I don’t get it. Her music is sometimes catchy but otherwise unremarkable, from the songs I’ve heard. How does she break all these records and accumulate so much fame and wealth?

She’s pretty, but a lot of singer songwriters are, especially those with makeup and costume people, a support staff.

Is there something else to her that people like?

I’m confused about what makes her so apparently unique or phenomenal.

Update: there are so many things that make swift unique or phenomenal.

I’ve received tons of great answers from people that have helped me understand, like piecing together a jigsaw puzzle, many factors that makes swift different and consequently more successful than her peers.

Clever lyrics, top-tier production, sharing autobiographical and emotional points in her life very directly, apparent honesty with few or no public blemishes, creating a community of fans through Easter eggs and house parties and unconventional, but always personal methods, an early start supported by wealthy parents, she keeps winning against abusers, and her music itself is popular and fun.

Those are just a few of the puzzle pieces contributed here, and a dive into this post is a pretty good explanation of many of the factors that must be contributing to her phenomenal success and recognition, that set her apart from other pop stars, even pop stars who were phenoms in their own right.

This is a very educational post, thank you to everyone who has contributed.

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    Okay, yeah so I think it’s the awards that I don’t really understand, since she doesn’t seem that unique to me compared to Ellis, Madonna or beyoncé, but she has the most awards out of them and far more awards than many other pop"stars", like a pretty crazy amount more.

    Swift has 81 awards

    Beyonce has 96, 31 of which are BET awards, which I do think is significant in this specific list since obviously Taylor Swift isn’t competing in that category.

    But then let’s get to other pop stars.

    Lady Gaga has 35 awards? The f*** like I can sing tons of her songs.

    Adele has 40? Adele. Adele? Taylor Swift has twice as many awards as Adele?

    Rihanna has 49 including her 19 BET awards

    Billy eyelash like I don’t know whatever, after that it’s all like a dozen awards or a couple dozen each.

    Taylor has 81 awards, even without any BET awards?

    How does Taylor Swift have twice as many awards as Lady Gaga or other similarly huge artists?

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      Because they’re not similarly huge.

      Taylor Swift is dating Travis Kelce, and the fact that she’s going to be watching (not performing) the Super Bowl is going to add a huge number of eyeballs. To the biggest event in the country.

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      Lady Gaga has 35 awards? The f*** like I can sing tons of her songs.

      Lady Gaga has also put out five studio albums, Taylor Swift ten.

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        9 months ago

        I think that furthers my point if a casual listener remembers several Lady Gaga songs but very few(one) of an artist who has twice as many albums?

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          Or a top artist having ~twice as many albums explains having ~twice as my awards as some other top artist.

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            9 months ago

            Madonna has 14 albums, Taylor Swift has 10 albums, but Swift has received almost twice as many awards in her career so far.