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    Taylor Swift takes home album of the year

    Taylor Swift may want to consider changing her lucky number to 4.

    The pop superstar made history at the 66th annual Grammy Awards Sunday night when she won album of the year for “Midnights,” making her the first artist in the show’s history to win the prize four times.

    Swift, who also took home best pop vocal album, used her Grammy moment to reveal the title and release date for her upcoming album “The Tortured Poets Department” (out April 19).

    Miley Cyrus scored her first pair of Grammys when she won best pop solo performance and record of the year for “Flowers.” Meanwhile, Billie Eilish won song of the year for her “Barbie” soundtrack hit “What Was I Made For?”

    Others who took home music gold include alt-R&B/soul songstress SZA, who opened the show with a leading nine nominations and won best R&B song and best pop duo/group performance. R&B songwriter-turned-singer Victoria Monét, who broke out with her song “On My Mama,” won best new artist.

    Early winners among the 85 categories presented during the Premiere Ceremony included Peso PlumaChris StapletonKiller Mike and Joni Mitchell. In addition to her pop duo win with SZA, indie-pop darling Phoebe Bridgers nabbed a trio of rock category awards with her band, boygenius.

    Here are the biggest winners of the night (in bold):

    Grammy winners 2024 in key categories:

    Album of the year

    “World Music Radio,” Jon Batiste

    “the record,” boygenius

    “Endless Summer Vacation,” Miley Cyrus

    “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd,” Lana Del Rey

    “The Age of Pleasure,” Janelle Monáe

    “GUTS,” Olivia Rodrigo

    “SOS,” SZA

    WINNER: “Midnights,” Taylor Swift

    Record of the year

    “Worship,”Jon Batiste

    “Not Strong Enough,” boygenius

    WINNER: “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus

    “What Was I Made For?” (from “Barbie”), Billie Eilish

    “On My Mama,” Victoria Monét

    “Vampire,” Olivia Rodrigo

    “Anti-Hero,” Taylor Swift

    “Kill Bill,” SZA

    Best new artist

    Ice Spice

    Gracie Abrams

    Fred again

    Jelly Roll

    Coco Jones

    Noah Kahan

    WINNER: Victoria Monét

    The War and Treaty

    Song of the year (goes to songwriter)

    “A&W,” Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey and Sam Dew (performed by Lana Del Rey)

    “Anti-Hero,” Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift (performed by Taylor Swift)

    “Butterfly,” Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson (performed by Jon Batiste)

    “Dance the Night” (from “Barbie”), Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (performed by Dua Lipa)

    “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein and Michael Pollack (performed by Miley Cyrus)

    “Kill Bill,” Rob Bisel, Carter Lang and Solána Rowe (performed by SZA)

    “Vampire,” Daniel Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo (performed by Olivia Rodrigo)

    WINNER: “What Was I Made For?” (from “Barbie”), Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell (performed by Billie Eilish)

    Best pop vocal album

    “Chemistry,” Kelly Clarkson

    “Endless Summer Vacation,” Miley Cyrus

    “GUTS,” Olivia Rodrigo

    “(Subtract),” Ed Sheeran

    WINNER: “Midnights,” Taylor Swift

    “Players,” Coi Leray

    Best R&B song

    “Angel,” Halle Bailey, Theron Feemster and Coleridge Tillman (performed by Halle)

    “Back to Love,” Darryl Andrew Farris, Robert Glasper and Alexandra Isley (performed by Robert Glasper featuring SiR and Alex Isley)

    “ICU,” Darhyl Camper Jr., Courtney Jones, Raymond Komba and Roy Keisha Rockette (performed by Coco Jones)

    “On My Mama,” Dernst Emile II, Jeff Gitelman, Victoria Monét, Kyla Moscovich, Jamil Pierre and Charles Williams (performed by Victoria Monét)

    WINNER: “Snooze,” Kenny B. Edmonds, Blair Ferguson, Khris Riddick-Tynes, Solána Rowe and Leon Thomas (performed by SZA)

    Best country album

    “Rolling Up The Welcome Mat,” Kelsea Ballerini

    “Brothers Osborne,” Brothers Osborne

    “Zach Bryan,” Zach Bryan

    “Rustin’ In the Rain,” Tyler Childers

    WINNER: “Bell Bottom Country,” Lainey Wilson

    Best música urbana album

    “SATURNO,” Rauw Alejandro

    WINNER: “Mañana Será Bonito,” Karol G

    “DATA,” Tainy

    *This category received fewer than 40 entries, so only three nominations are presented

    Best pop solo performance

    WINNER: “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus

    “Paint the Town Red,” Doja Cat

    “What Was I Made For?” (from “Barbie”), Billie Eilish

    “Vampire,” Olivia Rodrigo

    “Anti-Hero,” Taylor Swift

    Best R&B performance

    “Summer Too Hot,” Chris Brown

    “Back to Love,” Robert Glasper featuring SiR and Alex Isley

    WINNER: “ICU,” Coco Jones

    “How Does It Make You Feel,” Victoria Monét

    “Kill Bill,” SZA

    Best country duo/group performance

    “High Note,” Dierks Bentley featuring Billy Strings

    “Nobody’s Nobody,” Brothers Osborne

    WINNER: “I Remember Everything,” Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves

    “Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold),” Vince Gill and Paul Franklin

