passionate as sin

#1 best-selling album (of any genre) in 2009

Youngest artist to win a GRAMMY for Album of the Year

Most awarded album in country music history for Fearless

Youngest artist to win CMA’s Entertainer of the Year

Billboard all-genre record for most first-week downloads for a female artist

Youngest artist to single-handedly write and perform a number one song (“Our Song”)

Most Top 20 debuts in a calendar year

Longest charting album of the century

Billboard record for largest overall airplay audience for a country-music based artist

Youngest to win Billboard’s Woman of the Year

Sold over 4 million albums in 2008, making her the top selling of the year

Fastest Selling Digital Album by a Female Artist for Speak Now (Guinness World Record)

Most Simultaneous US Hot 100 Hits by a Female Artist (Guinness World Record)

First artist in the history of Nielson SoundScan to have two different albums in the top 10 year end album chart.

First album by a female artist in country music history to log eight week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with Fearless

First artist to top the 2 million mark in paid downloads with three different songs

Most paid downloads in country music history with “Love Story”

Youngest artist to win ACM Album of the Year

Most number of songs on the Billboard Hot 100 in one week (9 songs; “Jump Then Fall”, “Untouchable”, “Come In With the Rain”, “The Other Side of the Door”, “Superstar”, “Forever and Always”, “You Belong With Me”, “Fifteen”, “Two Is Better Than One”)

Most number of debuts in one week (same week as above, six debut songs) with the five songs from the Platinum Edition of Fearless plus “Two Is Better Than One”

Most Top 40 singles of the past decade

Highest worldwide digital album sales debut in iTunes history for Red

Highest US digital album sales debut in iTunes history for Red

Highest weekly sales number in more than a decade (1.209 million copies of Red)

Only female ever (and only the fourth artist ever) to hit the 1-million first week sales mark more than once.

Most albums sold in one week at Target (Red; previously held by Speak Now.)

Most one-week sales for any country album ever (Red)

Fastest accumulation of fifty Billboard Hot 100 hits ever (six years and one month after her 2006 chart debut)

Biggest Australian tour by a solo female performer in twenty years (Red Tour)

Youngest person to win BMI Awards’ “Country Songwriter of the Year” (2009)

First country artist to ever win an MTV VMA Award (2009, “You Belong With Me”)

Youngest person to be awarded “Songwriter/Artist of the Year” by the Nashville Songwriters Association

First musician to be awarded “Superstar of Tomorrow” by the Young Hollywood Awards

Fastest Selling Single in digital history (“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”)

First artist in digital history to have two songs debut with 400,000+ copies sold

First artist since The Beatles to have three consecutive albums log six or more weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart

Most sold-out shows ever at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California

Largest donation to the Country Music Hall of Fame ($4 million)

Most “Songwriter/Artist of the Year” awards from the Nashville Songwriters Association

First female artist to sell out the Alliaz Stadium in Sydney, Australia

First person to play a full capacity crowd at Alliaz Stadium

Fastest sold out concert in Chinese history with 18,000 tickets sold in one minute (Shanghai)

First artist to earn three million-selling weeks (Speak Now, Red, & 1989)

#1 best-selling album (of any genre) in 2009

Youngest artist to win a GRAMMY for Album of the Year

Most awarded album in country music history for Fearless

Youngest artist to win CMA’s Entertainer of the Year

Billboard all-genre record for most first-week downloads for a female artist

Youngest artist to single-handedly write and perform a number one song (“Our Song”)

Most Top 20 debuts in a calendar year

Longest charting album of the century

Billboard record for largest overall airplay audience for a country-music based artist

Youngest to win Billboard’s Woman of the Year

Sold over 4 million albums in 2008, making her the top selling of the year

Fastest Selling Digital Album by a Female Artist for Speak Now (Guinness World Record)

Most Simultaneous US Hot 100 Hits by a Female Artist (Guinness World Record)

First artist in the history of Nielson SoundScan to have two different albums in the top 10 year end album chart.

First album by a female artist in country music history to log eight week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with Fearless

First artist to top the 2 million mark in paid downloads with three different songs

Most paid downloads in country music history with “Love Story”

Youngest artist to win ACM Album of the Year

Most number of songs on the Billboard Hot 100 in one week (9 songs; “Jump Then Fall”, “Untouchable”, “Come In With the Rain”, “The Other Side of the Door”, “Superstar”, “Forever and Always”, “You Belong With Me”, “Fifteen”, “Two Is Better Than One”)

Most number of debuts in one week (same week as above, six debut songs) with the five songs from the Platinum Edition of Fearless plus “Two Is Better Than One”

Most Top 40 singles of the past decade

Highest worldwide digital album sales debut in iTunes history for Red

Highest US digital album sales debut in iTunes history for Red

Highest weekly sales number in more than a decade (1.209 million copies of Red)

Only female ever (and only the fourth artist ever) to hit the 1-million first week sales mark more than once.

