In fact, Swift won what the Grammys called the first award of the night for Best Pop Vocal Album. She later won for Best Music Video and Album of the Year -- becoming the first female artist to nab the award twice.
In her acceptance speech for Album of the Year, the 26-year-old seemed to address a lyric on Kanye West's latest album, "The Life of Pablo," in which he says he made Swift famous.
"There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your fame," the singer told the awards show audience, "but if you just focus on the work, and you don't let those people sidetrack you someday when you get where you're going, you'll look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you that put you there."
Justin Bieber also had cause to celebrate. The pop icon, Skrillex And Diplo took home a Grammy for Best Dance Recording for "Where Are Ü Now."
The man who led all the nominees with 11, Kendrick Lamar also took home a Grammy early on for Best Rap Album for "To Pimp a Butterfly," while Country sensation Chris Stapleton took home the award for Best Album.
Here is the list of the rest of the nominees and winners as they come in for the 58th annual Grammy Awards:
Best New Artist
- Courtney Barnett
- James Bay
- Sam Hunt
- Tori Kelly
- Meghan Trainor - WINNER
Record of the Year
- Really Love - D'Angelo and The Vanguard
- Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - WINNER
- Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
- Blank Space - Taylor Swift
- Can't Feel My Face - The Weeknd
Song of the Year
- Alright - Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears & Pharrell Williams(Kendrick Lamar)
- Blank Space - Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift
- Girl Crush - Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose (Little Big Town)
- See You Again - Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth & Cameron Thomaz (Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth)
- Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge - WINNER
Album of the Year
- Sound & Color - Alabama Shakes
- To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
- Traveller - Chris Stapleton
- 1989 - Taylor Swift - WINNER
- Beauty Behind the Madness - The Weeknd
Best Pop Solo Performance
- Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson
- Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding
- Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheehan - WINNER
- Blank Space - Taylor Swift
- Can't Feel My Face - The Weeknd
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
- Ship to Wreck - Florence + The Machine
- Sugar - Maroon 5
- Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - WINNER
- Bad Blood - Taylor Swift
- See you Again - Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
Best Pop Vocal Album
- Piece By Piece - Kelly Clarkson
- How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful - Florence + The Machine
- Uptown Special - Mark Ronson
- 1989 - Taylor Swift - WINNER
- Before This World - James Taylor
Best Dance Recording
- We're All We Need - Above & Beyond Featuring Zoë Johnston
- Go - The Chemical Brothers
- Never Catch Me - Flying Lotus Featuring Kendrick Lamar
- Runaway (U & I) - Galantis
- Where Are Ü Now - Skrillex And Diplo With Justin Bieber - WINNER
Best Rock Performance
- "Don't Wanna Fight" — Alabama Shakes - WINNER
- "What Kind Of Man" — Florence + The Machine
- "Something From Nothing" — Foo Fighters
- "Ex's & Oh's" — Elle King
- "Moaning Lisa Smile" — Wolf Alice
Best Alternative Music Album
- Sound & Color — Alabama Shakes - WINNER
- Vulnicura — Björk
- The Waterfall — My Morning Jacket
- Currents — Tame Impala
- Star Wars — Wilco
Best Urban Contemporary Album
- Ego Death — The Internet
- You Should Be Here — Kehlani
- Blood — Lianne La Havas
- Wildheart — Miguel
- Beauty Behind The Madness — The Weekend - WINNER
Best Rap Album
- 2014 Forest Hills Drive — J. Cole
- Compton — Dr. Dre
- If You're Reading This It's Too Late — Drake
- To Pimp A Butterfly — Kendrick Lamar - WINNER
- The Pinkprint — Nicki Minaj
Best Country Album
- Montevallo — Sam Hunt
- Pain Killer — Little Big Town
- The Blade — Ashley Monroe
- Pageant Material — Kacey Musgraves
- Traveller — Chris Stapleton - WINNER
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- My Favorite Things — Joey Alexander
- Breathless — Terence Blanchard Featuring The E-Collective
- Covered: Recorded Live At Capitol Studios — Robert Glasper & The Robert Glasper Trio
- Beautiful Life — Jimmy Greene
- Past Present — John Scofield - WINNER
Best Gospel Album
- Destined To Win (Live) — Karen Clark Sheard
- Living It — Dorinda Clark-Cole
- One Place Live — Tasha Cobbs
- Covered: Alive Is Asia (Deluxe) — Israel & Newbreed - WINNER
- Life Music: Stage Two — Jonathan McReynolds
Best Latin Pop Album
- Terral — Pablo Alborán
- Healer — Alex Cuba
- A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition) — Ricky Martin - WINNER
- Sirope — Alejandro Sanz
- Algo Sucede — Julieta Venegas
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
- Blood On Snow (Jo Nesbo) — Patti Smith
- Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, And Assorted Hijinks — Dick Cavett
- A Full Life: Reflections At Ninety — Jimmy Carter - WINNER
- Patience And Sarah (Isabel Miller) — Janis Ian & Jean Smart
- Yes Please — Amy Poehler (& Various Artists)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
- Jeff Bhaskar - WINNER
- Dave Cobb
- Diplo
- Larry Klein
- Blake Mills
Best Music Film
- Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown — James Brown
- Sonic Highways — Foo Fighters
- What Happened, Miss Simone? — Nina Simone
- The Wall — Roger Waters
- Amy — Amy Winehouse - WINNER
For the full list of winners, 83 in all, head over to Grammy.com.
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