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October 23, 2010[]

Taylor Swift Grows Up in Public

Princess Superstar: In an era and town where songwriting-by-committee is standard, 20-year old Taylor Swift wrote every word and note of the year's most anticipated album. Will her blonde ambition pay off?

Issue #38 - October 27, 2012[]

Talks about the production and release of her fourth studio album Red, which was released the following months before. Particularly focuses on how she got pop producers and songwriters to work with her on what was labelled as a "country album", focusing mainly on Max Martin.

Issue #41 - December 13, 2014[]

Swift was featured as 2014's Billboard Women of the Year, for the second time, and reveals how on 1989 she struggled to keep country influences out of her full-out pop album. Along with that, due to recent criticism around the time, she talked about her "squad", and how she was friends with them.

Photoshoot[]

December 14, 2019[]

Swift was named Billboard's Woman of the Decade.

Article: Billboard Woman of the Decade Taylor Swift: ‘I Do Want My Music to Live On’ by Jason Lipshutz

Photoshoot[]

Article: Taylor Swift: Photos From the Woman of the Decade Cover Shoot Photographed by Sami Drasin on October 20, 2019.

Taylor article appearances[]

Includes select articles from one month as of writing, Swift is featured in thousands of articles.
Name Date Summary
Silk Sonic, Dr. Dre, Maluma, Taylor Swift, Cardi B, John Mayer & More of the Week’s Biggest Winners (Jan. 21) January 21, 2022 Talks about music events over the week, including how Taylor Swift became the first-ever Record Store Day Global Ambassador.
Dionne Warwick Will ‘Find’ Jake Gyllenhaal & Get Taylor Swift’s Scarf Back January 21, 2022 Discusses her tweet in which she promises to return Swift's scarf from Jake Gyllenhaal as shown in the All Too Well (The Short Film).
Taylor Swift named First Record Store Day Global Ambassador x2 articles January 20, 2022 Discusses how she became Record Store Day's first Global Ambassador, as stated in a tweet, which promotes independent record stores around the world.
Taylor Swift’s Accusers Say She Must Face ‘Shake It Off’ Trial, Even If She’s ‘Unhappy’ January 14, 2022 Swift faces legal battles over Shake It Off lyrics, and has requested to cancel the trial as they are "common phrases".
1 Out of Every 3 Albums Sold in the US in 2021 Were Vinyl LPs January 13, 2022 Indie records account for almost half of vinyl LPs across the world, while Swift is the top-selling artist taking a 2.6% global share of the market.
Swifties Can’t Get Enough of Jake Gyllenhaal’s Very *Red* Photo Shoot January 12, 2022 Swifties across social media platforms talk about Jake Gyllenhaal's recent photo shot, directed under W Magazine which is owned by Karlie Kloss, and how he matches the Red aesthetic.
Taylor Swift Breaks Shania Twain’s Country Albums Chart Record: ‘Let’s Go Girls!' January 7, 2022 Swift notches the record for the female artist with the most weeks a top Billboard's Top County Albums with 99, breaking former record-holder Shania Twain who had 97.
Ben Affleck’s Daughters Were Left Speechless When Meeting Taylor Swift: ‘Say Something’ January 5, 2022 Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garder's two daughters were apparently rendered speechless upon meeting Swift, according to an interview he did with The Kelly Clarkson Show.
Katharine McPhee Defends Husband David Foster With a Taylor Swift Lyric December 30, 2021 Katharine McPhee defends her husband after people criticized their weight, and she responded with a Taylor Swift lyric.
Don McLean Is Open to Collaborating With Taylor Swift: ‘Anything Is Possible’ December 28, 2021 Don McLean opens up the possibility up collaborating with Swift after she broke his Hot 100 record.
Taylor Swift Revisits Familiar ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ Song to Celebrate Benjamin Button’s 22nd Birthday (in Cat Years): Watch December 27, 2021 Swift posts about her cat Benjamin Button turning 22, celebrating with a caption referencing her song 22.

Last updated January 21, 2022

Notable Billboard achievements[]

  • The first artist to ever have all songs from one album debut on the Hot 100 chart, under Speak Now.
  • Folklore and Evermore would become the first and second albums to top Billboard 200 and have a song on number with the Hot 100. "Cardigan" and "Willow" are the two songs to top, respectively.
  • With Reputation, she became the first artist to have four million-selling albums in a week according to Neilsen.
  • Broke The Beatles's record of having 3 number one albums, taking 259 days.

See also[]

  • Billboard Music Awards, a yearly award show honoring the artists that dominate certain or multiple of its charts.

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