THE RUNDOWN
Taylor Swift had one of the biggest album releases of the year with The Life of a Showgirl. Still, when Grammy nominations were announced in November for the 2026 ceremony, Swift wasn’t anywhere on the list.
So was the artist’s latest album completely snubbed? Not at all—it just isn’t eligible for tonight’s ceremony. Swift released The Life of a Showgirl on Oct. 3, 2025. The eligibility period for the 2026 awards covers works released between Aug. 31, 2024 to Aug. 30, 2025. The Life of a Showgirl can still be submitted for the 2027 Grammys, though (where the period is Aug. 31, 2025 to Aug. 30, 2026).
ELLE understands Swift won’t be at the 2026 Grammys tonight. Grammys executive producer Ben Winston shut down rumors of her making a show appearance earlier this week in an interview with Hits. “The only reason people think Taylor might be performing or coming is because Hits decided to print it this week and put it in their Hits List, and it was picked up globally,” he said. “But Hits just totally made that up. And now I am getting asked about it by you, as if it’s a real thing, when it was made up in your office! That really is a full-circle rumor!”
At the 2025 show, she was a presenter, ultimately giving Beyoncé the Best Country Award. While she was nominated for The Tortured Poets Department, she did not win any awards.
For the moment, however, Swift has been enjoying a well-deserved break after releasing her Disney+ documentary series The End of an Era in December. A source recently told Entertainment Tonight, “Taylor’s happy, grounded, and fully focused on her life with Travis [Kelce, her fiancé]. Right now, she’s prioritizing everything positive and exciting happening in her life.”
In December, a source told Us Weekly, Swift “always has ideas percolating” for her music career but isn’t imminently going on tour for The Life of a Showgirl. “There have been ideas floated, but right now she is enjoying her break.”
The insider added that she and Kelce have been planning their wedding together: “Taylor thinks it’s cute [he’s involved], and it’s something they have been bonding over.”
During an early October appearance on BBC Radio 1, Swift confirmed she isn’t feeling any “itch” to tour again. “I am going to be really honest with you,” she told host Greg James. “I am so tired when I think about doing it again because I’d want to do it really well again.”
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