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13 reasons why taylor swift is the music industry: a thread 
1. in 2009 taylor swift became the first country artist to win a vma when “you belong with me” won video of the year
2. in 2010, taylor swift won album of the year with her second album “fearless”. she is the second youngest artist to ever win this award. that night, she won a total of 4 awards
3. in 2010, taylor swift became the first artist to have all it’s songs of one album chart hot 100 with her third album “speak now”
4. in 2014, taylor swift became the second woman in history to have more than one album log more than 10 weeks at number 1 in billboard 200 chart
5. in 2014, taylor swift became the first female artist to replace herself at number 1 in the billboard hot 100 chart when “blank space” dethroned “shake it off”
6. in 2015, taylor swift wrote a letter to apple music because they decided not to pay artists or labels any royalties during the 3 month free trial. thanks to taylor, apple music changed their decision and started paying artist during the free trial
7. in 2016, taylor swift became the first female solo artist to win album of the year twice at the grammys with her albums “fearless” and “1989”
8. in 2017, taylor swift became the first artist to have 4 albums (“speak now”, “RED”, “1989” & “reputation”) sell more than a million copies in their first week
9. in 2018, taylor swift’s “reputation stadium tour” became the higher grossing tour in the usa with just 53 shows in total
10. in 2019, taylor swift released her 7th studio album “lover” which broke for most simultaneous entries by a female artist in the billboard hot 100 chart.
11. in 2019, taylor swift placed 8th on billboard’s “the top artists of all time chart” with just 13 years of career. by the same criteria, applying the same criteria she is also the top artist debuting in the 2000’s
12. in 2019, taylor swift surpassed michael jackson’s AMAs record winning a total of 29 awards on her career.
13. in 2019, taylor swift was named woman of the decade by billboard, and artist of the decade by the american music awards. becoming the first female artist to win this award and the first ever “woman of the decade”
in conclusion, she is the music industry
