“If you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people sidetrack you, someday, when you get where you’re going, you will look around and you will know — it was you, and the people who love you, who put you there" (Taylor Swift on Winning Album of the Year at the 2016 Grammys: There Will Be People Who Try to 'Take Credit' for Your 'Fame). This quote by Taylor Swift talks about how her work ethic and fans got her to be as successful as she is today. Swift quickly gained public respect after starting her career at the young age of 17. She has won many awards and broken massive records. Among her accomplishments, perhaps one of her best is being the first artist to occupy the top 10 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 (Ahn). Taylor Swift is the greatest artist of all time because she has acquired many awards, overcome many obstacles in her career, and even received an honorary doctorate from NYU. Born December …show more content…
She wrote and released two sister albums, Folklore and Evermore (Beaumont). Both of the albums take her style from pop to indie and folk. Swift decided she wanted to re-record her first six albums after her old record label, Big Machine Records, sold the masters of her first six albums for around 300 million dollars (Tsioulcas). Taylor also wanted to take advantage of her voice maturing after all those years. Her first re-recording was Fearless (Welborn). She decided to not only re-record the album but to put in songs that did not make it to the album the first time. Another quality that makes her the GOAT is that despite her crazy work schedule, Taylor found time to graduate from NYU with an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts. She delivered the commencement speech, which lasted 22 minutes. “We’re doing this together. So let’s just keep dancing like we’re the class of ‘22” (Sims). “I learned a long time ago, don’t ever doubt the power of Taylor Swift” (Scott Borchetta - I learned a long time ago, Don't