Taylor Swift gives her acceptance speech live from London via satellite during the 2009 American Music Awards help on November 22 broadcast live on ABC from the NOKIA Theatre in L.A.
At the end of last year, Taylor Swift hosted GAC’s countdown of the Top 50 songs of 2008. Little did she know in January that she would dominate the year ahead of her.
But as 2009 comes to a close, it’s clear that she’s been the biggest thing in music — and not just country music, which she still calls home. Billboard has named her Artist of the Year, ahead of Kanye West, Beyonce, Coldplay and everybody else. That honor comes just weeks after she earned Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards and a month after the Country Music Association handed her Entertainer of the Year.
And that particular moment is the one that still has her floored.
“That was the most mind-blowing experience, hearing my name called and winning that award,” Taylor told Billboard. “That is an award I had placed in an unattainable spot in my head. To be the youngest to win it makes me love country music even more for being so open-minded.”
Taylor, who turns 20 on Sunday, also grabbed Album of the Year at the CMAs for Fearless. But she’s been writing songs as she moved through her tour this year, and she sounds like someone with her eyes on the next project.
“I’m well into writing my next album,” she said. “I think my biggest goal for this next record is to write in real time as I always have. I want to continue to write about things that I’m going through. My first record was my diary from my early teens. My next was my diary from 16 to 18. My biggest hope for this next record is that the feelings I’m feeling right now will be accurately portrayed.”
As she works on the next one, the last one continues to pay dividends. Taylor’s an eight-time nominee for the Grammy Awards, slated to be presented Jan. 31. Fearless is up for the all-genre Album of the Year honor, a category that also boasts Beyonce, the Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and the Dave Matthews Band.
And she’s likely to appear somewhere among GAC’s 50 Top Videos Of 2009. Martina McBride hosts this year’s edition, beginning Dec. 28 at 8 p.m. ET.
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taylor swift is gorgeous and the greatest country singer of all time and her vocals and voice and songwriting is amazing thee end taylor swift is preety hott too
It seems with the negative and hate fueled comments on this blog that many people have forgotten what country music it truly about; coutry music is about telling a story through a song, using lyrics to reveal an artist’s true feelings and journies in life, and hopefully relating to others listening and making a positive difference. Taylor Swift is a revoultionary artist because she does put herself into her lyrics, intertwining her lows and highs, her dreams and feats; her music comes from her heart and she reaches and speaks to a broad spectrum of people, and most relating and appreciating her. She is different because she is just Taylor and that’s all she knows how to be and that’s all she should be, therefore influencing others and showing them that who they are is good enough to be. She may not have a country accent or that twang that many have, but she exudes country music because she is what it should and is supposed to be; she writes stories through lyrics, opens up her life to all listeners, and captures her audience through song. Taylor Swift is a beautiful, wonderful and insightful young woman with passion for music and I wish her the best in everything she does.
Many of you are awfully malicious in these comments. It really is very unnecessary and pretty inapropriate given the setting. Everybody lighten up! We're not discussing politics here! Haha and for those people who "adore" Taylor, ask yourselves: Why? Dont blindly proclaim your love for an artist without facts to back it up.
I certainly understand the comments about Taylor's sub-par vocals, because honestly she can get a bit pitchy and her voice isnt like "angelic" or anything. Also, I agree that Taylor owes her success in part to the gullible "tweens" she appeals to. On the other hand, Taylor is young and her voice is not completely developed. She has potential and she has many years to improve her vocals. Additionally, Taylor is an amazing song writer who posesses the rather unique ability to relate to the public on all levels. I love Taylor not because she is the latest sensation or because she is plastered everywhere, but because I respect her as both a musician and a person. Of course I dont know Taylor personally, but from what I've seen, Taylor is just about as genuine as they get. Plus today, not many musicians can boast the feat of writing every single song that hit the charts.
