★The world's beloved Princess of Pop, Taylor Swift, finally releases her long-awaited third album after nearly two years!
The magical power of her music brightens up any dreary world. A message from 20-year-old Taylor!
■A third album you can't wait for!: Many fans, especially young women, connect with the worlds (lyrics) Taylor Swift depicts, and this album certainly doesn't disappoint.
"The songs on this album are a collection of words I couldn't say at the right time. They're like open letters from me. Each song is about something I wanted to say to a specific person in my heart." - Taylor Swift
■Countless accolades! She was ranked 12th in Forbes magazine's "100 Most Influential Celebrities in the World," one of TIME magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World" in 2010, the highest-selling digital artist of all time, won "Artist of the Year" and four other categories at the American Music Awards (2009), became the youngest artist and only the seventh woman to win "Entertainer of the Year" in the 43-year history of the CMA (Country Music Association) Awards (2009), was recognized for her achievements by the Academy of Country Music with a Crystal Milestone Award (an honor first won by Garth Brooks in 2007), won "Best Female Video" at the MTV VMA Awards (2009, the first country artist to do so), and won "Choice Female Artist" and "Choice Music Album - Female" at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, which are selected by teenagers. Since her debut in 2006 at the age of 17, she has won countless awards and records, including two wins for the "Most Popular Artist" and "Best Sellers in Music."
■What she achieved with her previous album, "Fearless"!!: "Fearless" was the best-selling album in the United States in 2009, and won four awards at the 52nd Grammy Awards in 2010, including the highest award in the major categories, "Album of the Year"! Album sales have exceeded 6 million copies! (Total sales including her first album reach 13 million). It is the album that has spent the longest time at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 all-genre charts in the past decade.