Essay outline

        I.            Introduction. Thesis statement: Taylor Swift is the biggest and most powerful artist in music nowadays.

      II.            Music achievements

A.      Had three consecutive albums sell more than a million copies in their first week of release.

1.       Speak Now (2010)

2.       Red (2012)

3.       1989 (2014)

B.      Her album 1989 spent more than a whole year in the top 10.

C.      Is the youngest person to win the Grammy award for Album of the Year in 2010 at 20 years old. She currently has seven Grammy awards.

D.      All of her songs are written by herself.

E.       Two of her music videos reached more than a billion views on YouTube.

    III.            Influence

A.      She labels herself as a feminist and supports women’s rights.

B.      She supports smaller artists.

1.       She wrote an open letter to Apple Music criticizing their decision of not paying artists for streaming their music on the trial version of their app and the next day, as a result, they changed their policy.

2.       Sometimes she invites other people to sing with her at her concerts, exposing them to thousands of her fans.

    IV.            Character

A.      She has a direct relationship with her fans.

1.       She often interacts with them on social media, especially on her tumblr blog.

2.       She has a special free meet and greet after her concerts where she invites random people who were chosen during the concert.

3.       In 2014 she held “secret sessions” in which some fans got to listen to her album for the first time in her house before it was released.

B.      She is committed with a lot of charities and organizations.

      V.            Conclusion