Hi! Taylor you're amazing supergirl congradulation winning GAC award.
i have a question.. why is it that if alot of so called " teeny boppers" like a person that all of a sudden thats the only reason she is famous and all of a sudden that person isnt that good.. Elvis became famous because of "teeny boppers" ok? and he is remembered as a great musician! i really like taylor swift and yah i am a "teeny bopper"!!!! Taylor swift is a great musician and a great role model and she is winning alot of awards because alot of people think that too!! h
i like taylor swift!! i can play almost all of her songs on the guitar and she is probably my celebrity role model.. just because yall dont like her, yall dont have to say that……. havent yall ever heard the expression "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all"? i really think that applys here!! so just because she might not have the best voice, but it is one of the best in my book, that doesnt mean that its ok for you to say that.
if you dont like her then why are you even reading things about her or listening to her music?! i mean… i think some of yall are just mad your favorite singer didnt win.. you know what? that happens!!
HAVE A GOOD DAY
-taylor fan16
Hopefully the best is yet to come for Taylor!!!!!!!!!!
tayler swift is the antichrist. i could careless about that “clean” pop garbage. i prefer real country music that talks about being country. her music really sux. i just can’t relate to her songs, im sorry, i perfer real home grown country.
so then whats country to you
Wow, there is alot of angry people of this board. I believe Taylor CAN sing, but I don't really feel she should be in the country genre. I see her music more as Pop Music. She should really consider switching over to that genre. One thing I do have to say in her favor, she is a positive role model to young girls all over because you don't hear of Taylor running wild like alot of these young singers today. Young girls today can learn from Taylor's example, that if you work hard at what you love, then you can accomplish something positive in your life.
I wish Taylor much luck in her future. If poeple that don't like her music or her, just don't listen to her music. It's as simple as that. None of us are here to judge her, so please stop the negativity. She is a sweet, kind and generous person.
Taylor Rocks!! Even if you dont like her voice you have to respect the fact that she writes ALLL of her own songs. Honestly how many artists can you name that write all of their own songs. My husband cant stand country music but he likes Taylor Swift because she isnt out there selling someone elses song. He appreciates that she is her own person with her own songs. i feel the same way she hasnt used someone elses songwriting talent to get to the top she has used her own and guess people of all ages love her. I seen her concert and it wasnt just teens there. there were little kids, teens, adults and senior citizens out supporting her so for you people who say its only tweens who love her your wrong. I think a lot of the reason people of all ages love her is because she isnt writing about one night stands or being a drunk. All her songs are good clean songs that you dont mind if your kids listen to them because you arent worried about them beign influenced by bad behavior. Country music is lucky to have a girl like her
I Totally Agree With You!!!!!!!!!!!!! Iam a little older too!!!!!!!!! and iam a huge huge huge fan of Taylor Swift!!!!!!!!!!! ive also seen her in concert 2 times!!!!!!!!!! my husband even likes her. i admire her because she has her head on stright!!!!!! she writes her own music. she got here all on her own!!!!!!!! she didnt need some show to get her noticed. shes got a beauitful spirit!!!!!!!!! to me Taylor is avery beauitful young lady!!!!!!!!! Taylor is going to be here for a very very long time!!!!!!!!!! love love love you Taylor!!!!!!!!!!!
Taylor sucks!!!!!!!! I hope that people start realizing that she can't really sing!!!!!
your just jealous cuz she has a beautiful voice and can sing much better then you can she is very talented
she is awsome!! she has many talents and if she cant sing and you dont like her, why are you even on this chat thing??
we love taylor! buy her album fearless.
Country radio is going to play the music that people want to listen to its that simple. And they are going to play the current singles from all artists because that is what they are suppose to do. They're not suppose to play all music from 20 and 30 years ago, they are suppose to promote current artists and their music. Did you know radio stations have playlists preset so that you don't have to wait to long to hear the kinfd of music that you want to hear?? Don't believe me, its the truth. Why can't you just give her a break i mean you aren't doing anything but hurting other peoples feelings her fans, country music fans, and her. I do agree that CMT and GAC need to stop only reporting on her news but then again its kinda hard with all of the awards and accolades she is getting. Why can't you just like all country artists thats what i do. I find something about every single artist that i like old and new. Stop being so close minded.
