TAYLOR Swift’s domination of the music industry shows no sign of slowing down.
The singer stands on the brink of making history as she arrived at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles tonight.
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Taylor is nominated for six gongs, including Album of the Year ,for her chart-topping collection Midnights.
This nod alone puts her within touching distance of becoming the first artist to win the prize for a fourth time.
She first won Album of the Year — seen as the event’s most celebrated award — in 2010 for second release Fearless, then again in 2016 with 1989.
The 2021 ceremony saw Folklore — her eighth collection — bag the title.
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Despite never yet being victorious in the Song of the Year category, Taylor’s nomination for her mega-hit Anti-Hero also gave her another historic marker.
She is the most nominated artist ever in the category with seven nods.
Due to her relentless work ethic, Taylor missed out on music producer Clive Davis’s annual pre-Grammys bash at the Beverly Hilton.
She was rehearsing for the upcoming leg of her Eras Tour, in Tokyo, Japan.
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However, girl-power is well and truly on the menu, with Charli XCX, Ellie Goulding and Dua Lipa all glamming up for the night.
Kylie Minogue was spinning around in excitement as she bumped into country legend Shania Twain on the red carpet.
Kylie has been on cloud nine for months after bagging her first Grammy nomination in two decades thanks to mega-hit Padam Padam.
Despite countless rumours, Taylor will not perform at the Grammys with the singer keen to keep laser-focused on her upcoming gigs.
A source said: “The bottom line is Taylor’s schedule is already superhuman.
“She has four back-to-back shows in Tokyo in the coming days and has to protect her voice and also her health.
“A performance would have been too much of a gamble.”
But Dua Lipa is due to Dance The Night away.
She is set to perform her latest hit Houdini, as well as debut upcoming single Training Season.
Proving yet again it’s still the biggest night in music, the great and the good are lined up to dish out gongs during the star-studded evening, including Hollywood star Meryl Streep and singers Christina Aguilera, Lionel Richie and Lenny Kravitz.
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JUSTIN T FUTURA MEDIUM
IT sounds like Justin Timberlake might have finally grown a pair.
Insiders told me the singer was considering directly addressing his run-ins with ex-girlfriend Britney Spears after he was accused last week of mocking her.
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It is hardly surprising he wants to try to make things right, even if it is a little late after his single Selfish limped into the charts at No33.
Britney had said she was sorry if she “offended any of the people I genuinely care about” in her autobiography The Woman In Me.
A source said: “Justin is really not happy how things have gone down.
“He wanted the music to speak for itself but that’s clearly not happening.
“His comments on stage last week have only added fuel to the fire.
The idea of a sit down chat with someone like Oprah Winfrey was floated months ago and is now back on the cards.
“He really doesn’t want to do it but the louder the backlash gets the more he feels he may have to.”
Justin came under fire after appearing to take the mickey out of Britney’s apology when he was on stage last week.
The arrogant star was about to sing when he told the audience: “I’m going to take time to apologise . . . to absolutely f***ing nobody.”
Speaking out and setting the record straight is the least Justin could do.
CHARLI’S MUSIC WILL GIVE BOOM SLAP
CHARLI XCX is hitting out at the expectations placed on female pop stars and ditching any filter in the lyrics on her new record.
I’m told the Beg For You singer has taken inspiration from bad experiences in the industry and has put her emotions out in her upcoming tunes.
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A source close to Charli said: “There are songs specifically about people who have been bitches to her.
“Some of them are about people she feels have wronged her. Others are a bit more abstract.
“She has some which are more about the anxiety she feels around certain people.
“Charli has been in the game for a decade now and isn’t scared to sing about how she really feels.”
Her fans won’t have to wait long to hear her new music, with her first single, Von Dutch, expected out this month.
Charli, who topped the charts with her most recent album Crash in 2022, counts Dua Lipa and Rita Ora as mates, so they ought to be safe in her new music.
But she has brushed shoulders with plenty of other stars over the years so some of them just might end up hearing some lyrics about them.
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WHICH rising British star is in hot water at a London gym over antics in the showers?
Two people made complaints about XXXXX XXXXX, claiming the celeb had been eyeing them up in the changing rooms after a sweaty workout.
This standout star has got away with it so far, but they ought to be more careful when it comes to their wandering eye.
Especially now they are becoming more and more recognisable thanks to a role in a major Bafta-nominated movie . . .
IT’S BABY STEPS FOR CALUM
CALUM Scott has turned to Steps legend Ian “H” Watkins for advice on becoming a dad.
The singer has been thinking about starting a family and says H, who had twin boys using a surrogate in 2016, got in touch to offer his pearls of wisdom.
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Calum said: “I’ve been speaking to quite a few people about when and how to do it. H DM’d me, which was nice.
“I want to be a young dad who has the energy to play with my kids.
“I’m 35 now and I know that’s not old but before I know it I will be 40.
“I want to make sure I am present and enjoy time with my kids. I don’t want it to be a chore.”
I understand Calum’s predicament.
I love my best friends’ three kids but I’m not sure I’m ready to take the plunge.
AVA PLAYS IT CASUAL IN CORSET
SPARE a thought for Ava Max.
The Whatever hitmaker was caught high and dry after suffering a wardrobe malfunction shortly before performing at the Calabash music festival in South Africa.
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The fashion mishap left the singer with nothing to wear on stage apart from her standard travelling attire.
Making light of the situation, Ava said: “When you have a wardrobe malfunction you wear the outfit on stage you wore to lunch.”
Luckily her PVC trousers and corset were worlds away from something the rest of us casual lot would pop out for a bite to eat in.
It’s safe to say until she outed herself fans were none the wiser.
