Taylor Swift- Greatest Of All Time?

This post is inspired and taken from Think School’s LinkedIn Post-

Here is how Taylor Swift cracked the Music market and became the GREATEST ARTISTS OF the 21st CENTURY

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/the-think-school_here-is-how-taylor-swift-cracked-the-music-activity-7122929099890683905-qrRd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktopt was 2003.

The world was over the dot com crash, and things were returning to normal.

In those years, a young girl interested in music performed in local coffee shops to gain a name.

Identifying her talent, her father did the most unexpected thing -

He RELOCATED just so that his young girl could get a chance in country music.

The girl we’re talking about — is none other than Taylor Swift.

And the place — is Nashville, US.

Just like Los Angeles is synonymous with Hollywood, Mumbai is synonymous with Bollywood,

During the 2000s, Nashville was synonymous with music.

This place helped her become what she is today.

Thanks to

- Better opportunities

- Right environment

Here, she was signed by Big Machine Label for 13 years.

And her initial albums turned out to be a HIT — staying on the top of the billboards for a record 157 weeks!

This shows that being at the RIGHT place at the RIGHT time plays a HUGE role in success.

But… The real question remains:

How did she manage to stay on the TOP of the charts still now?

Well, it was due to

- Par

- Bullying the bully

- From Singer to Icon

1/ Parallel Evolutoin

Every (American) girl goes through

- Teenhood Romance

- New Social Teen Life

- Juggling dreams with Highschool

before she enters adulthood.

Now, if you see the timeline and theme of Taylor’s albums,

You’ll notice that it resonates EXACTLY with what the girl goes through.

The result?

With her albums, Taylor was able to resonate with EVERY girl — right from teenhood to adulthood.

Right from romance — to breakups — to speak for ourselves as an adult.

But… parallel evolution can be seen with many singers — Enimem, for eg.

And — using songs to resonate with the audience isn’t as rare as well.

So what makes her unique?

Well — it’s her courage.

2/ Bullying the bully

For an artist, what’s something you can do that’ll ruin your career?

1. Challenge the existing superpowers.

2. Challenging your record labels

In this case, Taylor did BOTH.

By challenging

• Kanye West (aka. big names in the industry)

• Apple, and her record label (the industry lords)

She inspired the world by her actions.

You see, for others, this was an act of

• Rebellion

• Courage by a female — to challenge the wrongdoings of the industry.

Inspired by this — she got even more followers.

The result?

She became an icon — a legend.

You see, while her act of producing music got her to be a great singer,

Her act of

• Being the voice of females

• Being the voice of the musicians by standing against the labels

it made her an ICON.

And the followers who were amazed by her voice a decade ago,

Are STILL following her today due to her actions (and music).

This decade-long bonding made them SO loyal — that in her Era’s Tour, her tickets were SOLD OUT within minutes!