With Tortured Poets Department earning a nod in the coveted category, the musician has now been nominated for all four of her most recent albums

For the first time since 2010, music-industry titans Beyoncé and Taylor Swift will compete for the Grammys’ coveted Album of the Year award for their records Cowboy Carter and The Tortured Poets Department.

Swift has won in the album of the year category four times in the past with 'Midnights,' 'Folklore,' '1989' and 'Fearless'

Also nominated is Taylor Swift, who beat Beyoncé for Album of the Year when they first faced off in 2010. As L.A. Times pop music critic Mikael Wood reports – another showdown is looming.