Taylor Swift took home Grammy gold last night - she won Album of the Year!
"When we're 80 years old, and we're telling the same stories over and over to our grandkids, and they're so annoyed with us, this is the story we're going to be telling over and over again," Taylor said during her acceptance speech. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
Nominated for eight Grammys, Taylor took home four -- she also won Best Country Album, Best Female Vocal Country Performance, and Best Country Song ("White Horse").
Beyoncé also won big -- she set a record by being the first female performer to nab six statues in one Grammy night, including Song of the Year for "Single Ladies." B also surprised the audience by telling her husband, Jay-Z, "I love you," during her acceptance speech. The singer rarely acknowledges their marriage in public, and even Jay-Z looked shocked afterwards!
See which of your other fave artists won Grammys last night after the jump.
Photo: Courtesy of Cliff Lipson/CBS
Do you think the right performers won at the Grammys?
Fun Facts about Taylor:
-Taylor is a huge fan of the native Nashville band Kings of Leon (hmm, sounds like the perfect double date for Taylor Squared and Robsten!)
-With her hit single "Our Song," Taylor's the youngest person ever to solely write and sing a #1 country song!
-This gorgeous gal has a funny beauty secret: "I'm a frequent violator of the leaving makeup on when I fall asleep," Taylor admitted to J-14. "I'm so lazy I forget to wash it off!"
This really has been Taylor Swift's year! The country crooner was nominated for eight 2010 Grammy Awards, just behind Beyoncé's ten Grammy nods. Both singers are up for Album Of The Year (Taylor's Fearless and Beyoncé's I Am... Sasha Fierce), Record of the Year (Taylor's hit "You Belong With Me" and Beyoncé's tune "Halo"), and Song Of The Year (Taylor's single "You Belong With Me" and Beyoncé's hit "Single Ladies"). Beyoncé has won 10 Grammys over her solo careers, but Taylor hasn't won any yet!
And even more of your faves are up for awards! The Black Eyed Peas' (six total nods) and Lady Gaga (five nods) are also up against Taylor and Beyoncé in all three categories, and Kings of Leon (four nods) will compete against them for both Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year for their single "Use Somebody." Green Day, Katy Perry, Kanye West, and Paramore were also nominated for Grammy Awards. You can check out the full list here.
Find out who all the winners will be when the 2010 Grammy Awards show airs January 31 on CBS at 8 p.m. EST. Hmm... will we see another Taylor Swift/Kanye West moment at the show?
Do you think Taylor and Beyoncé deserved so many nominations? What was your fave song of the year? Who else do you think should have gotten a Grammy nomination?
One of my fave bands right now is Parachute -- my friends have been Facebooking about them for months, and I listen to "She Is Love" on repeat. Frequently. So I was psyched to check them out last night at NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom! It was Parachute's first show opening for Kelly Clarkson during her All I Ever Wanted Tour, and they rocked the house. If I wasn't obsessed with them before, hearing "She Is Love" live has made me love the band even more. I even got to hang out with the boys after the meet & greet, which is when they made the awesome video above!
The Parachute guys were tired after the big show, but all the boys were so nice and guitarist Nate McFarland was still psyched after the show. "My favorite part of tonight was being able to say, 'Are y'all ready for Kelly Clarkson?" Nate told me. "'Since You Been Gone,' 'I Do Not Hookup,' 'My Life Would Suck Without You,' 'Breakway' -- these are all anthems of my life." Plus Nate and his bandmates, lead singer Will Anderson, drummer Johnny Stubblefield, bassist Alex Hargrave, and saxophonist/keyboard player Kit French all signed an awesome prize just for a lucky J-14 reader -- but you'll have to wait and see what it is in an upcoming issue!
Then Kelly Clarkson came on and she was so good! Can you tell that's my theme for the night? I love music, so seeing someone with a truly natural, amazing voice live is a really cool thing. My jaw even dropped a few times when she hit really high notes! "I really love music," Kelly announced mid-show. "I like all kinds," and she proved it by covering Patsy Cline's "Walkin' After Midnight," The Black Keys' ", Alanis Morissette's
"That I Would Be Good," Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody," and The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army."
But that wasn't her only interaction with the audience -- she talked to her fans between almost every song, and every time she held the mic out for us to sing along with her, she had a huge grin on her face. She was so cute admitting things like how excited she was to do a duet of "Because of You" with Reba McEntire (who was in the audience!) and that she never likes to write happy songs but always winds up falling in love with them, like she did with her tune "I Want You."
She performed classics like the breathtaking "Because of You" and "Never Again" plus lots of songs off All I Ever Wanted, including "Impossible" and an acoustic take on "Already Gone." I completely rocked out to "Since U Been Gone" and loved that she closed her 20-song set with the most energetic version of "All I Ever Wanted" that I could've imagined.
This was the first time I got to see both Parachute and Kelly Clarkson live, and I certainly hope it's not the last -- both acts were amazing.
