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Taylor Swiftmade history at the2024 Grammysas her albumMidnightswonthe most prestigious award of the night. But which of her collaborators also took home a golden gramophone?
In addition to thanking her fans for their support, she also made sure to give a shoutout to her friends and collaborators who worked on the album, includingJack Antonoffand Lana Del Rey who stood with her onstage.
The chart-topping albumfeatured an array of co-writers, including Zoë Kravitz, Aaron Dessner and herex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn, who worked on the album under thepseudonym William Bowery— his third albumreceiving a writing credit on Swift’s work.
Though Alwyn previouslytook a Grammy home forFolklore’s album of the yearwin in 2021, a recent rule change means he and other co-writers won’t receive an award forMidnights’ win.
Here’s everything to know about who does (and doesn’t) win a Grammy forMidnights.
Who wrote songs for Taylor Swift’sMidnights?
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Swift and Antonoff wrote the majority of the songs onMidnights, however, they did have a few co-writers.
After working on Swift’s albumsFolkloreandEvermore, Alwyn penned another song with his then-girlfriend for her 10th albumMidnights. Under the pseudonym William Bowery, he is credited for co-writing the love ballad “Sweet Nothing” with Swift.
Meanwhile, Zoë Kravitz, Mark Spears, Jahaan Sweet and Sam Dew helped pen “Lavender Haze” alongside Swift and Antonoff. Spears, Sweet and Keanu Torres also co-wrote “Karma” with Swift and Antonoff, while Del Rey, who was featured on “Snow on the Beach,” co-wrote the track with Swift and Antonoff.
Why don’t Joe Alwyn, Zoë Kravitz and Lana Del Rey get Grammys forMidnights’ album of the year win?
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From 2021 to 2023, theRecording Academy statedthat “all credited artists (including featured artists), songwriters of new material, producers, recording engineers, mixers, and mastering engineers” were eligible to be Grammy nominees and recipients in the album of the year category.
However, that rule was later tweaked in June 2023. In addition to stating that only “human creators” would be eligible to be submitted for consideration (to safeguard against AI contributions), they also stated that in order to earn a nomination, artists, featured artists, songwriters, producers, engineers, mixers, and mastering engineers must be credited with 20 percent of the album’s playing time.
Seeing that Alwyn, Del Rey and Kravitz only wrote one song each on the album, and therefore less than 20 percent of the album’s playing time, they won’t receive Grammys for album of the year.
Who does get a Grammy forMidnights’ album of the year win?
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Perthe Grammys official website, those credited with working on 20 percent of the album’s playing time and therefore taking home Grammys forMidnights’ album of the year include: Swift, Antonoff, Laura Sisk, Zem Audu, Bryce Bordone, Serban Ghenea, David Hart, Mikey Freedom Hart, Sean Hutchinson, Ken Lewis, Michael Riddleberger, Evan Smith and Randy Merrill.
source: people.com