Ok, once again here we are on the topic of Taylor Swift. I have been only listening to country music since 2006. The thing I see and maybe you or anyone can claify this for me but she is young and WRITES her own music. Yea she may not have the best voice Live and all. Let me repeat that LIVE….recording on cd and LIVE are 2 different things. Ya see where I am comming from on that point people. especailly the ones that critique her voice. there is your dee dee dee award on that one ya retards. Next point is people say,"she will fade away"…..dream on people. With her music she is not GOING anywhere. ya think she is but she isn't. She is just gettin started. She is turning 20 today and she already said she has plenty of new songs for her 3rd cd. Release and title not yet released. So for the ones who are bitter about her wins and her accompishments, GET OVER IT and just go on with your life and get ONE too. Congrats Taylor with your 2009 success and we will wait for what ya have planned for 2010. God Speed and God Bless……
"if you dont like the songs why go to the concerts?. "I didn't go to see her voluntarily. She was the opening act. I tried to keep an open mind. She made it impossible. "Im a yr old radio d.j playing what the public want " You write like you're a year old. Does mommy know you're posting on this website? Isn't it past your bedtime? Doesn't Disney have a website you can post on? The Taylor debate will go on and on. I have no problem with her making the kind of music she wants. What I do have a problem with is the disturbing trend of money over talent. I have a problem with the money buying her all the industry awards and taking them away from people that have actually paid their dues in the music business. People with more talent in their little fingers than she has in her entire body. What brought me to the country music genre was the sheer talent of the artists who represented it. Amazing vocals, insane musicianship and incredible writing. GAC and the other channel have become the Taylor Swift channels. Their time and effort would be more prudently spent by supporting the artists who truly support country music. WHAT A CONCEPT!
What money?? Someone people come on here and just invent the stupidest stories. You people are claiming that Taylor is winning all her awards because she is paying people off. That is the STUPIDEST thing i have ever read!!! Please tell me other people see this.
I think people are claiming that it isn't talent that has her winning all her awards . . . it's that she has made a lot of money for her record label . . . she does have a talent for writing songs about her life, and she makes good videos . . . she has imagination, but she really doesn't have the vocals of Martina, Faith or Reba. And I really don't think you can will yourself to have vocals like them, that's where I think people are mad about. Not that they are jealous that she is winning, but that these women really have vocal talent and they are not winning what should be a vocal award!
But all those women have won. They've had their time, and because they are so good, they are all likely to win these awards again. But right now it's Taylor's time. And I'm sure she'll go through a down phase and come back again in a few years, too.
i agree to that completely she has talent and they need to get used to that fact.. if they cant stand it they can get over it!!
i meant i agree to janes and sassy!!!!!!! whoopsies i messed up!!!!
Um, in case you didn't know, Taylor was one of the first artists signed to her label and never expected to win anything coming from such a small label. I'm sure there are more talented people who are struggling out there that more people should take a chance on, but, for now, the chance they took on Taylor is working, and don't forget how many new listeners she has brought to country music.
But will they stay when she has her down time? I don't think so. I think a lot of them will go back to the pop/rock music that she is really singing.
Jelous bitter people, lots of you,if you dont like her songs … dont listen, if you dont like the songs why go to the concerts?.
Let the world of music judge her if she sells more albums and more people go to her concerts whose wrong .. them or you.
Im a yr old radio d.j playing what the public want and Taylors Tops whichever way you look at it, so move on enjoy the ride or change the channel because your winnings more irr4atating than any Taylor Swift song bring on
Kickin Country 106.5fm
Do you ask the age of the person requesting the song on the radio? I would bet that the people requesting songs by Taylor are under 25!
If true, why does that matter??
Because the radio stations play songs that are requested . . . and teenagers call all the stations requesting her songs a lot. And singers like Martina, Brad, Keith, etc. don't get "requested" as much and of course Taylor does and everyone thinks that she is the most popular singer. Yes she has sold a lot of cds, sold her concerts out, but the medium age is not the same as you would see at say Brad, or Martina or George Stait concert. And they sing!
It's my opinion that all the awards and accolades coming Taylor's way this year is no indication of talent. It's an indication that she's a phenomenon. She's struck a cord with the teeny boppers. She won't be the first or last. I can give you a long list of "pop" stars that went before her and most of them are long, long gone. Notice I said "pop" stars. I don't believe Taylor has any ties to country music and she'll flow wherever she makes the most money. That may sound cynical, but that's the nature of the business.
BTW…I saw Taylor in concert. I wanted to enjoy it, honestly I did. I went with an open mind. But it was sheer torture. She's aware that her vocal abilities are sorely lacking which is why, I believe, her shows are so theatrical. She's praying no one will notice. But of course…most children don't care if someone can actually sing.
