Swift performs, Styles wins first Grammy

NEW YORK — With the pandemic putting a halt to live performances, Taylor Swift made up for a year off the road with a threesong set at the Grammy Awards, where she could make history as the first woman to win album of the year three times.

She sang “cardigan“and “august“from her nominated-album “folklore,“as well as “willow“from “evermore.“She was joined by the collaborators who helped her make the albums, Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, who both are also nominated alongside Swift for the top prize.

Swift won album of the year with her albums “Fearless“and “1989.“Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra and Paul Simon are some of the male performers who have won album of the year three times. Several producers or engineers have also won the award three times, and the only person to win the prize four times is mastering engineer Tom Coyne, who died in 2017.

Silk Sonic, aka Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak, also performed, bringing a throwback R&B vibe to the show with their smooth new single, “Leave the

Door Open.” Dua Lipa proved her pop star status with a performance of her hits “Don’t Start Now“and “Levitating,“where she was joined by the DaBaby, who was an all-star during his own performance of his guitar-tinged rap hit “Rockstar,“flipping the song for an exceptional live rendition featuring R&B singer Anthony Hamilton, a skilled violinist and background singers.

Other performers included Bad Bunny, HAIM, Black Pumas, Billie Eilish and Harry Styles, who won best pop solo performance for the hit “Watermelon Sugar.”