The ex-country singer will be honored at Billboard's 9th annual Women in Music Awards event in New York on December 12.
- Oct 11, 2014
AceShowbiz - Taylor Swift is Billboard's Woman of the Year for 2014. The ex-country singer, who was also named Billboard's Woman of the Year in 2011, becomes the first act to have earned the title twice. She will be honored at Billboard's 9th annual Women in Music Awards event in New York on December 12.
The news was announced on Friday, October 10. "As one of the most influential artists of her generation, Taylor Swift has seen incredible success on the Billboard charts," Janice Min, the co-president of the magazine's owner, Guggenheim Media, said in a statement.
"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," Min added. "We are tremendously excited to be honoring her as the 2014 Billboard Woman of the Year for the second time."
Swift has collected 7 Grammy Awards and 15 American Music Awards during her career. She has so far released four albums that have sold more than 4 million copies in the U.S. Most recently, she topped Billboard Hot 100 with "Shake It Off", the first single from her upcoming LP "1989" which is coming out on October 27.
Each year, Billboard's Woman of the Year title is awarded to one woman in music who "has shaped and inspired the music industry with her success, leadership and innovation over the past twelve months." Other artists who have received the honor include Pink, Katy Perry and Beyonce Knowles.