Taylor uses the country genre as a tool – a stepping stone. I predict that in another 3 years…she'll have bid country music adios.
The funny thing is that Taylors fans are not only "teeny boppers". This is just a label put on her because you jealous bitter people have no other way to explain her rise to the top
I SURE HOPE SO ! Taylor Swift has made a MOCKERY of Country Music. She is
IN NO WAY A COUNTRY SINGER ! Why not put her in another category, She can NOT sing, so put her in the class with the RAPPERS or HARD CORE METAL. She is a young kid that all the teens are crazy about, but she does not
deserve to be respected and have the honor of being in the same category of a
well deserving COUNTRY ARTIST WHO HAVE PAID THEIR DUES.
I SURE HOPE SHE HAS TO BID ADIOS TO COUNTRY MUSIC SOON!!!!!!!! I CAN'T STAND TO SEE HER,HEAR HER AND I DON'T…!!
Wow. You might need to go to some anger management classes or something. Are you a failed singer? Because you sound really bitter. If you don't like Taylor, don't listen, but also don't post here. Let the people who understand that it is an undeniable fact that she was pretty much on top of this year discuss that.
ALSO, YOU'RE YELLING, AND THAT MAKES YOU'RE POINT SEEM LESS VALID.
And a lot of those deserving artists who have paid their dues actually like Taylor. Such as Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Tim and Faith, and even George Straight, all of whom have taken her on tour because they saw her talent and how hard she works.
haha thats funny and i REALLY dont think that "teeny boppers" are the only ones that like her!! she is a good role model and alot of people respect her!!
TS sux! id rather listen to a dog howl than to her scratchy voice. she will fade soon.
Musical taste is a subjective thing. There's a country singer who is at #1 and she has a lovely voice but I can't stand 90% of the songs she does especially her current single. Taylor's voice is not as pretty but I like listening to her songs. I can remember feeling the same way as a teenager, I can relate to them and it's obvious she has tremendous talent to play guitar, piano and write her own songs. My teen likes her music. And I'm thankful there's a singer that has earned the right to have my lovely daughter as a fan!!!
What I can't figure out is why the animosity about her doing so well? And receiving so many awards? My fav singer is Vince Gill and he put our a 4 cd set with 43 brand new songs, did it win CMA for album of the year when it was nominated? No an album that outsold it did! He has the best voice of all the male country singers; when was the last year he won male vocalist?
That's the way the game is played boys and girls. Taylor Swift is very popular right now and you might want to get used to it and cheer up. Country music is big enough for them all; my Hall of Famer Vince and Taylor and others that I may or may not like.
I hope she knows what she is doing with a 17 year old! I have seen pictures of her and Taylor Lautner, yes I know they can be fixed, but she had better watch out or all of the parents that think she is so wonderful are worrying about her choice in boys/men!
Really? Is it worse to see her out with Taylor Lautner who will be 18 soon being accompanied by her mom than it was ot see a 16-yr-old Miley Cyrus out alone with a 21-yr-old Justin Gaston?
And why would parents worry? Taylor wears appropriate clothes that actually cover her body, respects people, and is bound to write a song detailing her relationship with him anyway.
ts keeps things moving when she sings so you are watching what is going on and not really listening to her sing, cuz her voice is not good.
Taylor Rules!!!!!
~her twin wannabe~
I think Taylor HAS talent and sings beautifully. Why are you all so NEGATIVE? She truly owns 2009 and I am so excited and happy for her. Tomorrow she becomes a true adult in the sense that she will be 20 years old. What were you doing when you were 20? Certainly not entertaining millions with your song and concerts. She is the 2009 Superstar, and deserves that title.
In reply to Sharon.. YOU MUST BE HER AUNTIE OR MOMMY. No one else would dare say she has a beautiful voice and deserves all of her awards !!
She is a kid living in a GROWN UP WANNABE MUSIC WORLD!! SHE IS AWFUL!
actually Joanne, i agree with sharon!
im not even gonna bother watching award shows anymore. they dont give real country music the credit it deserves. it’s all about money.
I will tell you who says she can not sing.The public who buy CDs. She even says she not a country singer,she is right if you notice most of her fans are young people.