Most albums sold in one week at Target (Red; previously held by Speak Now.)

Most one-week sales for any country album ever (Red)

Fastest accumulation of fifty Billboard Hot 100 hits ever (six years and one month after her 2006 chart debut)

Biggest Australian tour by a solo female performer in twenty years (Red Tour)

Youngest person to win BMI Awards’ “Country Songwriter of the Year” (2009)

First country artist to ever win an MTV VMA Award (2009, “You Belong With Me”)

Youngest person to be awarded “Songwriter/Artist of the Year” by the Nashville Songwriters Association

First musician to be awarded “Superstar of Tomorrow” by the Young Hollywood Awards

Fastest selling single in digital history (“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”)

First artist in digital history to have two songs debut with 400,000+ copies sold

First artist since The Beatles to have three consecutive albums log six or more weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart

Most sold-out shows ever at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California

Largest donation to the Country Music Hall of Fame ($4 million)

Most “Songwriter/Artist of the Year” awards from the Nashville Songwriters Association

First female artist to sell out the Alliaz Stadium in Sydney, Australia

First person to play a full capacity crowd at Alliaz Stadium

Fastest sold out concert in Chinese history with 18,000 tickets sold in one minute (Shanghai)

Top selling digital artist in music history

#1 best-selling album (of any genre) in 2009

Youngest artist to win a GRAMMY for Album of the Year

Most awarded album in country music history for Fearless

Youngest artist to win CMA’s Entertainer of the Year

Billboard all-genre record for most first-week downloads for a female artist

Youngest artist to single-handedly write and perform a number one song (“Our Song”)

Most Top 20 debuts in a calendar year

Longest charting album of the century

Billboard record for largest overall airplay audience for a country-music based artist

Youngest to win Billboard’s Woman of the Year

Sold over 4 million albums in 2008, making her the top selling of the year

Fastest Selling Digital Album by a Female Artist for Speak Now (Guinness World Record)

Most Simultaneous US Hot 100 Hits by a Female Artist (Guinness World Record)

First artist in the history of Nielson SoundScan to have two different albums in the top 10 year end album chart.

First album by a female artist in country music history to log eight week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with Fearless

First artist to top the 2 million mark in paid downloads with three different songs

Most paid downloads in country music history with “Love Story”

Youngest artist to win ACM Album of the Year

Most number of songs on the Billboard Hot 100 in one week (9 songs; “Jump Then Fall”, “Untouchable”, “Come In With the Rain”, “The Other Side of the Door”, “Superstar”, “Forever and Always”, “You Belong With Me”, “Fifteen”, “Two Is Better Than One”)

Most number of debuts in one week (same week as above, six debut songs) with the five songs from the Platinum Edition of Fearless plus “Two Is Better Than One”

Most Top 40 singles of the past decade

Highest worldwide digital album sales debut in iTunes history for Red

Highest US digital album sales debut in iTunes history for Red

Highest weekly sales number in more than a decade (1.209 million copies of Red)

Only female ever (and only the fourth artist ever) to hit the 1-million first week sales mark more than once.

Most albums sold in one week at Target (Red; previously held by Speak Now.)

Most one-week sales for any country album ever (Red)

Fastest accumulation of fifty Billboard Hot 100 hits ever (six years and one month after her 2006 chart debut)

Biggest Australian tour by a solo female performer in twenty years (Red Tour)

Youngest person to win BMI Awards’ “Country Songwriter of the Year” (2009)

First country artist to ever win an MTV VMA Award (2009, “You Belong With Me”)

Youngest person to be awarded “Songwriter/Artist of the Year” by the Nashville Songwriters Association

First musician to be awarded “Superstar of Tomorrow” by the Young Hollywood Awards

Fastest selling single in digital history (“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”)

First artist in digital history to have two songs debut with 400,000+ copies sold

First artist since The Beatles to have three consecutive albums log six or more weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart

Most sold-out shows ever at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California

Largest donation to the Country Music Hall of Fame ($4 million)

Most “Songwriter/Artist of the Year” awards from the Nashville Songwriters Association

First female artist to sell out the Alliaz Stadium in Sydney, Australia

First person to play a full capacity crowd at Alliaz Stadium