While everyone was waiting for Taylor Swift’s performance of “Reputation,” she shocked everyone by announcing that her eagerly awaited album would be out on April 19.

Taylor Swift at the 2024 Grammy Awards on Feb 4, 2024. 

And the winner of the Grammy is…

With her album Midnights, Taylor Swift won the 2024 Grammy Awards for best pop vocal album on Sunday. The “Anti-Hero” performer triumphed over Ed Sheeran’s – (Subtract), Miley Cyrus’s Endless Summer Vacation, Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts, and Kelly Clarkson’s Chemistry.

Taylor Swift wins 13th Grammy Award. 

Swift declared that this was her “13th Grammy” win, referring to it as her “lucky number,” and then revealed that her brand-new album, The Tortured Poet’s Department, would be available on April 19.

“I would want to express my gratitude to the Recording Academy members for their vote. However, I am aware that the Recording Academy’s vote is a clear representation of the ardour of the public,” Swift remarked. “So I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I’ve been keeping from you for the last two years, which is that my brand new album comes out on April 19.”

“It’s called the Tortured Poets Department,” she continued. I’m going backstage right now to upload the cover. I’m grateful. I cherish you. I’m grateful.

Swift’s tenth original studio album, Midnights, was released in October 2022. It produced many No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, including “Anti-Hero,” No. 1, and “Lavender Haze” and “Karma,” both of which peaked at No. 2.

Swift gave an explanation of the Midnights concept in a message that was published with the album’s launch in August 2022. “We lay awake weeping, tormented, and filled with love and fear. We drink and stare at walls until they finally say something. At that moment, she wrote, “We twist in our self-made cages and pray that we aren’t about to make some fateful, life-altering mistake right now.”

“Written in the dead of night, this collection of songs takes listeners on a journey through terrifying and lovely dreams. The demons we confront and the floors we tread,” Swift continued. “For all of us who have tossed and turned and decided to keep the lanterns lit and go searching — hoping that just maybe, when the clock strikes twelve…we’ll meet ourselves.”

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In Chemistry, which was released in June 2023, Clarkson reflects on a previous relationship that was happy at first but eventually went bad. After her divorce from ex-husband Brandon Blackstock was finalised in 2022, she worked on the album.

Regarding the record, the “Miss Independent” singer stated in a recent interview with PEOPLE, “I didn’t see it other than: This is my outlet.” I’m a let-go; I don’t harbour resentment. Thus, it involved a thorough investigation of my life’s events, their causes, and my future course of action.”

“I cannot express how appreciative I feel for having that kind of healthy outlet,” Clarkson continued at the time. due to the extreme difficulty of depression and the associated aspects of divorce or bereavement. It is such a blessing to have that release valve for those intense feelings since you feel so alone.”

 Goddaughter Miley Cyrus is Dolly Parton’s “little sweetheart,” and she hopes she “wins everything” at the Grammys (Exclusive)Cyrus’ eighth studio album, Endless Summer Vacation, was released in March 2023. It produced the huge hit song “Flowers,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks.During a Disney+ documentary, Cyrus outlined how the album’s tracks are arranged to symbolise the two acts of the day—morning and night—calling it her “love letter” to Los Angeles. “For me, the AM stands for the early hours of the day, when there’s a lot of activity, excitement, and the possibility of new things. A new day has begun, “said she.”There’s something sinuous and seedy about the nighttime, a kind of elegance mixed with muck. Evenings are excellent for relaxation and recuperation. Or perhaps it’s a chance to venture out and embrace your wild side. I find it really inspiring because there’s a particular intensity to the nights in LA, where you can sense difficulty rising to the surface,” she said.

Olivia Rodrigo. 

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Released in September 2023, Guts marked Rodrigo’s second album and spawned two top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: “Vampire,” which reached No. 1, and “Bad Idea Right?”

Following up her blockbuster debut Sour wasn’t an easy feat, Rodrigo told PEOPLE last year: “For the first few months of writing Guts I was dealing with a lot of noise in my head about whether it was going to be good enough or whether I could ever top what I did on Sour.”

Rodrigo continued, “I had to switch my mindset into just trying to write songs that I would like to hear on the radio and not trying to beat anything or achieve any sort of commercial success. Then it became a lot more fun, and the music became a lot better.”

Sheeran’s sixth studio album, – (Subtract), was released in May 2023. Its lead single, “Eyes Closed,” peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. He said in a press release that the record was born out of a trying time that inspired him to compose songs based on his “deepest, darkest thoughts.” The release came out two months before the record itself.”I spent ten years crafting the ideal acoustic record with Subtract, penning and recording hundreds of songs with a very clear idea of what I wanted it to sound like. Then, in the beginning of 2022, a number of things happened that altered Sheeran’s life, mental state, and eventually, perspective on art and music.He revealed how the album was inspired by his wife Cherry Seaborn’s cancer journey, his “best friend” Jamal’s unexpected passing, and Sheeran’s personal mental health issues. It’s letting me into my soul through a trapdoor. For the first time, he remarked, “I’m just putting something out that’s honest and true to where I am in my adult life; I’m not trying to craft an album people will like.”

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