Taylor Swift's career has been nothing but ups! Welcome to MsMojo and today we’re counting down our picks for the greatest career highlights of the one and only Taylor Swift, so hold on to your cats and let’s go.
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00:00No, I think I'm going to carry them as long as they let me have them.
00:04Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the greatest career highlights
00:09of the one and only Taylor Swift.
00:11So hold on to your cats and let's go.
00:14I want to work really hard while society is still tolerating me being successful.
00:2510.
00:26Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift
00:34What better place to start than right at the beginning?
00:37Swift's debut single, Tim McGraw, was released in June 2006.
00:41She reportedly conceived the idea for the song, inspired by her love for country star
00:45Tim McGraw, while daydreaming during math class.
00:48Swift then wrote it in about 20 minutes.
00:50Oh, and did we mention she was only 15 at the time?
00:53Her self-titled debut album followed a few months later, and also included the classic
00:57hits Teardrops on My Guitar and Our Song.
01:06It lived over three years on the Billboard 200 chart, and was certified seven times platinum.
01:11All these years later, we sure are glad she was passionate about music and not trigonometry.
01:169.
01:1752nd Annual Grammy Awards
01:32Taylor Swift and the Grammys are like peanut butter and jelly or cookies and milk.
01:36Two things that just sort of go together and nobody really questions it.
01:40This loving and fruitful relationship started in 2010, when Taylor Swift won the Grammy
01:44for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for White Horse.
01:48That same night, she also won Best Country Song for White Horse and Best Country Album
01:52and Album of the Year for Fearless.
01:54This is the story we're going to be telling over and over again in 2010 that we got to
01:58win Album of the Year at the Grammys, thank you.
02:01Taylor was also one of the night's performers, singing alongside the incomparable Stevie
02:05Nicks.
02:06And 2010 was only the beginning.
02:08As of 2024, she has won 14 Grammys out of 52 nominations, and is the only artist to
02:14win Album of the Year four times.
02:16I feel this happy when I finish a song, or when I crack the code to a bridge that I love,
02:23or when I'm shotlisting a music video, or when I'm rehearsing with my dancers, or my
02:28band, or getting ready to go to Tokyo to play a show.
02:32For me, the award is the work.
02:348.
02:35Miss Americana
02:36You know, my entire moral code as a kid and now is a need to be thought of as good.
02:45There's a cost to being a celebrity at the level of Taylor Swift.
02:49So this is my front yard, and I'm highly aware of the fact that that is not normal.
02:58Your every move and every choice is heavily scrutinized and often criticized.
03:03This can lead to adverse consequences, as Taylor reveals in the riveting and personal
03:072020 documentary, Miss Americana.
03:10I just need to make a better record.
03:13Well, your reputation is a great record.
03:16No, I'm making a better record.
03:20No topic is off-limits, as we're taken on a journey covering Taylor's career over the
03:24years, her first foray into politics, and her struggles with negative press, eating
03:29disorders, and mental health.
03:31All the while, she is trying to discover who she is and what she stands for.
03:35We're not all multi-platinum recording artists, but this documentary shows us that if we all
03:39found our voices, the world would be better for it.
03:43Constantly having to reinvent, constantly finding new facets of yourself that people
03:49find to be shiny.
03:52Be new to us, be young to us, but only in a new way and only the way we want.
03:587.
03:59Taylor Swift winning six American Music Awards in one night
04:09As of 2024, Taylor Swift holds the record for the artist with the most American Music
04:14Awards wins, at a whopping 40 wins.
04:16A large part of that happened over one night, with Swift winning six awards just during
04:21the 2019 AMAs.
04:23Those notably included Favorite Pop Slash Rock Album for Lover, and Artist of the Year
04:27and Artist of the Decade for Swift herself.
04:35These awards allowed her to break the previous record of 26 wins held by the great Michael
04:40Jackson.
04:41In her acceptance speech, Swift expressed her desire to create something that lasts.
04:45Whatever the future holds, we're confident she's already done that.
04:566.
04:58Reputation Stadium Tour
05:07Not a lot of people are able to sell out one or two stadiums, much less 36 stadiums across
05:12seven countries, but Taylor Swift can.
05:15The Reputation Stadium Tour kicked off in Arizona in May 2018, in support of her 2017
05:20album of the same name.
05:31It ended six months later and included shows in Japan, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.
05:37The tour was noted for its use of the snake imagery during the performance's building
05:41on the Reputation album theme.
05:43A supporting concert film, Taylor Swift Reputation Stadium Tour, was released on Netflix after
05:48being filmed at Arlington's AT&T Stadium.
05:51The tour was highly successful, breaking attendance records, winning numerous awards, and generating
05:57nearly $350 million in revenue.
06:065.
06:09All Too Well 10-Minute Version
06:24This lengthy version of the deeply personal fan-favorite was initially developed while
06:28Taylor was on her Speak Now tour, and finally released on Red Taylor's version a decade
06:33later.
06:43It became the highlight of the album, with some critics calling it her best song yet.
06:47As of September 2024, it is the longest No. 1 song in Billboard chart history.
06:52Taylor also stepped into the role of filmmaker when she wrote and directed All Too Well the
06:56short film, starring Dylan O'Brien and Sadie Sink.