This makes no sense. She repeatedly says she is a country singer, the public who buys millions of her CDs seem to agree she can sing just fine. And as her fans are growing with her, they are unlikely to change their minds anytime soon.
but it’s ashame that radio stations all show favoritism but they refuse to play to play traditional country music because its to country.
Hey, I don't understand why people here are too mean about Taylor and why people here keep saying that she can't sing. How do you measure being able to sing or not? What do you all even know about music or vocal or whatever? Uh oh, don't get me started from vocal!!
Hey, maybe Carrie Underwood or LeAnn Rimes or Shania Twain (whom i really respect) or many other singers out there can sing with strong vocal. But, a strong vocal is just A GOD'S BLESS. Everyone (including you and me) get different kinds of God's blessing.
Maybe, Taylor's vocal is not as strong as artists mentioned above but it doesn't mean she can't sing. She sill can sing and gets other God-blessing-talents (like song-writing skill and can play some musical instruments which many artists out there lack). Who tells only singers with a strong vocal can sing? Don't even brag if you have a vocal talent because it is purely a natural present.
There is one thing i want you all to know that Taylor's music genre is COUNTRY-POP (sometimes a bit more pop) which is a branch of country music. You all act like you are smart at country music (no offense, i don't know much about country) but you don't know everything about country or you can't say that country-pop is not related to country. Think how Shania Twain can successfully blend country music with pop and rock before. I think what Taylor is trying to do is just like Shania.
She makes people around the world love country music more than before (i am one of them). Her music is much different from any other artists of her age and is beyond her age, i mean, her music is more mature than her age. Taylor Swift deserves all the honors she got this year because she is talented and really did hard-working. A highly selling albums and many records she made this year just prove how talented of her. You can't deny it. The reason why i write this long comment is that i want all the music haters and posers who act like they know everything to shut up!!!!
Thank you for this!
The first time I ever heard Shania Twain, Faith Hill and LeAnn Rimes was on POP radio, long before I came to fully love and accept country music. I don't think anyone can deny how those women have benefitted country as a whole, and Taylor is doing the same thing now, just with slightly more immediate results.
Everyone who says she cant sing click on this link and then tell me your opinion. Its pretty obvious the girl can sing, after all she was discovered by scott borchetta because he heard her sing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkguvW8a3qk
Wow, that was incredible!!!!! She is the most beautiful woman on the planet!! The performance was amazing as well!!
I think i just fell in love with Taylor Swift.
tayler thinks country music is a joke but she's really a joke to the entire music industry.
if U think she sings Bad U R DUUUUUMMM !!!!!!!!!!! lets see U sing that good and the other millon things shes done by the time your 19yrs. GO TAYLOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love everything about Taylor. She has earned all she got and more. Live with it people,she is going to be around for a long time. If she makes or puts her name on it, I will buy it. GO TAYLOR. She rules all music period.
Taylor is the 2009 artist of the year because she is all about money.Taylor is making millions for radio,myspace,mtv,cmt and other industry that has to do with music.It is very obvious her singing talent is not what has gotten her all these awards and recogntion.Taylor can not sing on key and can not sing live.It is really sad that someone can be awarded so much and can not sing live or on key.Say what you what but she is all about money and we all know the pop crowd and the tweens are the ones that has made Taylor a money machine.Talent has nothing to do with it.
I agree with you. When I read these posts I think, "Why is she winning all these awards when there is so much negative written." But then I remember, it's all the people who buy her cds and the press for thinking she is the "it" girl of 2009. I just hope that in the next year, we get back to giving awards to those who deserve it and not those who made the most money for them. I guess they have to give the awards to her because God forbid she leave country music and go pop!
How can you people say she has no talent?
She can play multiple instruments, she can sing beautifully and she writes her own songs!!!
I dont care what anyone says, me and the music industry agrees, she has worked her butt off her whole life and now she is reaping the rewards!!!
