Taylor Swift has won Grammys for several songs, including "White Horse" (Best Country Song, 2010), "Mean" (Best Country Song, 2012), "Safe & Sound" (Best Song Written for Visual Media, 2013), "Bad Blood" (Best Music Video, 2016), and "All Too Well: The Short Film" (Best Music Video, 2023). She also won multiple Album of the Year awards for albums like Fearless, 1989, Folklore, and Midnights, which contained many acclaimed songs, notes Grammy.
Her singles "White Horse" (2008) and "Mean" (2010) both won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song; the former also won Best Female Country Vocal Performance, and the latter Best Country Solo Performance.
Taylor Swift won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song for “Mean” at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, held on February 12, 2012, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA.
The only person to refuse a Grammy is Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor, who in 1991 declined the award for Best Alternative Music Performance for her album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, protesting the music industry's "false and destructive materialistic values". She chose to boycott the ceremony and the award itself, viewing the Grammys as prioritizing commercialism over genuine artistry, says Far Out Magazine.
Michael Jackson won a record-breaking eight Grammys in one night at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards in 1984 for his iconic album Thriller and its hit singles, a feat later tied by Carlos Santana in 2000, but Jackson remains the solo artist with the most wins in a single night, as noted by the official Grammy website, Billboard, and various news outlets like Reddit.
Do artists get money for winning a Grammy? The short answer is no: Artists, producers, and/or songwriters do not get a check or monetary amount for winning an award.
LeAnn Rimes holds the record for youngest individual Grammy Award winner. At just 14 years old, Rimes won two Grammy Awards at the 39th annual ceremony in 1997, winning best new artist and best female country vocal performance. She also holds the record for youngest person to win the best new artist category.
Milli Vanilli attracted controversy when Farian announced that Morvan and Pilatus did not sing their vocals and lip-synced for performances. Their vocals were instead provided by Brad Howell, John Davis, Charles Shaw, Jodie Rocco, and Linda Rocco. Their Grammy award was revoked.
Diana Ross has won a lifetime achievement award but no Grammys. Believe it or not, the legendary Diana Ross has never won a Grammy. Her first of 13 nominations was in 1964 for "Baby Love," and she was nominated nearly every year from 1970 to 1982 without a win.
Adele: "I can't possibly accept this award!" Adele has apparently turned down the Grammy award for best album, saying Beyonce deserved it more.
Yes, Taylor Swift maintained a 4.0 GPA in high school, even completing her junior and senior years in just 12 months through homeschooling to accommodate her music career, showing she was academically successful as well as musically gifted.
Taylor Swift's first song to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart was "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," released in 2012 from her album Red, making it her first major pop crossover smash to reach the top spot after earlier hits like "Love Story" peaked lower.
Since the GRAMMY Award is the only peer-voted award in music, this means artists are recognized, awarded and celebrated by those in their fields and industries, ultimately making the value of a GRAMMY truly priceless and immeasurable.
Here is a comprehensive list of Taylor Swift's hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: in 2010-2020 1. "Tim McGraw" - peaked at #40 in 2006 2. "Teardrops on My Guitar" - peaked at #13 in 2007 3. "Our Song" - peaked at #16 in 2007 4.
Sinead O'Connor is the only artist to refuse a Grammy. According to O'Connor, her refusal to accept her trophy was her way of boycotting the "false and destructive materialistic values" of the music industry.
The oldest person to win a Grammy was 97-year-old Pinetop Perkins in 2011. Perkins was 97 years old when he won the best traditional blues album award for his album "Joined at the Hip" in 2011.
Michael Jackson won a record-breaking eight Grammys in one night at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards in 1984 for his iconic album Thriller and its hit singles, a feat later tied by Carlos Santana in 2000, but Jackson remains the solo artist with the most wins in a single night, as noted by the official Grammy website, Billboard, and various news outlets like Reddit.
As you probably expected, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky were no-shows at the 2025 Grammy Awards, and there are likely three main reasons for this, the first being that Rihanna notoriously hasn't released new music in Y-E-A-R-S.
The female artist with the most Grammy wins is Beyoncé with 35. Next on the list for most wins by a women are Alison Krauss (27) and Aretha Franklin (18). Read on to discover other big winners.
In the year 2021, at the age of 9, Blue Ivy Carter became the youngest individually credited Grammy Winner in history, singing alongside her superstar mom.