Big Machine Records

You may recall that back in 2014, Red was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammys. When the winner was announced it led to this awkward moment where Taylor thought she'd won, but actually hadn't. She was so devastated that she didn't scoop the trophy that she missed all the afterparties, and then decided to make her next album "sonically cohesive" so that it would win next time around. And so, 1989 was born.