07:00The video takes us on an electrifying journey of a relationship that spectacularly implodes,
07:05and a female protagonist who has to get up and dust herself off.
07:08It won the Grammy, MTV VMA, and AMA awards for Best Music Video.
07:204.
07:24Billboard Woman of the Decade
07:34The 2010s were a monumental decade for Taylor Swift.
07:38She released five albums, had multiple tours, successfully transitioned to pop music, won
07:43so many awards, and became one of the world's biggest artists.
07:47In honor of all her accomplishments, she was named Billboard's First Woman of the
07:51Decade in 2019.
07:53In her acceptance speech, she reflected on her career while highlighting misogyny in
07:57the music industry, and other challenges faced by artists and songwriters.
08:01In the last 10 years, I have watched as women in this industry are criticized and measured
08:06up to each other and picked at for their bodies, their romantic lives, their fashion.
08:11We'll just add artist advocacy to the list of reasons we love her, along with great songs,
08:16awesome music videos, and an enviable knowledge of cat breeds.
08:233.
08:37Time Person of the Year
08:38We picked a choice, someone who represents joy, someone who's bringing light to the world,
08:43someone who's taken her own story and made it big enough for everyone.
08:47Every year for nearly a century, Time magazine has crowned one individual their Time Person,
08:52or Man or Woman of the Year.
08:54This is their choice for the person who has had the most influence on society.
08:58We debate this throughout the entire summer and fall.
09:01Picking one person who represents the 8 billion people on the planet is no easy task.
09:06In 2023, Taylor Swift became the first entertainer to receive this incredible honor, usually
09:11given to heads of state, captains of industry, political activists, and the occasional pope.
09:17Among other factors, Time cited Swift's monumental success in the music industry and her ability
09:22to transcend borders and reach a global audience.
09:25Also, it's been a really awesome year.
09:28There's been a lot to be happy about.
09:30In a world that is increasingly divided, one thing you can count on is that there are Swifties
09:36everywhere.
09:37It's too much.
09:38Thank you for the friendship bracelets.
09:42Number 2.
09:43Taylor's Versions
09:44When something says, in parentheses, Taylor's Version next to it, that means I own it, which
09:49is exciting.
09:50In 2019, Scooter Braun acquired the rights to the masters of Swift's first albums when
09:55he purchased her original label Big Machine Records, leading to a heated dispute between
09:59Braun and Swift.
10:01As a result, Swift decided to re-record those albums with the title Taylor's Version.
10:06I think that artists deserve to own their work.
10:08The albums would also include previously unreleased songs.
10:11As of September 2024, four re-recorded albums have been released.
10:16Fearless Taylor's Version and Red Taylor's Version came out in 2021, followed by the
10:20Taylor's Versions of Speak Now in 1989 and 2023.
10:24The albums defied all expectations and were a massive financial and cultural success.
10:30Taylor Swift was called 2021's greatest pop star and was praised for reclaiming ownership
10:35of her music and empowering other artists to do the same.
10:42Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
10:46Fearless World Tour, her first headlining tour, over 100 shows in the U.S. and abroad.
10:59Dr. Swift
11:00Swift was awarded an honorary doctorate of fine arts from New York University in 2022.
11:06Not the type of doctor you would want around in case of an emergency.
11:11Unless your specific emergency was that you desperately needed to hear a song with a catchy
11:17hook and an intensely cathartic bridge section.
11:20One million in one week.
11:22Speak Now sold one million units in just one week.
11:25That's been a habit that I've had in my life, where if there's something that's just so
11:30that I don't know what to say or I don't know what to think about, I just, I just go silent
11:35until I know what to say.
11:36And that's usually when I write a song about it.
11:38Top seller of the year, Fearless was 2009's best selling album.
11:42I'm so proud of this album and I'm so proud of them.
11:45I'm so proud of having people that have my back out there and, you know, come out to
11:51the shows and buy the albums.
11:53The Swifties Taylor's fans are fiercely loyal, devoted, and protective of their favorite
11:58pop princess.
11:59You just made me feel so, so powerful.
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12:25Number one, The Heiress Tour.
12:27So you and I, we're about to go on a little adventure together and that adventure is going
12:32to span 17 years of music and it's going to be one era at a time.
12:38How does that sound to you?
12:39Taylor Swift was never one to keep things small, but with some 150 shows in more than
12:44a dozen countries and five continents, The Heiress Tour made everything that came before
12:48look like picnic acapella.
13:02It was a Herculean tribute to 17 years of music that combined epic choreography with
13:06intimate acoustic performances, all to rapturous fan applause.
13:18The tour made Taylor the first billionaire to earn that status through music and boosted
13:23economies around the world as politicians jockeyed to have Taylor perform in their cities.
13:28Fans who couldn't make it or couldn't get enough got the home experience with The Heiress
13:32Tour film.
13:33While we have no doubt that Taylor is going on to bigger and better things, we are never,
13:38ever, ever getting over this tour.
13:40Which of these phenomenal career moments resonated with you the most?
13:43What other Taylor-ific moments should have made the list?
13:46Let us know in the comments below.
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