Everyone who is mad at Taylor is just jealous that their favourite artist didnt win the award that taylor and him/her were nominated for!
sorry her whole life she is only nineteen.lol
Which is even more impressive, considering she writes all her own songs, produces her own albums, designed her whole tour, and goes out of her way to treat her fans well. Which is more than you can say about many older artists.
she writes her own songs, she plays the guitar and piano, she sings beautifully, and she is an awsome role model yet you think she doesnt need those awards??? thats is really sad.. who exactly do you think deserves them then?
i recommend all true country fans go and buy eric church's latest cd "carolina" there's a song on there called a lot of boot left to fill. it is so true. it's ashame that tayler is the one getting credit that she doesnt deserve and the true country singers get overlooked. has anyone ever seen that george jones video "who's gonna fill their shoes"? it's a beautiful song and video. believe it or not there's plenty that can fill the legends shoes but the music industry, country radio, and cmas wont never let that happen, because it's all about money and not talent.
taylor swift has no talent, she only wins awards because she is a money machine, later someone better will come along and she will be forgotton.
this is so true
Not true at all
Being that I've been in the country radio industry for almost thirty years, reading negative comments about Taylor Swift just makes me laugh at the ignorance and closed mindedness that some people have when it comes to music. Patsy Cline was different in her time, Tanya Tucker was a child of 13 in her day and changed the way women were perceived in country music. Reba set things on fire in the late 80's and 90's and now Taylor is bringing her own style of country music to the table. Change is inevitable…for everything. Sam was right…Taylor is bringing a whole new younger audience to the format and we thank her. Just like we thank George Strait and Jamey Johnson for keeping country. If we were all the same, this would be a boring place to live. God Bless ya Brother.
Finally someone with a voice of reason!!! Times are changing, everyone should except that.
Thank you for being intelligent about it!
Congratulations Taylor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dont ever change, you have millions of fans who love you!!!!!
I cant believe so many of you on here have turned your back on Taylor. Dont even try to tell me you cant remember the days when "Our song" came on the radio while you were driving, and you cranked it up and sang every single word obnoxiously loud!!!! Because i sure can!!
Everytime i hear one of her songs come on the radio, i cant help but to turn it up and start blurting out the words! Its just something about her music…in my opinion if an artist can make you do that, then they deserve to be artist of the year!
Another thing, i dont get why everyone is starting to hate her just because she is winning awards? Do u people not realize that its not up to her if she wins or not?
tayler swif sux! if you dont like the negative comments dont reed them moron! yall will see more postive comments when school lets out! i perfer real country and real country singers that are true to themselves.
Wow, how exactly is Taylor not true to herself??? She is more true to herself then any other artist in fact!
How many artists do you know that write about what they have experienced in life and turn them all into smash singles? She is essentially turning her diary into music.
She is the exact definition of artists "being true to themselves".
once again countryfan, you are wrong, and made yourself look stupid on the internet!
why would you give some stupid guy credit for breaking your heart. plus what is she going to do keep singing about highschool, because that's getting real old real fast.
Because she recorded both her albums while still in high school. She keeps all her songs relevant ot her life when she sings them. I'm her age, so I get where she is coming from, even though I'm in college now. I can almost guarantee you that her next album will be even more mature because she is writing the songs now at a more growm up age, which is great because her fans are growing up with her, too.
You know I think Taylor Swift has talent as a song writer, however IMO she cant sing ans she will fade out soon but I believe she still wil be around in writing
Well, it's rather obvious that their seems to be millions of fans along with the music industry itself don't agree with some of the negative losers posting comments. This kid is showing the music industry how to make money again. If you don't like her then don't listen, there are all sorts of retro country radio stations out there not playing her music. And your pretty much only going to hear her on the top 40 ones now. This kid has sold over 10 million fiscal albums, nobody in the industry is doing that.
That is part of the problem with her. She is all about herself and the money..not about the music. I think you need to check your statics again…there are a lot of other artists that have sold 10 million albums or more. She is definitely not the only one that has ever done that.
Again, you might not like her the best, but at least be grateful for all the positive attention country has been receiving as a result of Taylor's presence. I think it's awesome how she beat out all those other hugely mainstream stars got beat by a 19 year old with a diary and a guitar.
You can't guarantee anyone's success, but for now Taylor has it, she is enjoying it, she isn't being some Hollywood trash story, and she appreciates her fans. No one could have predicted the year she has had.
sorry but this girl will fade
she deff will, cant sing for shit
Oh no, she can't? Well that's too bad. How on earth are we going to tell her millions of fans across the world that Taylor can't sing? How did we not notice this a few months ago, before she started winning the awards that the country community deemed her worthy of?
