There's A Reason Why Taylor Swift Won't Get Any Grammy Noms This Year
Don’t believe anyone who tries to say that the Grammys don’t love Taylor Swift just because she wasn’t among the crop of this year’s nominees.
Yes, not everyone loved “The Life of a Showgirl,” but the reason it didn’t score any nominations, which were announced Friday, is a matter of technicality, not technique.
In order to qualify for the 68th annual Grammy Awards, the music had to be released between August 31, 2024 and August 30, 2025.
“The Life of a Showgirl,” released on October 3, simply wasn’t eligible.
That, of course, didn’t stop some spectators from getting (at least, momentarily) outraged over the perceived omission.
A reminder: Swift has been nominated for 58 Grammy Awards and won 14 over the course of her career so far.
In 2024, she made history by becoming the first artist to ever win the Grammy Award for album of the year four times thanks to her 2022 album “Midnights.”
So, cheer up, Swifties. In about a year, you’ll likely have a very gleeful Grammy morning.
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Taylor Swift received zero nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards despite releasing her album
Taylor Swift can't check off more Grammy nominations from her wish list quite yet.
After the 2026 Grammy nominations were announced Nov. 7, music fans may have wondered why the singer's latest album
Turns out, she simply wasn't eligible this go 'round.
As the rule states, projects must be released within the window of eligibility in order to qualify for a nomination for any given year's Grammy Awards. This year's period went from Aug. 31, 2024, through Aug. 30, 2025.
Taylor dropped The Life of a Showgirl on Oct. 3, 2025, more than a month after the window to qualify closed. Despite announcing the album on Aug. 13, she also chose not to release any singles ahead of the album's release, either. She also hadn't released any other music since her previous album
So, while her twelfth studio album won't have a presence at the 2026 Grammy Awards,
Instead, her "Bad Blood" collaborator Kendrick Lamar led the pack of nominees this year with nine total nominations, including Album of the Year for GNX. With that nod in particular, he made history as the first rapper in history to be nominated in that category five times as a lead artist.
Lloyd Bishop/NBCThe "Not Like Us" hitmaker's haul was followed closely by Lady Gaga with seven and Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter who notched six nods each.
Meanwhile, another way this year's nominations made Grammys history is with
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While The Life of a Showgirl won't be represented at the 2026 Grammy Awards, you can read more about Taylor's blockbuster album below...
This August 27, Earth will begin...
Is it true that the Earth will start to have 2 Moons appearing in the sky on August 27?
In recent days, many people have suddenly started sharing information about a supposedly rare and fascinating astronomical phenomenon—that on August 27, Mars will appear as large as the Moon and shine brightly in the night sky.
Not only that, but with the naked eye, Mars will supposedly look just like a second Moon.
Along with this claim came a series of highly “magical” photos.
To make the story sound even more dramatic and convincing, some even added:
However, the truth has been revealed—this is nothing more than a hoax.
Why? Because it is simply impossible.
According to experts on EarthSky, such a phenomenon has never happened and never will.
They also explained why it’s impossible. Even when Mars is at its closest to Earth (about 56 million km away), it only reaches about 1/140 the size of the Moon.
In other words, you would need 140 Mars lined up side by side to match the size of a full Moon.
When Mars is close to Earth, it does indeed appear as a bright red star in the sky.
This is an excellent time for amateur astronomers with small telescopes to observe details such as the ice caps and surface coloration of the planet.
This close approach happens about once every two years (or nearly so), when Mars, Earth, and the Sun line up, with Mars lying opposite the Sun as seen from Earth. The distance varies because Mars has a much more elliptical orbit than Earth.
The closest approach on record was on August 27, 2003, when Mars was less than 35 million miles away—about 3 light minutes.
But even then, Mars appeared only as a tiny orange-red dot, like the head of a pin, in the night sky.
So yes, Mars can come relatively close, but the idea of it appearing side by side with the Moon and shining just as brightly is completely impossible.
What would happen if Mars actually came close enough to appear as large as the Moon?
If such a day ever came, the planet’s gravity would drastically alter Earth’s orbit and trigger catastrophic tides.
And since nothing of the sort happened in 2003—no devastating tides swept across our planet—there’s no chance Mars could ever come closer and look as big as the Moon.
If you really want to see Mars as big as the Moon, that’s easy—just look at it through a powerful telescope, and you’ll find the Red Planet looking every bit as impressive as the Moon!
