List of awards and nominations received by Taylor Swift
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has received many awards, nominations, and honorary accolades throughout her career. Swift signed a record deal with Big Machine Records in 2005 and released her self-titled debut studio album in 2006, which was nominated for an Academy of Country Music Award. At the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, 18-year-old Taylor earned herself a Best New Artist nomination, but lost to Amy Winehouse. Her second studio album, "Fearless" (2008), spawned five singles, including "Love Story", "White Horse", and the MTV Video Music Award for Best  Female Video-winning "You Belong with Me". Swift was subsequently nominated for eight categories at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards and won four of them, including Album of the Year. At 20, Taylor became the youngest artist to win in the category, having held the record for eleven years, till 2020. "Fearless" became the first album to win the American Country Award, Country Music Association, Academy of Country Music Award, and Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and became the most awarded album in country music history. Swift was awarded the American Music Award for Artist of the Year  in 2009. She was listed as one of 100 most influential people by "Time" magazine the following year and later in 2015 and 2019. Her third studio album "Speak Now" (2010) won Favorite Country Album at the American Music Awards of 2011. Its single "Mean" won two Grammy Awards. In late 2011, Swift contributed two original songs to , including "Safe & Sound", which was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media. Her fourth studio album "Red" (2012) was nominated for the Juno Award and Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Her fifth studio album, "1989", won  the Grammy for Album of the Year as well as the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. In 2014, Swift won "Billboard" Woman of the Year for the second time after being honored in 2011. In 2021, her eighth studio album, "Folklore", won the Album of the Year Award at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, making her the first woman to win the award thrice, following her wins in 2010 and 2016. In 2015, the IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year Award presented her the Global Recording Artist award, and the "Billboard" Music Awards declared her the recipient  of eight accolades. Swift has won eleven MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year twice for "Bad Blood" and "You Need To Calm Down". At the 64th BMI Pop Awards, Swift was honored with the Taylor Swift Award, becoming the second artist after Michael Jackson to be honored by such an award which has been named after the recipient of the award by BMI. At the American Music Awards of 2018, Swift won Artist of the Year, Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Favorite Pop/Rock Album for her sixth studio album "Reputation", and Tour of the Year for  Reputation Stadium Tour. At the 2019 ceremony, she became the first woman to be awarded Artist of the Decade. The following year, she won three of four categories she was nominated for, extending her record for most Artist of the Year wins (6). With 32 wins, she is the most awarded artist in AMAs history, surpassing Michael Jackson's record of 24 wins. Swift previously held the record for most "Billboard" Music Awards wins, until exceeded by Canadian rapper Drake in 2019. She currently holds records for most "Billboard" Music Award wins for a female artist (25), most Teen Choice  Awards wins (26) for a solo artist and most iHeartRadio Music Awards wins (13) for a solo artist. The songs "Me!" and "You Need to Calm Down" from her seventh studio album "Lover" received a record twelve nominations at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards and won three, including Video of the Year for the latter. She received "Billboard" first-ever Woman of the Decade award at its Women in Music ceremony in December 2019. Her eighth studio album, "Folklore", won Album of the Year at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, making Swift the fourth artist ever to win the  prize thrice, and the first woman to do so. She was awarded the BRIT Global Icon Award in 2021, her second BRIT win, for her impact on music worldwide. Her ninth studio album, "Evermore", was nominated for Album of the Year at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, but lost to We Are by Jon Batiste. Swift has also broken 56 "Guinness World Records" so far.