Taylor Swift receives nomination for seventh album of the year

Taylor Swift has extended her nomination streak for Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards. The musician has released all four albums since folklore were honored in the coveted category, including their latest work The Tortured Poets Department. The award marks Swift’s seventh nomination for Album of the Year, the most of any woman in Grammy Awards history, breaking her ties with Barbra Streisand.

The Tortured Poets Department joins Beyoncé in the Album of the Year category Cowboy Carter, Charli XCXs bratSabrina Carpenter’s Short and sweetChappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern PrincessAndre 3000 New blue sunand Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 4.

The album also received a nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album, a category in which Swift has been regularly nominated for almost every album she has released since switching to Pop 1989with the ecxeption of Always. Only two albums from this time, Call And loverwere also not nominated Album of the Year.

Of her seven nominations, Swift has taken home four Album of the Year trophies in her career. The first was for FearlessAt the age of 20, she was the youngest artist to win in this category. She held the record for a decade before being surpassed by 18-year-old Billie Eilish in 2020. Swift won again in 2016 1989He earned another one in 2021 folkloreand was awarded for the fourth time midnight at the 2024 Grammy Awards. With her fourth Album of the Year award, Swift became the artist with the most career wins in the category. She surpassed three-time winners Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder.

This year, Swift also received nominations for Record and Song of the Year for “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone. The collaboration is also up for Best Music Video, marking the singer-songwriter’s second solo nomination in that category as a director. She first won in 2023 with “All Too Well: the Short Film.” Swift makes her first appearance in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category as a featured artist for her performance on Gracie Abrams’ song “Us.”

The six nominations Swift received ahead of the 2025 Grammy Awards brings her career total to 58 nominations, including her 14 wins.