Taylor Swift Makes History With ‘Folklore’ Win for Album of the Year at the 63rd Grammys
Taylor Swift previously won the award in 2010 for Fearless and in 2016 for 1989, joins Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, and Frank Sinatra in holding this distinction.
Swift’s eighth studio album, Folklore, took home the Grammy for Album of the Year at the 63rd Grammy Awards, she made history as the fourth person and first woman to have three albums win Album of the Year.
As of 2018, the Grammy rules expanded the list of recipients for Album of the Year to include the album’s songwriters, in addition to the previously awarded artist, producer, mastering engineer, and recording engineer or mixer.
For Folklore, the engineers and mixers were Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Jonathan Low, and Laura Sisk. Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner also served as producers, with Dessner and Swift listed as the album’s songwriters. Folklore’s mastering engineer was Randy Merrill.
folklore came at a time that we all really needed it and now it is album of the year. i am forever proud of you and all of your accomplishments 🥺 i love you taylor @taylorswift13
— christina (@folklorebabe) March 16, 2021
In her acceptance speech, Swift thanked Folklore collaborators, her long-term partner Joe Alwyn, who she said is “the first person I play every single song that I write. I had the best time writing songs with you in quarantine.”
In addition to Alwyn, Swift thanked friends Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and their children James, Inez, and Betty, who Swift name drops in Folklore’s “Betty.” James Reynolds previously made an appearance on Swift’s album Reputation as the introductory voice in “Gorgeous.”
folklore was REALLY the album of the year. t really captured the raw emotion of isolation in this album,a feeling that not only myself but the entire world felt as well. she helped me to realize this isn’t a normal time and that it’s okay to feel sad, folklore deserves the WORLD
— alex loves taylor!! 💛💛 (@alexs_cardigan) March 14, 2021
Swift also acknowledged the role her fans had in the success of Folklore. “You guys met us in this imaginary world that we created, and we can’t tell you how honored we are forever by this,” Swift said before ending her speech by thanking the Recording Academy.
Folklore’s accomplishment brings Swift’s Grammy Award total to 11. The album is currently available for streaming on Apple Music, Spotify, and other music streaming sites.
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