Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Zach Bryan is withholding his music from Grammys consideration
nme.comGrammys consideration.READ MORE: The 2024 Grammys: the biggest talking points Per Variety, the ‘Something in the Orange’ singer had declined to submit his work for consideration in any category for the 2025 Grammys, including in likely categories for the cross-over star such as rock and country.The ballot that just went out to Grammy voters, which is not available to the public but to Recording Academy members, shows that Bryan’s name does not appear when searched.Sources told the publication that Bryan decided not to submit this year because he feels “uncomfortable” with awards shows making music competitive, a somewhat unlikely choice, given his decision to bow out of next year’s Grammys comes after he won this year’s edition.His duet with Kacey Musgraves, ‘I Remember Everything’, scored him his first Grammy for best country duo/group performance award in February.
So far, he has been nominated four times, all for country – although he has previously said he doesn’t consider himself solely a country artist.In eschewing the Grammy Awards, Bryan joins the likes of Drake and The Weeknd in boycotting the process.
Drake snubbed the Recording Academy in both 2021 and 2022 and claimed: “This show doesn’t dictate shit in our world“, while The Weeknd has maintained his boycott since ‘After Hours’ and ‘Blinding Lights’ were notably absent from the 2021 nominations.The Weeknd went on to say the Grammys “remain corrupt” and that the organisation “owe me, my fans and the industry transparency”.Bryan recently came under fire for a tweet he shared about Taylor Swift, which eventually led him to delete his account.
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