Taylor Swift Named Billboard Woman Of The Year 2014
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Taylor
Swift
has
been
named
Woman
of
the
Year
for
2014
by
Billboard
magazine,
an
honour
that
goes
to
a
female
artist
who
"has
shaped
and
inspired
the
music
industry
with
her
success,
leadership
and
innovation
over
the
past
twelve
months."
"As
one
of
the
most
influential
artists
of
her
generation,
Taylor
Swift
has
seen
incredible
success
on
the
Billboard
charts," eonline.com
quoted
Janice
Min,
co-president
and
chief
creative
officer
of
Guggenheim
Media's
Entertainment
Group,
as
saying.
"Over
the
course
of
her
career,
she's
charted
60
entries
on
the
Billboard
Hot
100-
the
most
of
any
female
artist
since
her
debut
in
2006.
We
are
tremendously
excited
to
be
honoring
her
as
the
2014
Billboard
Woman
of
the
Year
for
the
second
time,"
Min
added.
Taylor
Swift
will
receive
the
prize
at
the
Billboard
Women
in
Music
award
ceremony
on
December
12
in
New
York.
Raised
in
Wyomissing,
Pennsylvania,
Taylor
Swift
moved
to
Nashville,
Tennessee,
at
the
age
of
14
to
pursue
a
career
in
country
music.