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Swift's not having won a Grammy for song of the year is notable, because more than a few people regard her as the songwriter of her generation.
4/23/2026
Taylor Swift at the 67th GRAMMY Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena on February 2, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Christopher Polk/Billboard
If Taylor Swift still has a “bucket list” at this point, one thing that’s probably on it is to win a Grammy for song of the year.
You may be surprised that she hasn’t won it yet. She has received eight nominations in the category, which puts it in a tie with her former (and perhaps future) collaborator Jack Antonoff for the most song of the year nods by any songwriter in Grammy history. But whereas Antonoff won once (for co-writing “We Are Young,” his breakthrough smash with the indie pop trio fun.), Swift has run up an 0-8 record in the category.
Swift and Lady Gaga (who has gone 0-5 in the category) are the only songwriters with five or more song of the year nominations who have yet to win. (Gaga has won a songwriting Oscar, though, which makes up for it.)
Swift’s not having won a Grammy for song of the year (at least so far) is notable, because more than a few people regard her as the songwriter of her generation. She’s entering the Songwriters Hall of Fame at their annual Induction and Awards Gala on June 11. At 36, she’ll be the second-youngest inductee in SHOF history, behind Stevie Wonder. (Come to think of it, he never won a Grammy for song of the year, either! The Motown legend was nominated in 1974 for the masterful “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” and in 1985 for the warm, if overly sentimental, “I Just Called to Say I Love You.”)
Swift has a good chance to be nominated for song of the year later this year for one of the hits from The Life of a Showgirl – “The Fate of Ophelia,” “Opalite” or “Elizabeth Taylor.” She cowrote all three of those songs with Max Martin and Shellback, with whom she cowrote two previous song of the year nominees, “Shake It Off” and “Blank Space.” If one of these songs is nominated, it would mark the first time Swift has teamed with a given collaborator on three song of the year nominees. She also teamed with Liz Rose and Antonoff on two each.
Moreover, if one of those songs were to win, it would be the first song of the year victory for all three co-writers. Martin was also nominated for co-writing the Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way” and Katy Perry’s “Roar.” These Swift collabs represent Shellback’s only nominations in the category to date.
Here are all of Swift’s song of the year nominations to date. We’ll update this post later this year if she is nominated again, and again next February if she (finally) wins.
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“You Belong With Me” (2010)
Co-writer: Liz Rose
And the Grammy Went To: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” (Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash and Christopher Stewart)
Notes: “You Belong With Me” was also nominated for record of the year and best female pop vocal performance.
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“Shake It Off” (2015)
Co-writers: Max Martin and Shellback
And the Grammy Went To: “Stay With Me” (James Napier, William Phillips and Sam Smith)
Notes: “Shake It Off” was also nominated for record of the year and best pop solo performance.
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“Blank Space” (2016)
Co-writers: Max Martin and Shellback
And the Grammy Went To: “Thinking Out Loud” (Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge)
Notes: “Blank Space” was also nominated for record of the year and best pop solo performance.
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“Lover” (2020)
Co-writer: none
And the Grammy Went To: “Bad Guy” (Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell)
Notes: This is Swift’s only song of the year nod to date for a song she wrote all by herself. It’s also the only title song of one of her albums to receive a song of the year nod.
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“Cardigan” (2021)
Co-writer: Aaron Dessner
And the Grammy Went To: “I Can’t Breathe” (Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas)
Notes: With this, her fifth song of the year nomination, Swift became the woman with the most nominations in the history of the category. “Cardigan” was also nominated for best pop solo performance.
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“All Too Well” (10 Minute Version) (2023)
Co-writer: Liz Rose
And the Grammy Went To: “Just Like That” (Bonnie Raitt)
Notes: With this, her sixth song of the year nomination, Swift tied longtime category leaders Paul McCartney and Lionel Richie for the most nods in the category. “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)” won best music video, making Swift the first artist to win as the sole director of a video. The original version of “All Too Well” appeared on Red, which was nominated for both album of the year and best country album at the 2014 ceremony. Swift even performed the song on that year’s Grammy telecast.
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“Anti-Hero” (2024)
Co-writer: Jack Antonoff
And the Grammy Went To: “What Was I Made For?” (Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell)
Notes: With this, her seventh song of the year nomination, Swift became the songwriter with the most song of the year nods in Grammy history. “Anti-Hero” was also nominated for record of the year and best pop solo performance. Eilish and Finneas are the only songwriters to beat Swift twice in this category.
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“Fortnight” (2025)
Co-writers: Jack Antonoff, Post Malone
And the Grammy Went To: “Not Like Us” (Kendrick Lamar)
Notes: With this, her eighth song of the year nomination, Swift extended her lead as the songwriter with the most nods in Grammy history. In 2026, Antonoff landed two nominations (for co-writing Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s “Luther” and Sabrina Carpenter’s “Manchild”), which enabled him to tie Swift’s record. Swift was not nominated that year because she was in between albums. “Fortnight” was also nominated for record of the year and best music video. Once again, Swift was the sole director of the video.
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