20 unbelievable Grammy records, from the youngest winner to the most-awarded artists of all time

Swift has won album of the year four times: In 2010 for "Fearless," in 2016 for "1989," in 2021 for "Folklore," and most recently, in 2024 for "Midnights."

Before that night, she was in a four-way tie with Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, and Stevie Wonder with three wins each in the category. But now, she stands alone.

She also won best pop vocal album for "Midnights," her second win in that category after "1989."

Monét, whose career as a songwriter started in 2010, likened her career to a plant with roots that took years to sprout above ground.

"I just want to say to everybody who has a dream, I want you to look at this as an example," she said during her acceptance speech for best new artist in 2024. "My roots have been growing underneath the ground unseen for so long. And I feel like today I'm sprouting finally above ground."

At 34, Monét became the oldest artist to win best new artist. Before Monét, 33-year-old Sheryl Crow held the honor.

If the band Khruangbin wins the award on Sunday, its members, who are 38, 45, and 48, will be the new oldest winners.

Monét's 2-year-old daughter, Hazel, is featured on her song "Hollywood," which was nominated in 2024 for best traditional R&B performance, making Hazel the youngest nominee ever.

"She understands she's done something really cool, but I don't think she understands the magnitude," Victoria Monét told People.

They ended up losing to PJ Morton and Susan Carol's song "Good Morning," but Hazel is still the record holder for her nomination.

When Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion won for their "Savage" collaboration (more on that later), host Trevor Noah announced Beyoncé was tied with Alison Krauss for female artist with the most Grammy wins.

A few moments later, she won her 28th Grammy, best R&B performance, for "Black Parade," and became the female artist with the most Grammys of all time.

She won her first Grammy in 2001 as part of Destiny's Child. They won for best R&B performance by a group and best R&B song for "Say My Name." She was 19.

Beyoncé took the crown from Georg Solti, the longtime conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, according to the Grammys website. He won 31 Grammys over 35 years, from 74 nominations.

After taking home her first three Grammys at 2023's event, the "Cuff It" singer made history when she accepted the best dance/electronic album for "Renaissance," her 32nd win overall.

She was nominated for another 11 this year, which could bring her total to 43.

Beyoncé overtook her husband, Jay-Z, as the most nominated artist this year, with a career total of 99 nominations.

The "99 Problems" rapper has been nominated 89 times, making him the male artist with the most nominations.

A woman had never won this award in its first 11 years of existence. But Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé ended that streak when they took home the award for "Savage." 

She was nominated for record of the year for "Say My Name," "Crazy in Love," "Irreplaceable," "Halo," "Formation," "Savage," "Black Parade," Break My Soul," and "Texas Hold 'Em."

In 1981, newcomer Cross became the first person to ever win record, song, and album of the year, along with best new artist.

This feat would not be replicated until 2020, when 18-year-old Eilish swept the night, becoming the first female artist to do so.

Eilish won the Grammy for her debut album, "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?"

Perkins was 97 years old when he won the best traditional blues album award for his album "Joined at the Hip" in 2011. He died just one month later.

The former president was nominated for his 10th Grammy last year, at the age of 100, making him the oldest nominee in history. He was nominated for best audiobook, narration & storytelling recording.

Carter died in December.

The Peasall Sisters were featured artists on the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack, which won album of the year in 2002 (the second soundtrack to ever do so), and the youngest, Leah, was just 8 years old at the time.

In 2021, 9-year-old Blue Ivy Carter won her first (of what we predict will be many) Grammys, making her the second-youngest winner ever.

In 1984, around 51.67 million people watched the King of Pop take home eight trophies, including record and album of the year, Billboard reported.

That number is downright unimaginable today. Last year's ceremony was watched by 16.9 million viewers, a four-year high, per Forbes.

U2 is the group with the most wins of all time — they're also the only group or duo to win album of the year twice (1987's "The Joshua Tree" and 2005's "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb").

There were eight credited songwriters for "That's What I Like," which won song of the year in 2018.

They are Mars himself, Philip Lawrence, Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Johnathan Yip, Ray Romulus, Jeremy Reeves, and Ray McCullough II.

That's the most songwriters to win song of the year, ever.

The album was nominated for the Grammy for best música urbana album, which it won, in 2023.

One of the album's songs, "Moscow Mule," was also up for best pop solo performance, but it lost to "Easy on Me" by Adele.

Petras shared the award with Sam Smith, who has five Grammys to their name. When "Unholy" won, Smith let Petras accept the award.

She went on to thank her friend and producer Sophie, one of the first trans women to be nominated for a Grammy, who died in January 2021.

She also shouted out Madonna and her mom, who "believed me that I was a girl."

Jones was one of the most prolific producers, songwriters, composers, and musicians of all time, with a career that began over seven decades ago.

According to the Grammys, he's been nominated in 15 categories, with 28 wins from 80 nominations. Those categories are the general category (like album of the year), spoken word, arranging, music video/film, jazz, pop, rap, R&B, children's, musical theater, disco, composition, gospel/contemporary Christian music, music for visual media, and production, non-classical.

He also holds the record for the most-awarded producer (28 wins) and is tied for fourth for most wins in a single night, winning six Grammys in 1991.

Jones died in November 2024. He was 91.

McCartney's nominations came primarily from two Beatles songs, "Yesterday" and "Help!"

He was nominated for record of the year, album of the year, song of the year, best original score written for a motion picture or TV show, best performance by a vocal group, best contemporary single, best contemporary performance by a group (vocal or instrumental, best vocal performance by a male, and best contemporary vocal performance by a male.

He lost each one, a record that stands to this day.