My talents include:
•Talking about Taylor Swift
•Crying about Taylor Swift
•Blogging about Taylor Swift
•Buying Taylor Swift merch
•Memorizing Taylor Swift lyrics
•Being able to recognize a Taylor Swift song within the first 0.003 seconds of it playing
BMI will present Taylor Swift with an award bearing her name in recognition of her incomparable creative and artistic talent and influence on music lovers throughout the world. The first-ever Taylor Swift Award will be given at the 64th annual BMI Pop Awards on Tuesday, May 10, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The event will be hosted by BMI President & CEO Mike O’Neill and BMI Vice President of Writer/Publisher Relations Barbara Cane.
This is only the second time in BMI’s 76-year history that the company has presented an award in someone’s name. The first was to Michael Jackson in 1990.
“Taylor Swift has transformed pop culture through her songs, artistry and indomitable spirit,” said Cane. “She has had a profound impact, not only musically, but also through her personal conviction and commitment to create a standard that values and respects music for everyone. We felt it appropriate to award Taylor with an honor that is as unique and special as she is.”
In addition, BMI will honor songwriting visionaries Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil with the BMI Icon Award for their indelible contributions to the craft of songwriting. As one of the world’s most esteemed and celebrated songwriting teams, Mann and Weil’s iconic partnership has spanned decades with nearly every genre of popular music included in their massively successful repertoire. Their music has transcended time, leaving a lasting impression on fans around the world and influencing aspiring songwriters to follow in their footsteps.
O’Neill added, “This evening is a true celebration of music and a tribute to the artistry of songwriting that spans generations as defined by three of the most prolific and influential music creators in the industry: Taylor Swift, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.”
The private event will also recognize the songwriters and publishers of the past year’s most-performed pop songs in the United States from BMI’s repertoire of more than 10.5 million musical works. The BMI Pop Song, Songwriter, and Publisher of the Year will be named during the ceremony.
Taylor Swift is a ten-time GRAMMY winner and the youngest recipient in history to receive the music industry’s highest honor, the GRAMMY Award for Album of the Year, and the only female to win it twice. The first artist since the Beatles (and the only female artist in history) to log six or more weeks at No. 1 with three consecutive studio albums and the only artist in history to have an album hit the one million first-week sales figure three times: 2010’s Speak Now, 2012’s RED and 2014’s 1989. She’s been named Billboard Magazine’s Woman of the Year (the only artist to receive this nod twice, and their youngest-ever honoree), and one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. She is the recipient of seven BMI Awards, including the prestigious President’s Award in 2009, Songwriter of the Year in 2014 and multiple Song of the Year honors for both Pop and Country. (x)
Ten years ago today, a fresh-faced young artist sent her debut single out into the world. Taylor Swift was a curly-haired 16-year-old when she released โTim McGraw,โ a twangy, 100% country song about what remains after a relationship fades. Now, Taylor Swift is one of the most powerful, most influential contemporary pop artists in the world.
“This is Taylor Swift’s genius. One minute, she’s untouchable, the perfect pop diva. The next, even in a stadium of 60,000, she’s singing just to you.”
— LA Magazine - Taylor Swift’s Reputation Tour Isn’t A Disaster - It’s A Victory Lap
Long before we were shaking it off and swearing we were never ever getting back together, there was one person who always reminded us of Taylor Swift .
Does the one and only “Tim McGraw” ring a bell for anyone?!
It’s hard to believe, but today marks the 10-year anniversary since Taylor’s first single hit the radio airwaves and kicked off a career that would include Grammy awards, sold-out world tours and one powerful girl squad.
But before all of her wildest dreams could come true, the singer needed a hit and she got it with the unforgettable track.
With help from Liz Rose, the duo helped create the catchy lyrics that were first inspired during a math class where Taylor began to think of her boyfriend who was going off to college. As he traveled away, the singer-songwriter hoped he would remember her every time a ballad from Tim played out loud.
“The first time we wrote, I walked out and said, ‘I don’t know what I was doing there,’” Liz recalled to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch when praising the singer. “She really didn’t need me.”
“It was reminiscent, and it was thinking about a relationship you had and then lost,” Taylor later told Entertainment Weekly. “I think one of the most powerful human emotions is what should have been and wasn't…That was a really good song to start out on, just because a lot of people can relate to wanting what you can’t have.”
As the song quickly received radio airplay and attention from music listeners, Taylor was given the opportunity to perform the song at the Academy of Country Music Awards in front of more than a few A-list performers.
Two in particular were Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. “Hi, I’m Taylor,” she told the couple after her live performance in Nashville.
“Tim McGraw” ultimately went platinum and landed in the Top 10 on the Billboard chart. More hit singles and albums followed and as you likely could guess, no introduction is needed when it comes to this music superstar today.
Happy anniversary, Taylor!
“I like to write songs about things that I find romantic and magical.” -Taylor Swift, 1989 Tour: Glasgow, Scotland
“I’m in a magical relationship right now.” -Taylor Swift, Vogue
I’m here waiting for the songs
track 3 on album 6 is called Magical - confirmed
you: let’s fuck
taylor swift, an intellectual: put your lips close to mine, as long as they don’t touch. out of focus eye to eye, ‘til the gravity’s too much. and i’ll do anything you say, if you say it with your hands. and i’d be smart to walk away, but you’re quicksand.
I CAN CONFIRM TAYLOR SWIFT HAS SEEN THIS POSTbut was too nervous to like it she’s so pure
me preparing to meet taylor swift: thinks of cute, memorable things to say to show how much i love her and her music
me when i meet taylor swift, probably: hi i loved your voice work in the lorax (2012)
i am so sick of and disgusted by the people that continue to label taylor swift fans as straight and white. you’re completely erasing and ignoring the ones of us that are people of colour, gay, bisexual, transgender, not able-bodied, etc. as much as you like to think it, taylor swift fans are not all straight and white and if you keep spreading that shit, you’re half the problem
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