    “Save Me,” Jelly Roll with Lainey Wilson

    “We Don’t Fight Anymore,” Carly Pearce featuring Chris Stapleton

    Best Latin pop album

    “La Cuarta Hoja,” Pablo Alborán

    “Beautiful Humans, Vol. 1,” AleMor

    “A Ciegas,” Paula Arenas

    “La Neta,” Pedro Capó

    “Don Juan,” Maluma

    WINNER: “X Mí (Vol. 1),” Gaby Moreno

    Best comedy album

    “I Wish You Would,” Trevor Noah

    “I’m An Entertainer,” Wanda Sykes

    “Selective Outrage,” Chris Rock

    “Someone You Love,” Sarah Silverman

    WINNER: “What’s In A Name?” Dave Chappelle

    Best rock album

    “But Here We Are,” Foo Fighters

    “Starcatcher,” Greta Van Fleet

    “72 Seasons,” Metallica

    WINNER: “This Is Why,” Paramore

    “In Times New Roman …,” Queens of the Stone Age

    Best rock song

    “Angry,” Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Andrew Watt (performed by The Rolling Stones)

    “Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl,” Daniel Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo (performed by Olivia Rodrigo)

    “Emotion Sickness,” Dean Fertita, Joshua Homme, Michael Shuman, Jon Theodore and Troy Van Leeuwen (performed by Queens of the Stone Age)

    WINNER: “Not Strong Enough,” Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus (performed by boygenius)

    “Rescued,” Dave Grohl, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear (performed by Foo Fighters)

    Best rock performance

    “Sculptures of Anything Goes,” Arctic Monkeys

    “More Than A Love Song,” Black Pumas

    WINNER: “Not Strong Enough,” boygenius

    “Rescued,” Foo Fighters

    “Lux Æterna,” Metallica

    Best musical theater album

    “Kimberly Akimbo”

    “Parade”

    “Shucked”

    WINNER: “Some Like It Hot”

    “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”

    Best global music album

    “Epifanías,” Susana Baca

    “History,” Bokanté

    “I Told Them …,” Burna Boy

    “Timeless,” Davido

    WINNER: “This Moment,” Shakti

    Best rap album

    “Her Loss,” Drake and 21 Savage

    WINNER: “MICHAEL,” Killer Mike

    “HEROES & VILLIANS,” Metro Boomin

    “King’s Disease III,” Nas

    “UTOPIA,” Travis Scott

    Best rap performance

    “The Hillbillies,” Baby Keem featuring Kendrick Lamar

    “Love Letter,” Black Thought

    “Rich Flex,” Drake and 21 Savage

    WINNER: “SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS,” Killer Mike featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane

    Best rap song

    “Attention,” Rogét Chahayed, Amala Zandile Dlamini and Ari Starace (performed by Doja Cat)

    “Barbie World” (from “Barbie The Album”), Isis Naija Gaston, Ephrem Louis Lopez Jr. and Onika Maraj (performed by Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice featuring Aqua)

    “Just Wanna Rock,” Mohamad Camara, Symere Woods and Javier Mercado (performed by Lil Uzi Vert)

    “Rich Flex,” Brytavious Chambers, Isaac “Zac” De Boni, Aubrey Graham, J. Gwin, Anderson Hernandez, Michael “Finatik” Mule and Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph (performed by Drake and 21 Savage)

    WINNER: “SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS,” Andre Benjamin, Paul Beauregard, James Blake, Michael Render, Tim Moore and Dion Wilson (performed by Killer Mike featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane)

    Best R&B album

    “Girls Night Out,” Babyface

    “What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe),” Coco Jones

    “Special Occasion,” Emily King

    WINNER: “JAGUAR II,” Victoria Monét

    “CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE EP,” Summer Walker

    Best country song

    “Buried,” Brandy Clark and Jessie Jo Dillon (performed by Brandy Clark)

    “I Remember Everything,” Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves (performed by Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves)

    “In Your Love,” Tyler Childers and Geno Seale (performed by Tyler Childers)

    “Last Night,” John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Jacob Kasher Hindlin and Ryan Vojtesak (performed by Morgan Wallen)

    WINNER: “White Horse,” Chris Stapleton and Dan Wilson (performed by Chris Stapleton)

    Best country solo performance

    “In Your Love,” Tyler Childers

    “Buried,” Brandy Clark

    “Fast Car,” Luke Combs

    “The Last Thing on My Mind,” Dolly Parton

    WINNER: “White Horse,” Chris Stapleton

    Best music video

    WINNER: “I’m Only Sleeping,” The Beatles

    “In Your Love,” Tyler Childers

    “What Was I Made For” (from “Barbie”), Billie Eilish

    “Count Me Out,” Kendrick Lamar

    “Rush,” Troye Sivan

    Best song written for visual media

    “Barbie World” (from “Barbie The Album”), Naija Gaston, Ephrem Louis Lopez Jr. and Onika Maraj (performed by Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice featuring Aqua)

    “Dance the Night” (from “Barbie The Album”), Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (performed by Dua Lipa)

    “I’m Just Ken” (from “Barbie The Album”), Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (performed by Ryan Gosling)

    “Lift Me Up” (from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever − Music from and Inspired By”), Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Robyn Fenty and Temilade Openiyi (performed by Rihanna)

    WINNER: “What Was I Made For?“ (from “Barbie The Album”), Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell (performed by Billie Eilish)

    Best pop duo/group performance

    “Thousand Miles,” Miley Cyrus featuring Brandi Carlile

    “Candy Necklace,” Lana Del Rey featuring Jon Batiste

    “Never Felt So Alone,” Labrinth featuring Billie Eilish

    “Karma,” Taylor Swift featuring Ice Spice

    WINNER: “Ghost in the Machine,” SZA featuring Phoebe Bridgers

    Contributing: Jennifer McClellan, USA TODAY

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