The name Taylor Swift has appeared in the world music scene for 13 years and here are 13 major milestones in her career that make everyone admire.
Let’s look back at 13 important milestones that Taylor Swift has achieved throughout her 13-year career
On October 24, 2006, Taylor Swift ‘s self-titled debut studio album was released to the public. Since then, Taylor’s name has suddenly shined strongly worldwide and she has become one of the most successful artists for the next 13 years. Let’s take a look back at the first 13 famous milestones in the career of the “Shake It Off” singer!
1. The first album “Taylor Swift” – the foundation for a powerful empire
Taylor Swift’s debut album marked an impressive debut released in 2006, all songs are in the country genre and depict romantic relationships. The melody in the songs clearly shows Swift’s personal struggle as a high school girl. The album brought the female singer many awards, most notably winning the “Album of the Year” category at the ACM Awards (the most prestigious award in the country music industry).
2. First Grammy Award and youngest artist to win “Album of the Year”
It can be said that the album “Fearless” is considered the biggest breakthrough in Taylor’s career when it excellently brought home 4 Grammy awards and helped Taylor become the youngest artist to win in the category “Album of the Year”. To this day, no one has been able to break the young girl’s achievement that year.
3. The first female artist to receive the prestigious Grammy Golden Horn twice in the category “Album of the Year”
In 2016, Taylor Swift once again won the “Album of the Year” award with the blockbuster “1989”, an album that marked a dramatic step forward in Taylor’s musical style when she decided to completely switch from country music to pop. Most notably, Taylor Swift is also the first female artist in history to “hold” this important golden horn twice, previously with the album “Fearless”.
4. First and only artist to receive two “Video of the Year” trophies at the MTV Video Music Awards in a decade
At the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, the MV “You Need To Calm Down” officially surpassed a series of strong competitors such as “thank u, next” by Ariana Grande, “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X – Billy Ray Cyrus, “Sucker” by Jonas Brothers, … to win the most prestigious trophy “Video of the Year”. Thus, over the past decade, Taylor Swift is the only artist to have touched this award twice. Previously, the blockbuster “Bad Blood” also helped the owner of the hit “Shake It Off” win the “Video of the Year” category for the first time at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards.
5. The first artist to have 4 albums sell a million copies in the first week of release since 1991
Once again, singer Taylor Swift has affirmed her name and true talent to the public when she was certified by the Guinness World Records 2019 as the first and only female artist to have 4 albums selling more than a million copies in the first week of release since 1991. Accordingly, all 4 of these albums excellently debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and achieved a million copies sold in just the first week, including the album “Speak Now” (2010) with 1.047 million copies, the album “Red” (2012) with 1.208 million copies, the album “1989” (2014) with 1.287 million copies and the album “Reputation” (2017) with 1.216 million copies.
6. The first artist to win 8 Billboard Music Awards trophies twice in the same night
It can be said that Taylor Swift is always considered the darling of every award ceremony and the Billboard Music Awards is no exception. Accordingly, in both the “Red” and “1989” eras, the “Blank Space” singer took all the spotlight and won a whopping 8 nominations. Indeed, when it comes to award records, it’s hard to compare with Taylor!
7. First artist to break the record for most viewed music videos in the first 24 hours on Vevo
The colorful comeback “ME!” continues to help Taylor achieve a new “achievement” when owning three MVs: “Bad Blood”, “Look What You Made Me Do” and “ME!” all on the list of MVs with the most views in the first 24 hours of Vevo. In addition, the three “appearances” are also in the top 5. While “ME!” firmly holds the throne, “Look What You Made Me Do” (43.2 million), “Bad Blood” (20.1 million) respectively ranked behind “thank u, next” – Ariana Grande, “Hello” – Adele at the 3rd and 5th positions.
8. First female artist to have 3 albums stay on the Billboard 200 chart for at least 250 weeks
Each time Taylor returns, the entire music industry is shaken up. Instead of exploding suddenly, the albums gradually become a musical icon and are considered spiritual food for music lovers for a long time. Specifically, the 3 albums “Taylor Swift”, “Fearless” and “1989” have “stayed still” on the Billboard 200 chart for more than 250 weeks, helping Taylor become the first female artist to achieve this glorious feat.
9. Made history by becoming the first female artist to appear on the cover of the prestigious Time magazine three times
Accordingly, Taylor Swift appeared in Time magazine in 2014, 2017 and 2019. All three times were aimed at honoring the influence and inspirational spirit of the 1989-born star to everyone.
10. First female artist to play 100,000-capacity US stadium for “Lover” tour
Taylor Swift is the first female artist to “play big” by exploiting 100,000 seats at a US stadium for the “Lover” tour, this is the largest number ever for a performance stage. Not stopping there, Taylor Swift also decided to perform two consecutive nights here. Thus, the number of spectators participating could reach 200,000 people.
11. The first female artist to have a MV reach 2 billion views on the Vevo system
Speaking of YouTube, Taylor Swift always makes the audience admire her spending and creativity in her MVs. Specifically, the first MV by a female artist to set this record is “Blank Space”. For those who don’t know, “Blank Space” is the second single from Taylor Swift’s album “1989”. Notably, the MV features the handsome male supermodel Sean O’Pry.
Taylor Swift – “Blank Space”
12. First artist to receive the Music Icon award at the Teen Choice Awards
On August 11, at the 2019 Teen Choice Awards, Taylor Swift officially “inaugurated” the Teen Choice Awards’ Icon Award. Accordingly, she is the first artist to be honored with this award in the history of the Teen Choice Awards.
13. The first female artist in history to win at least two of the most important awards at the four major American award ceremonies
Specifically, Taylor won 2 “Album of the Year” awards at the Grammys, 4 “Artist of the Year” awards at the American Music Awards, 2 “Top Artist” awards at the Billboard Music Awards and 2 “Video of the Year” nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards.
