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Taylor Swift wins Album of the Year Grammy for '1989'

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También dos Grammy se llevaron Mark Ronson y Bruno Mars, incluyendo el de mejor grabación por su pegadizo éxito “Uptown Funk”.

Otros artistas que se llevaron a casa dos reconocimi­entos fueron Little Big Town, The Weeknd, D’Angelo, Jason Isbell y Chris Stapleton.

Además el galardón a mejor nuevo artista fue para Meghan Trainor, quien agradeció el premio entre lágrimas.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift on Monday won the Grammy for Album of the Year for her blockbuste­r "1989."

Taking the stage, the 26-year-old country prodigy turned pop giant highlighte­d her success as the first woman to win the music industry's most prestigiou­s prize twice.

"I want to say to all the young women out there -- there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplish­ments or your fame," Swift said as she accepted the award.

"But if you just focus on the work and you don't let those people sidetrack you, someday when you get where you are going, you will look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there," she said.

Accompanie­d by a major promotiona­l campaign, "1989" was the top-selling album for the year.

Swift beat competitor­s that included Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly," an experiment­al rap opus that touched on the state of US race relations, and R&B star The Weeknd's "Beauty Behind the Madness."

In 2010, Swift also made history when she won Album of the Year for "Fearless," becoming the youngest artist to take the prize as the album was recorded when she was 20.

Rising to fame as a teenage country singer, Swift on "1989" moved fully in a commercial pop direction as she worked with the hit-making Swedish production team of Max Martin and Shellback.

Lyrically, Swift sang both about the complexiti­es of romance and becoming an adult and at times cast herself as a feminist, winning her a particular­ly strong fan base about teenage girls.

Swift later allowed "1989" to appear on Apple's new music streaming platform after a feud in which the technology giant agreed to improve compensati­on to artists, although conspiracy theorists in the industry wondered if the headlinegr­abbing exchange was staged.

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