The shining pop star, Taylor Swift is an enigmatic artist. She has won a lot of awards in the span of her musical career. It is bliss to look at her journey.
Taylor Swift, the globally renowned pop star is not a stranger to anyone. This outstanding singer and performer have made her debut at a very early age. In 2006 Taylor Swift did her debut as a country singer. She has done nine studio albums and re-recorded two records. This mainstream artist has gotten a lot of appreciation for her work.
This artist has been nominated for 953 awards, and from that, she has won 446 awards. Certainly, there is no comparison of her with other musicians.
This artist is one of the highest Billboard awarded artists. She has won 25 Billboard Music Awards till now.
She won her first BBMA in the year 2011 when she was still known as a country singer. Later on, she moved to make pop songs and evolved in her musical career.
Taylor is the only one who has gotten eight BBMA at one time.
In the year 2013 Taylor won five BBMAs. She won the award for Top Digital Songs Artist, Top Country Artist, Top Country Song, and for her album, she won Top Billboard 200 Album, Top Country Album.
2015 was a turning year for her. This year she won eight awards on the same stage. The winning awards of her were, Top Artist, Billboard Chart Achievement, Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Digital Songs Artist, and the song ‘Shake It Off’ got the award for Top Streaming Song (Video). Along with that the album, 1989 got Top Billboard 200 Album.
She has won Top Touring Artist in 2016.
After that in 2018, she won the awards for Top Female Artist and Top Selling Album for the album Reputation.
Hence in the last year, in 2021 she won the Top Female Artist and Top Billboard 200 Artist.
These are the awards she has won; apart from that, she has been nominated for the top social artist in 2014, top radio songs artist, and top streaming artist in 2015.
Taylor has been nominated for Grammy Awards 41 times and she has won it 11 times. She is the artist who used to hold the record of winning an award at the age of 20 until 2020 when Billie Eilish won at the age of 18. She was the youngest artist to be awarded this prestigious award.
In 2016 she became the first woman to win album of the year more than once for her own solo recordings. In 2021 she became the first woman to win album of the year three times with the album Folklore.
The song ‘Shake It Off’ won the People’s Choice Award for its unique presentation. This song was a message to all her haters that she would continue to dominate the music scene without caring about what people thought. This song was highly criticized as many thought that despite it being catchy, the lyrics were weak and the video was culturally tone-deaf. But even with its criticisms, the song stayed at number one on the charts for four weeks.
Taylor has got so many appreciations and awards in the course of her musical journey. From the very beginning, she has got a lot of admiration. In 2009 the artist did her first-ever tour. Her tour got sold-out across all the venues of North America. In that same year, she dominated the industry with her album ‘Fearless’. This album was recognized by the Academy of Country Music, and the song from it ‘You Belong With Me’ won VMA at the MTV Video Music Award.
During her VMA acceptance speech, Swift was interrupted by rapper Kanye West, who protested that the award should have gone to Beyoncé for what he called ‘one of the best videos of all time.’ Later in the program, when Beyoncé was accepting the award for video of the year, she invited Swift onstage to conclude her speech, a move that drew a standing ovation for both performers.
There has been a lot of dynamics she has overcome in her career. Later in the year 2009, she made her first feature rom-com film Valentine’s Day.
The artist debuted in the music industry with country music and then shifted to pop music over the course of her career. Her album 1989, released in 2014 has inspired the era of music. This artist has also experimented with her work. The single ‘I Knew You Were In Trouble’ from the album ‘Red’ has a touch of electronic dance music.
Taylor has inspired a lot of aspiring artists through her enigmatic journey. She has shown everyone that, what a girl from Nashville can do and how far she can go. As the artist has given various albums and singles in her career span, she will give more in the near future and bag some more awards.
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