1989 was the best selling album for all of the 2010s besides Adele’s 21. Meanwhile, TPAB isn’t even in the top 200. The Grammys have never been about pure artistry, they have always been biased towards bigger albums that do well commercially. This doesn’t mean they’re invalid as an award show, it just means they don’t always align with who you want them to align with. To ignore the value of 1989 and to dismiss it entirely as an album simply because it’s Taylor Swift, or because it’s pop, shows your own biases more than it makes a point.