Taylor Swift was named after James Taylor

The first song Taylor Swift wrote was titled "Lucky You"

Swift's grandmother, Marjorie Finlay, is actually in her song "Marjorie." Finlay was an opera singer, and a clip of her singing is used as background vocals.

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Big Reputation

Despite having a reputation for writing songs exclusively for teenage girls, Taylor Swift is one of the most awarded singer-songwriters of all time. She has won far too many awards to fully list, but here are some highlights:

1,234 award nominations and 638 wins

117 Guinness World Records

12 Grammy Awards and an Emmy

An honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from NYU

First person to ever control all of the top 10 slots of Billboard's Hot 100

Awards by album

Album	Nominations	Awards
Taylor Swift	1	0
Fearless	11	9
Speak Now	10	3
Red	9	5
1989	8	5
Reputation	10	6
Lover	12	10
Folklore	24	8
Evermore	5	3
Fearless (Taylor's Version)	1	0
Red (Taylor's Version)	10	6
Midnights	22	16
Speak Now (Taylor's Version)	Not available yet	Not available yet
1989 (Taylor's Version)	Not available yet	Not available yet

Trivia about Taylor Swift's awards:

Fearless is the only country album to ever win Album of the Year at the AMAs, CMAs, ACMs, and the Grammys

Swift was the first woman to win Artist of the Decade at the AMAs

Swift earned a Guinness World Record for causing the greatest level of seismic activity during a concert – her Eras Tour concert effectively set off a 2.3 magnitude earthquake

Swift currently has the highest number of Number 1 albums among women

Strictly based on the albums alone, Folklore was Swift's most-nominated album, and Midnights won the most awards

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