I really wish you had told us this sooner. It might have spared us some hit songs and an increase in interest in country music.
sorry she is just like miley and all the rest of them. kids like them for a few months and then they fade, becuase kids change their mind so much.
Taylor is hardly like Miley. Go watch their performance of "Fifteen" together at the last Grammys, and you will see the difference between the two.
Taylor has made consistent music, while Miley is really only a scandal away from being the next washed up Disney product. Taylor's fans at least get to see some growth of character as her songs are directly related to her life when she writes/sings them.
And guess what, I'm Taylor's age, and I've loved the same singers since I was a little kid. There's actually quite a lot of us "kids" who like consistency.
So get off your high horse, grandma.
What's a "stage present"? Moron…
she's not really a country singer, she is a fake wannabe.
Your right shes not a country singer…Shes a multi-platform superstar!!!!!!!!!
How much more proof do u need? Everytime we meet on the internet, we argue about another award Taylor has won!!!!!!!!
Get the message through your head.
'Yall have no idea, do you?
alright –lighten up! I think she is great. Definitely not the best singer–but hell, she can sing better than I can. She does have talent– writing her songs, manages and designs all the stage settings and performances. At 19 that is incredible. Her singing I think may fade but she will continue to write songs for a long time and I believe she will be involved in promotion and production of other artists and maybe a little acting. Also, I think she is HOT. Yeah, I'm in my 50's and wonder where in the hell were girls like that when I was at that age.
she looks like a rat, and sounds like one too lol
Hey heather, millions of people consider Taylor to be one of the most beautiful women in the world (myself included).
Why dont u submit a picture of yourself before you go and bash someone else's looks.
Really? You've dumbed yourself down to judging someone based on their looks?
You know, her voice does sound kind of thin, not quite nasally, but she's still working on it. And I can think of plenty of famous country singers whose voices aren't very traditional. As far as I'm concerned, Dolly and Reba (whom I love) have similarly pitched voices and no one seems to be on their case anymore, and they in fact praise Taylor.
tayler swift sux! this is so pitiful, it's like no one else matters. country music has lost a lot of fans because of this. until tayler learns how to sing, i will be listening to real country music.
On the contrary, Country music has actually gained more fans bc of taylor Swift. She has introduced many young people into the genre.
Cool… go ahead. no one's stopping you. but you don't have to share it with the world. there's modern country and there's traditional country. they're different, yet somewhat the same. get over it.
Whateves!
I love Taylor Swift
NOT MOMMY AND DADDY,Thank her manager.She cant sing,no stage presents
has none nothing for her fans.CMT,CMA THIS IS SICK!!!!!!! Hope you guys can get
your act together.You are loseing fans everyday with Swift.LETS HOPE NEXT YEAR
SHE JUST FADS AWAY.PLEASE
its stage presence, and yes she does so maybe you should just keep quiet
she sux and needs to stop singing
Or you can just get it through your thick head that "hey maybe there is a reason why she is dominating every single award show…"
The reason is that she is extremely talented!!!
Please just shut up.
Give her a break. Her songs are about real life/real feelings and can be listened to by people of all ages. You don;t have to worry about young children hearing and repeating the lyrics. Of course her parents should be thanked, but she wrote most of the songs herself. Parents are always partly responsible for their children's success, but Taylor has talent. Let her enjoy it.
Actually alot of her hit songs were co-writes.
here we go again
my god she sings songs about puppy dog love and being 15, shes 20 and needs to grow the hell up
actaully she wrote the songs on her last two albums when she was 12-17 and one when she was 18.
I think I’m gonna puke!!!! Just goes to show u, money can get u anything…. They should be thanking her mom and dad!!!
shame on you! let her enjoy her success. She has given up alot to do what she loves. She has talent, she writes her own songs. Her parents supported her, but Taylor's drive is what got her to the spot light!
she needs to go to college and get a job shes good at, cause its not singing
Guess what, she is good at singing. If she wasn't, this topic never would have been posted.
Wow you two are idiots. Let me elaborate your logic…Your saying that billboard named her the best artist of 2009 and having the best cd of 2009 because someone paid them off??
You two need to grow up.
Thank you for your sensibility.