Miss Taylor Swift. 22, erupted onto the scene in 2008. She has released 3 albums, Fearless and Speak Now. Fearless won her 4 Grammy Awards inc. the prestigious AOTY. Speak Now was the second biggest debut ever for a female artist selling 1,047,000 copies. It too, garnered 3 Grammy nominations, winning 2 for "Mean".
She is "America's(and Tweens) Sweetheart. She is the Country, mild-mannered, unlucky in love, slightly geeky idol of millions of Teens worldwide. Has she, with all the awards, accomplishments, merits, achieved more in her 3 breakout years as Britney, and the other major Pop girls?
In terms of awards: Yes
In terms of being an Icon and influencing others: No
Pretty much this. Taylor isn't even known that much outside America; she might sell a fair amount, but she definitely isn't a WW popstar (she does "country", after all).
I only know a few songs of her. But I respect her a lot.
The problem with Taylor is that she's relevant only in the US. In Spain, they only played Love Story when it got released, it was a flop and they never played her again
She is "America's(and Tweens) Sweetheart. She is the Country, mild-mannered, unlucky in love, slightly geeky idol of millions of Teens worldwide. Has she, with all the awards, accomplishments, merits, achieved more in her 3 breakout years as Britney, and the other major Pop girls?