is not the best song on her album, in my opinion, nor the best country song.

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