1 on the Billboard 200 chart and selling more than 1 million copies in its first week. That year Swift released a new album, Speak Now, which featured the hit songs "Mean," "Ours" and "Sparks Fly." The album was a success, debuting at No. Additionally, in 2010 she became the youngest artist to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, for Fearless.
Her concert tickets began selling out in less than two minutes, and she also made her second appearance on the comedy show Saturday Night Live, this time as both the host and musical guest. Swift soon became an even hotter commodity. READ MORE: A Timeline of Taylor Swift and Kanye West's Decade-Long Feud 'Speak Now' and 'Red' West later apologized to Swift privately and made a public apology on The Jay Leno Show. When Beyoncé accepted her award for Best Video of the Year later in the show, she called Swift to the stage to finish her speech. The stunned Swift was unable to make her acceptance speech, and West was removed from the show. The win stirred controversy when rapper Kanye West leaped to the stage during Swift's speech, took the microphone and declared that R&B singer Beyoncé should have won Swift's award. That year Swift also won the MTV Video Music Award's Best Female Video, for "You Belong With Me," making her the first country music star to earn a VMA. Swift netted several awards for her work on Fearless, including Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year for "Love Story" at the 2009 CMT Music Awards. Her renditions of "Silent Night" and "Santa Baby" were modest hits on the country charts. Swift next released Sounds of the Season: The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection that year. She won the Horizon Award from the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Award for Top New Female Vocalist in 2007. Swift also received critical praise for her debut effort. "Teardrops on My Guitar," "Picture to Burn" and "Should've Said No" were also successful tracks.
More popular singles soon followed, including "Our Song," a No.
It also appeared on her self-titled debut album in October of that same year, which went on to sell more than 5 million copies. She released her first single, " Tim McGraw," in 2006, and the song became a Top 10 hit on the country charts. Country Music CareerĪ stellar performance at The Bluebird Café in Nashville helped Swift get a contract with Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Records. Noting her dedication, Swift and her family moved to nearby Hendersonville, Tennessee, in an attempt to further Swift's career. There she co-wrote songs and tried to land a recording contract. To pursue her music career, Swift often visited Nashville, Tennessee, the country music capital.