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Taylor Swift's '1989' named Billboard's album of the year

Taylor Swift's latest effort '1989' has named album of the year by Billboard.

The singer unleashed the record in October and it enjoyed a number of weeks at No.1 in the US.

In their end of the year polls, the album was deemed the top album of 2014 by Billboard.

It was the first record to sell one million copies this year in the US.

Run The Jewels' 'Run The Jewels 2' was also in contention alongside Sam Smith's debut 'In The Lonely Hour'.

Sia's 'Chandelier' meanwhile was named single of the year.

It was followed closely by Kendrick Lamar's 'i' and Hozier's hit track 'Take Me To Church'.

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