Swift wins Woman of the Year
LOS ANGELES - Country-turned-pop singer Taylor Swift has been named Billboard’s Woman of the Year becoming the first artist to win the honor more than once, the music industry trade magazine said on Friday.
Swift, 24, who shot to prominence in 2006 as a teenage country sensation and has been able to successfully cross over into pop music, will release her fifth album “1989” on Oct. 27.
Swift also won the award in 2011. Past winners include Beyonce, Katy Perry and last year’s honoree, Pink. Last month, the seven-time Grammy winner scored a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 song chart with “Shake It Off,” her most pop-oriented song to date.
Swift has built a strong following among teens and young adults with a mix of emotional love songs and empowering breakup songs like “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and “I Knew You Were Trouble.”
“As one of the most influential artists of her generation, Taylor Swift has seen incredible success on the Billboard charts,” Janice Min, the co-president of the magazine’s owner, Guggenheim Media, said in a statement.
Reuters
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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