Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo are leading a splashy class of pop stalwarts and newbies nominated for this year's Grammy awards.
Hanks Johnson, 52, was charged with criminal trespassing after police responded to an emergency call on Saturday, reporting that someone was breaking into Swift's home in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan.
Beyonce had a big night, winning four prizes and thereby breaking the record for the most-ever Grammy wins by a female artist, and the most by any singer, male or female.
Megan and Queen Bey earned two awards together, for their remix of the rapper's smash hit 'Savage'.
In addition to the 20 tracks originally on the 2008 album 'Fearless', Swift said she was including six more "never before released songs from the vault," a fresh take on the album set for release on 9 April.
The album release comes a few days before Swift turns 31 on 13 December.
Fellow pop stars Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift each snagged six nominations for second place, as did rapper Roddy Ricch.
The 30-year-old singer has become one of the most bankable musicians in the world after more than a decade of chartbusting hits.
Vitoria Mario, 18, won a place to study mathematics at Britain's University of Warwick, but could not afford to support herself.
The 30-year-old singer was forced to cancel her 'Lover Fest Tour' due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Last month Swift -- who was set to headline the Glastonbury festival before it fell victim to the pandemic -- said her US and Brazil dates would be rescheduled for 2021.
New figures released by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) revealed the 18-year-old singer's hit track was bought, downloaded and streamed the most in the past year, followed swiftly behind by Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road'.
She called the release by the Big Machine Label Group 'another case of shameless greed in the time of Coronavirus. So tasteless, but very transparent.'
A number of struggling Taylor Swift fans have received $3,000 from the singer to help them through tough times caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
It was the second time the 30-year-old singer-songwriter had led recorded music sales globally. The first was in 2014 when she debuted her album '1989.'
The 30-year-old singer has admitted she used to just stop eating if she saw a photo of herself where she felt she looked too big or if someone made a cruel comment about her size.
Organisers of the festival founded by actor Robert Redford say they received a record-breaking 15,100 submissions this year.
Taylor Swift hit out at Scooter Braun as she accepted Billboard's first-ever Woman of the Decade award.
