1. The songs
First things first. The music. The songs. Taylor is a regular in the charts. She has the most Top 10 Hits by a female artist on the Billboard Hot 100 this decade. It’s almost impossible to pick our favorite songs. That’s why we are not. We are sharing a playlist with ALL her songs. Sit back and enjoy!
2. She is one of the 21st century's great pop cultural icons
Taylor Swift possesses an amazing set of stats. She has 35.8 million Youtube subscribers, 122 million Instagram followers and close to 85 million followers on Twitter. She has more than 43 million listeners a month on Spotify. She is currently rated as the highest earning female artist by American business magazine Forbes. She also features highly in other power rankings, such as the 'most influential people', the 'highest paid celebrities' and the 'most powerful women'. At just 29 years of age, Taylor Swift has seven albums to her name. Album sales are at 50 million and counting. And, as one of the top 5 artists online, digital sales are also soaring. Her most recent album, ‘Lover’, which went straight to number 1 in the US, the UK, Australia, Spain, Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands and other countries after its release in August, is driving the statistics ever higher. Since then the accolades for her new work have been coming in. MTV, for example, crowned the video for “You Need To Calm Down” as its Video of the Year. And she knows a thing or two about winning prizes. She is the proud owner of 10 Grammy Awards - including 2 top awards for ‘Album Of The Year’, 23 American Music Awards, 23 Billboard Music Awards, 10 Country Music Awards, 1 Brit, 1 Emmy, 5 MTV Europe Music Awards, 10 MTV Video Music Awards and countless others.
3. It's been a while...
Taylor Swift's appearance at Werchter Boutique is special for more than one reason. To begin with, there's her status. There's the exclusivity of the show in the Benelux. And there's the fact that this will be her first performance in Belgium since a concert at Forest National in Brussels in 2011!
4. The City of Lover concert in Paris was amazing
To celebrate the release of her newest album ‘Lover’, Taylor played an intimate show at the Olympia in Paris. Fans travelled from 37 countries around the world for this gorgeous, one-off concert in a historic Parisian music hall.
Check out the pictures:
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5. Werchter Boutique is fun
Werchter Boutique always is a good idea. The one-day festival brings the best of pop music to the famous Festivalpark in Werchter (Belgium). There is dancing and singing, a lot of fun 'till the night hits. Years & Years, Snow Patrol, Marco Borsato, Robbie Williams, Fleetwood Mac and Bruno Mars have adorned the bill in recent years.
