Taylor Swift is one of the most popolar musical performers in the U.S. since her 2006 debut single "Tim MCGraw" charted at #6. While she is mostly associated with country music, Swift crosses genres into pop music as well much like one of her biggest musical inspirations Shania Twain. Her debut album "Taylor Swift" spent 8 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Bullboard chart, and a total of 24 weeks at the top putting her in the company of Carrie Underwood and the Dixie Chicks as the only country performers to have an album spend 20 or more weeks at the top in this century.
Swift is further the youngest performer to ever win an ACM award and a CMA performer of the Year award, and has won an Album of the Year award. On November 14, 2009, Swift had 8 songs simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with 5 of those in the top 30 making her the first female performer to ever pull that feat off. Swift has broadened out to begin acting, modeling, and has donated a significant amount of her earnings and time to philanthropic causes which are primarily aimed at improving the lives of and protecting children from abuse.
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