Daily puzzle #6

The answer: 1989

Album · 2014 · Taylor Swift

This was the record where Taylor Swift stopped hedging between country and pop and made a fully synth-driven pop album, inspired by the music of the late 1980s. Almost every track was a candidate for a single, which is rare, and 'Out of the Woods' and 'Clean' reward listeners who go past the hits. The 2023 re-recording lets you compare the original with an older singer's take.

The six clues

1. A pop album released in 2014.
2. It won the Grammy for Album of the Year, its singer's second win in that category.
3. Max Martin and Shellback produced much of it, alongside Jack Antonoff and Ryan Tedder.
4. It was re-recorded and re-released in 2023 with five previously unreleased songs from the vault.
5. The album is named after the year its singer was born.
6. Taylor Swift's singles from it include 'Shake It Off', 'Blank Space' and 'Style'.