17 times Taylor Swift has broken records throughout her career
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- Taylor Swift has set and broken numerous records throughout her career.
- She was once the youngest artist ever to receive the album of the year Grammy in 2010.
- Swift made history at the 2024 Grammys as the first to win album of the year four times.
Taylor Swift made history at the 2024 Grammy Awards when she took home album of the year.
However, that's not the first time Swift has broken records — and smashed her own, for that matter.
In 2010, Swift became the youngest artist ever to receive the album of the year award with "Fearless." Now, she's surpassed the likes of Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra, and Paul Simon, to become the most-awarded album of the year winner in history.
Here's every time Taylor Swift has broken records throughout her career.
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Swift 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-40 single from Swift's debut album, "Taylor Swift."
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"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, E! News reported.
She was 19 at the time.
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"Country music is my home," 20-year-old Swift later told reporters in the Grammys press room, Billboard reported. "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."
Billie Eilish later beat Swift's record as the youngest recipient of the album of the year award. Eilish was 18 when she won the award in 2020.
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"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."
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Swift 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.
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Swift broke the record, per Guinness World Records, with 26 hits that included recent releases like "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" and "Question...?" as well as classics like "Mine" and "Bad Blood."
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At the 2021 Grammy Awards, Swift won album of the year for "Folklore," her ninth studio album, which she wrote and produced entirely during the COVID-19 lockdown. The album is regarded as one of Swift's best works and became the best-selling album of 2020, according to Rolling Stone.
The only other artists who have won album of the year three times are Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra, and Paul Simon.
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She was nominated for six awards at the 2024 Grammys, including for song of the year for "Anti-Hero." This marked Swift's seventh nomination for song of the year — the most of any artist.
She has never won the award, but was previously nominated for "You Belong With Me," "Shake It Off," "Blank Space," "Lover," "Cardigan," and "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)."
Before 2024, she shared the record with Paul McCartney and Lionel Richie, who have six nominations in the category.
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Swift 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.
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The 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.
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"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" would be released on October 21, 2022.
She broke her own record after her "Midnights" music video "Anti-Hero" took home the top prize.
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All 10 entries were from Swift's latest album "Midnights." At the top of the list the week that Swift broke the record was "Anti-Hero," the album's lead single.
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Forbes reported in 2019 that Swift brought in a whopping $825 million between 2010 and 2019, beating out Beyoncé who earned a respectable $685 million. Business Insider reported in 2020 that 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.
Forbes reported that she became a billionaire in October 2023, in part due to her Eras tour, and in February 2024, her net worth was estimated to be $1.1 billion.
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Swift previously broke the record for the most-streamed album in a single day in Spotify history upon the release of "Midnights" with 184.7 million streams.
"Red (Taylor's Version)" also previously broke Spotify's record for the most-streamed album in a day by a female artist on the day it was released, as Business Insider reported, with 122.9 million streams.
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According to a post from Spotify on X, with the release of "1989 (Taylor's Version)," Swift broke the record for the most streams in a single day in Spotify's history.
Swift has previously broken this record with the release of "Red (Taylor's Version)." According to Business Insider, streams of Swift's catalog totaled over 122.9 million on the day "Red (Taylor's Version)" was released in 2021, approximately three-quarters of which came from the new album.
Swift also previously broke the record for most streams in a single day by a female artist.
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The massive tour, which has spanned the United States and internationally, became the first tour to surpass $1 billion in revenue, according to the Guinness World Records.
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At the 2024 Grammy Awards, Swift made history when she took home the top award for her 10th studio album, "Midnights," becoming the first and only person to have won the award four times.
In her acceptance speech, Swift thanked Jack Antonoff, her longtime collaborator and "Midnights" producer, and praised her fellow nominee Lana Del Rey, who was also nominated for album of the year.
"I would love to tell you that this is the best moment of my life, but I feel this happy when I finish a song or when I crack the code to a bridge that I love or when I'm shotlisting a music video or when I'm rehearsing with my dancers or my band or getting ready to go to Tokyo to play a show," Swift told the crowd.
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