Which award did Taylor Swift’s Folklore win at the 2021 Grammy Awards?

Taylor Swift’s Folklore won Album of the Year at the 2021 Grammy Awards.

The award was presented at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, held on March 14, 2021. Folklore received five Grammy nominations at that ceremony and won the top album prize. The victory made Swift the first woman to win Album of the Year three times, following earlier wins for Fearless and 1989.

The award belongs to the album, not specifically to “august.” Folklore’s other nominated material included “cardigan,” which competed in categories such as Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance, while “exile” was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. This distinction matters because people sometimes attribute the album’s Grammy win directly to one of its individual tracks.

Swift also performed a medley of “cardigan,” “august,” and “willow” at the ceremony. That performance connected Folklore with Evermore, but the Grammy victory was for Folklore as an album. The song’s recurring August popularity came later through seasonal streaming and online activity, rather than from a separate Grammy win.