Taylor Swift at the 2021 Grammy Awards. Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Taylor Swift has set and broken numerous records throughout her career.
Taylor Swift became the youngest artist ever to receive the album of the year Grammy award in 2010. Taylor Swift is also the highest-earning female musician of the past decade. After Swift released her single “Our Song,” she became the youngest artist in history to have written and performed a No.
1 song on the Hot Country Songs chart. Taylor Swift in 2008. Scott Gries/Getty ImagesSwift was just 17 years old when the song charted, making her the youngest artist in history to achieve the top spot on the country charts.
“Our Song” peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, becoming the third consecutive Hot 100 top-forty single from Swift’s debut album “Taylor Swift. ” In 2009, Swift became the youngest person to ever win entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards.
Taylor Swift accepts the award for Entertainer of the Year onstage during the 43rd Annual CMA Awards at the Sommet Center on November 11, 2009. Rick Diamond/Getty Images”I will never forget this moment because in this moment everything I have ever wanted has just happened to me,” she said as she accepted the award. In 2010, Swift became the youngest artist ever to receive the album of the year award with “Fearless.
“Taylor Swift accepts the album of the year award during the 2010 Grammys. Kevin Winter/Getty Images”Country music is my home,” Swift later told reporters in the Grammys press room. “Country music is my love.
But to have it organically crossover this year? It’s just been fantastic. I think the healthiest thing you can do when making music is [to] remove stereotypes from it. “When Taylor Swift took home the Grammy for album of the year for “1989” in 2016, she became the first woman to ever win the coveted award twice.
Singer Taylor Swift poses backstage with her awards at the 2016 Grammys. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson”I want to say to all the young women out there, there are going to be people along the way who are going to try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame,” Swift said in her acceptance speech, possibly addressing the controversy she had that year after Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, released a song in which he claimed he “made her famous. “”But if you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people sidetrack you, someday, when you get where you’re going you’ll look around and you’ll know it was you and the people who love you who put you there and that will be the greatest feeling in the world.
Thank you for this moment!”Swift also won the award for best music video for “Bad Blood” and best pop vocal album for “1989. “Swift has won the most American Music Awards in history. She holds a whopping 34 awards.
Taylor Swift onstage at her American Music Awards performance. JC Olivera/Getty ImagesSwift surpassed Michael Jackson, who holds 26 awards, and Whitney Houston, who holds 22. Swift was also recognized with the “Artist of the Decade” award at the 2019 AMAs and performed a medley of some of her most popular songs.
Taylor Swift holds the record for most No. 1 hits on Billboard’s US Digital Song Sales chart. Taylor Swift performing on stage.
Kevork Djansezian/GettySwift broke the record with 23 hits that included recent releases like “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” and “Love Story (Taylor’s Version),” as well as classics like “Mine” and “Bad Blood. “At the 2021 Grammy Awards, Swift became the first woman to win album of the year three times. Taylor Swift at the 2021 Grammy Awards.
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesAt the 2021 Grammy Awards, Swift was awarded the coveted album of the year award for “Folklore,” her ninth studio album that the songstress wrote and produced entirely during quarantine. The album is regarded as one of Swift’s best works and became the best-selling album of 2020.
The only other artists who have won album of the year three times are Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra, and Paul Simon. Following the release of “Red (Taylor’s Version),” Swift broke Shania Twain’s record for the most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart.
Taylor Swift performs during her “Red” tour. Christie Goodwin/TAS/Getty Images for TASSwift earned a combined 98 weeks atop the coveted chart, surpassing Shania Twain’s 97-week run on the chart. “Let’s Go Girls!!!! Proud of you @taylorswift13,” Twain tweeted in response to the news.
“Historical records are meant to be made and then broken. The baton is meant to be passed on to new generations. “Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)” is the longest song in history to go No.
1. Taylor Swift performs “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)” on Saturday Night Live. NBC/Getty ImagesThe song, which clocks in at just over 10 minutes long, beat out longtime record holder Don McLean, whose eight-minute track “American Pie” held the top position for four weeks in 1972.
Swift’s “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)” is an extended version of her original song “All Too Well,” which was released on “Red” in 2012. Taylor Swift also broke two Spotify records upon the release of “Red (Taylor’s Version). “Taylor Swift performs on the “Red” tour in 2014.
Sam Hussein/TAS / Contributor/Getty Images”Red (Taylor’s Version)” broke Spotify’s record for the most-streamed album in a day by a female artist on the day it was released, according to a previous report by Insider. Swift also broke a second Spotify record as the most-streamed female artist in a single day on the platform. Taylor Swift performs at the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony.
Kevin Kane/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of FameAccording to Insider, streams of Swift’s catalog totaled over 122. 9 million on the day that “Red (Taylor’s Version)” was released, approximately three-quarters of which came from the new album. Swift broke the record for most video of the year wins at the 2022 VMAs.
Taylor Swift accepts the video of the year award at the 2022 VMAs. MTV/Paramount Global/Getty Images”I know with every second of this moment that we wouldn’t have been able to make this short film if it weren’t for you, the fans,” she said in her acceptance speech. “Because I wouldn’t be able to re-record my albums if it weren’t for you.
You embolden me to do that. “In the same speech, Swift also announced that her newest studio album “Midnights” is set to be released on October 21, 2022. Taylor Swift is also the highest-earning female musician of the past decade.
Taylor Swift. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty ImagesForbes reported that Swift brought in a whopping $825 million between 2010 and 2019, beating out Beyoncé who earned a respectable $685 million. According to Insider, Swift owns at least $84 million in real estate across four states.
Her “Reputation” tour was a huge source of income for the star, as Forbes reported it was the highest-grossing tour in the US as of 2018, grossing $266. 1 million. Read the original article on Insider.
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