As well as bagging a clutch of awards at a star-studded music ceremony in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday night, Taylor Swift also dropped an item of information which had the Swifties in the room screaming – the name of her new album and the date of its release.

What was the occasion?

No less an event than the 66th Grammy Awards, held annually to offer a hearty back slap to the musicians whose songs and albums have proved the most popular or most critically regarded over the previous 12 months. Swift, now 34, is no stranger to the annual beano having nabbed her first Grammy nomination in 2008, the year after the iPhone launched. That was for Best New Artist, which seems laughable now she rules Planet Pop from north to south, east to west. Her first wins came in 2010, when she took home four Grammys. Since then she hasn’t stopped.

And did she win again on Sunday?

Oh yes. Two more Grammys came her way when she picked up Best Pop Vocal Album as well as the coveted Album Of The Year award for a record-breaking........

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