10 years ago today Taylor Swift started her record-breaking career with the release of her self-titled debut album.
Album stats
WW sales: 6m
US: 5x Platinum
#5 BB200
#1 Top Country Albums
#3 Greatest Of All Time Country
#18 Greatest Of All Time BB200
277 weeks on BB200
Career achievements
170m+ records sold (IFPI - as of February 2015)
4 #1 albums
19 top 10 songs
276 awards won
35 weeks #1 on BB200 (4 albums)
15 weeks #1 on Hot 100 (4 singles)
All of her 5 albums sold at least 6M WW
Only artist to have 3 one-million debuting albums
1 #1 debuting single
$600 million total grossing tours
2 AOTY Grammys (10 in total)
Only artist to have two albums that spent more than a year in the top 10 of BB200
Most awarded artist at the Billboard Music awards
Fearless is the most awarded album in country music history
BMI award specifically named after her. Only given to Michael Jackson before.
Youngest AOTY recipient at the Grammys
Pinnacle Award at the CMAs. Only given to Garth Brooks before.
First and only act in history to have her first 5 studio albums spend at least 100 weeks on BB200
Biggest tour in country music history (Red)
Highest grossing tour in North America (1989) at age 25
Only female artist in history to have the first 5 albums sell at least 4 million copies in the US.
Holds the all-time record for most top ten debuts on the Hot 100, with 12.
Only female to replace herself at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with Blank Space overtaking Shake It Off.
All 14 songs of Speak Now standard-edition appeared on the Hot 100 and a lot of her album tracks charted on the Hot 100 resulting in Gold and Platinum certifications.
Female artist with the most Top 40 entries (50).
10B views on YT
From playing in front of a few people on the street in Nashville to sold out stadiums in front of 76k people.
I am not a fan of hers although she has a handful of songs I like. But I cannot disregard the fact that she has achieved a lot in a short time-frame so well done to Taylor. I hope she inspires a generation of boys/girls to become hard workers too .
