Swift, who turned 20 the previous December, was the youngest artist in history to win the music industry's coveted top prize and she was also the awards first ever solo female country winner, along with the Country Album of the year from the Grammy's the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music and the American Music Awards. In all, Fearless has sold more than 8.6 million copies worldwide. Fearless is also the most awarded album in the history of country music.
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Fearless is credited for cementing Swift's place as the youngest country megastar in the history of country music, for popularising country music to a younger generation in the 2000s and at the same time, establishing her as a pop crossover act. Swift's Fearless made a significant impact on country music by bringing it mainstream appeal, especially to audiences abroad in continents such as Asia and Europe where country music is rarely played.
Speak Now was a country album, though. Taylor's global reach started to extend after that.
Could have sworn everyone denied the fact that she was local back then. I am fairly sure 45S has more country in it than a large portion of Taylor's singles anyway.
It's great to see how much Taylor's pop songs have evolved with Max Martin. I mean...The Story of Us, Better Than Revenge, Mine -> Shake It Off, Blank Space, Bad Blood, 22, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.
Of course the amazing You Belong With Me pre-dates his influence.
1989 made people who fell in love with the Lord during the Fearless era but started hating on her during the RED era fall in love with her again. Don't underestimate its power.
@ both of Nicki's biggest hits this era being samples.
