LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 04: Taylor Swift accepts the Best Pop Vocal Album award for “Midnights” onstage during the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Taylor Swift has set an all-time record at the Grammys as the performer who has the most wins in the album of the year category. “Midnights” won that coveted prize Sunday night, pushing her total to four.

Coming into the ceremony, she was tied with Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder, who each racked up three wins in the category during their hot streaks.

Swift’s run of triumphs for album of the year began with her second full-length release, “Fearless,” whih came out on top with the Grammys in 2010. At the time, she was the youngest person ever to win for album of the year. (She was subsequently superseded by an even younger Billie Eilish.) The singer-songwriter followed that up with album of the year wins for “1989” in 2016 and “Folklore” in 2021.

Only twice has Swift been nominated for album of the year and then failed to win it: with “Red” in 2014 and “Evermore” in 2022. Her total nominations in the category have added up to six. Four other original studio albums did not score a nomination for the top prize (“Taylor Swift,” “Speak Now,” “Reputation” and “Lover”).

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The album of the year category has been a sweet spot for Swift among the top four general categories. She has never won for record of the year, song of the year or best new artist, although she’s been nominated in all those categories. In fact, she set a record in November for the most career nominations for song of the year by any artist — seven — despite never previously prevailing in that category.

Earlier in the awards ceremony, Swift took home the prize for best pop vocal album for “Midnights,” and announced her next studio album, called “The Tortured Poets Department,” out April 19, in her acceptance speech.

“Okay, this is my 13th Grammy, which is my lucky number. I don’t know if I’ve ever told you that,” Swift joked at the top of her speech. “I want to say thank you to the members of the Recording Academy for voting this way, but I know that the way that the Recording Academy voted is a direct reflection of the passion of the fans. So I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I have been keeping from you for the last two years, which is that my brand-new album comes out April 19th. It’s called ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ I’m going to go and post the cover right now backstage. Thank you, I love you! Thank you!”