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00:00 After retiring from performing due to her diagnosis of stiff person syndrome,
00:05 Celine Dion appeared at the Grammy Awards Sunday to present the award for
00:10 album of the year.
00:11 And the Grammy goes to...
00:13 Taylor Swift won for her concept album Midnights.
00:17 For me the award is the work. All I want to do is keep being able to do this. I love it so much.
00:24 It makes me so happy. It makes me unbelievably blown away that it makes some people happy who voted for this award too.
00:32 Swift became the only artist to win the Top Music Industry Prize four times.
00:38 She surpassed Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, and Paul Simon.
00:42 The 34-year-old artist has dominated the news recently, being featured as Time Magazine's
00:48 Person of the Year and drawing the ire of right-wing activists who fear she may endorse Joe Biden.
00:54 We were good, we were gone. Kind of dream that can't be so.
01:02 Fellow pop singer Miley Cyrus won her first two Grammy Awards,
01:06 cinching Record of the Year and Pop Solo Performance for her breakup anthem Flowers.
01:12 Not everyone in the world will get a Grammy, but everyone in this world is spectacular.
01:18 So please don't think that this is important, even though it's very important, right guys?
01:23 Other major winners include Billie Eilish for Song of the Year,
01:27 Victoria Monet for Best New Artist, and SZA for Best R&B Song.
01:32 Grammy winners are chosen by musicians, producers, engineers, and others in the Recording Academy.
01:38 The music industry group has been working to diversify its membership in recent years
01:43 by inviting more women and people of color to its ranks.