The fact that she'll be running an Oscar campaign for the 'Toy Story 5' song 'I Knew It, I Knew You' could affect whether she's favoring that or 'The Fate of Ophelia' in making Grammy submissions. There are two points of view you could take on Taylor Swift and her Grammys history: (a) Swift has been a Grammys hoarder. (b) Swift has gotten robbed by the Recording Academy… regularly. Which of these contradictory statements is true?
They’re not actually as oxymoronic as they appear; it just depends which categories you’re considering. On the one hand, Swift is the all-time top honoree when it comes to Album of the Year, having picked it up four times (for “Fearless,” “1989,” “Folklore” and “Midnights,” spread out over a period of 14 years). She got so much attention for that record-shattering four-peat that there may be a popular perception that she’s already won enough Grammys for one person’s lifetime.
In all, she’s picked up 14. But here’s what very few people realize, or remember: She has never won Record of the Year or Song of the Year. The biggest pop music star of the 21st century, and the one with the most No. 1 Hot 100 hits this century — 15 — has never been rewarded in either of the two all-genre Grammy categories that honor singles.
Whether you love her, can’t stand her or fall somewhere in-between, that oversight for someone who is quantifiably the modern era’s most reliable crafter of indelible songs is kind of flabbergasting to consider. Now, if things had to be that lopsided, and Swift had to pick just one of the Grammys’ top three categories in which to be such a dominative force, she’d probably say she was happy where she landed. She’s long talked about how happy she is to have helped keep the album format alive, as an artform and a commercial force, in the age of quick-hit streaming.
But we can also guess that she’s competitive enough that the shutouts for record and song have to nag at her. They’re certainly seen as sins of omission in the world of Swifties who pay lasting and unforgiving attention to perceived snubs. Is this the year for Swift to finally make up for lost time in either Record or Song, or both?
It’s fair to say she is coming into the nominating process well-armed. Of those aforementioned 15 No. 1 hits, three of them came within the eligibility period for the 2027 Grammys, which just ended — and no other artist can similarly lay a claim to three recent charttoppers. It seems like quite an advantage, having taken “The Life of Ophelia,” “Opalite” and “I Knew It, I Knew You” to the summit, all in short order, Except, of course, for the part where she has to pick just one.
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