Taylor Swift continues to rack up the accolades as today we learn that the young country-pop singer has been chosen by Billboard magazine as their Woman of the Year this year. With this honor, Taylor becomes the youngest artist to achieve this award … which is pretty impressive, if you ask me. Taylor will be honored this December at the Billboard Women in Music event … click below to read the deets.
Taylor Swift, the four-time Grammy winner and biggest selling albums artist in any genre for the past 12 months, has been chosen to receive the coveted Woman of the Year Award at the 2011 Billboard Women in Music event on Dec. 2 in New York City. The 21-year-old singer-songwriter is the youngest artist to ever receive the honor, and it comes on the heels of earning several 2011 Billboard Music Awards, among them Top Country Album for the five-time platinum selling “Speak Now.” Swift has spent the past year on the Speak Now World Tour in support of her third album, which debuted last October atop the Billboard 200, selling over a million copies in its first week. All 14 tracks on the country-pop juggernaut were composed by Swift, and she made Hot 100 history by charting 11 songs off the album in a single week. The Pennsylvania native is used to breaking chart records and currently holds another Hot 100 record for most top 10 debuts, with seven. Her self-titled debut, released in 2006, holds the honor of longest-running album in Billboard 200 since 2000. She followed that up in 2008 with “Fearless,” a critically acclaimed set that established her as a skilled songwriter and a procurer of hits, including “Love Story,” “You Belong With Me” and “White Horse.” Swift’s “Fearless” is the longest-running No. 1 album by a female country artist in 200 history. Not surprisingly, the 6-times platinum “Fearless” is the most awarded album in country music history and her overall worldwide sales now exceed 20 million albums and 40 million song downloads. Again, she’s only 21. “Taylor has shown the power of good songwriting with music that has transcended genres, and we’re thrilled to recognize all of her successes over the past year by honoring her with the Billboard Woman of the Year Award,” says Bill Werde, Billboard’s Editorial Director. “At the young age of 21, Taylor has already made a major impact on music and has been an incredible role model for aspiring singers/songwriters and young women everywhere. I look forward to watching her career continue to flourish in the years to come” … Billboard’s annual Women in Music Event, now in its sixth year, celebrates the most powerful and talented women in the music business, coinciding with the publication of Billboard’s Women in Music Power Players list. This year’s event will be taking place on Friday, Dec. 2 at Capitale in New York City. Last year’s honor went to Black Eyed Peas singer, Fergie.
Taylor is damn talented and it’s nice that she is getting recognized for her talent. I’m not a big fan of her music, to be honest, but she impresses the Hell out of me. She has already achieved so much at such a young age … I see her to going nowhere but UP UP UP. Congrats on this latest accomplishment, Taylor. I can’t wait to hear what you will accomplish next.
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