Taylor Swift is known for confessional lyrics that slyly chronicle her romances with famous (and not so famous) men. But on occasion, Swift also speaks up when away from the mic. Here's a look at what we like to call Swift-ology.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(CNN) -- It didn't seem like Taylor Swift could get any bigger.

She's already had massive success in the music industry, millions of devoted fans and a permanent place in pop culture history, the latter thanks to an incident that the world will never, ever allow Kanye West to forget.

But clearly, that wasn't enough for the (literally) towering singer.

In one week she became the second-biggest selling act of 2014 and the only solo platinum-selling artist of the year -- all with the debut of her new album, "1989." She pulled her music off Spotify, the most popular streaming site in the world, and managed to get pulled into a political controversy thanks to a remark during the U.S. Senate race in Iowa.

 

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You just couldn't get away from her. Morning shows? There was Swift performing on "Good Morning America." Prime time? Look, it's Swift on "The Voice." Online? Between her tweets, "1989"-related photos and a countdown clock, she was ubiquitous.

For all we know, she's even boosted the sales of tap shorts.

"Taylor Swift is basically the biggest musician in the world this week, and that means she's in the rare position of being able to do whatever she wants," wrote Jacob Kastrenakes of The Verge.

It's the next step in the evolution of the singer who launched her career in country music at the age of 16. Now 24, she has weathered critics who have kept a tally of just some of her alleged celebrity sins: her music wasn't country enough, her wide-eyed "Gosh I really won" awards acceptance speeches weren't genuine, and her relationships were mostly just fodder for publicity and potential song material.

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So what does Swift do? She releases her first fully pop album, designates "Shake It Off" -- an ode to her haters -- as the first single and declares herself happily single.

"I really like my life right now," Swift recently told Rolling Stone. "I have friends around me all the time. I've started painting more. I've been working out a lot. I've started to really take pride in being strong. I love the album I made. I love that I moved to New York. So in terms of being happy, I've never been closer to that."

Protected by 'Swifties'

Swift gets that if this were high school she would be the annoying straight-A student who is gorgeous, friends with the other cool kids (Swift is BFFs with the likes of actress Selena Gomez and singer Lorde), volunteers after school and dates the cutest boys. But she's running for homecoming queen and is courting your vote -- hard.

Not that she doesn't already have plenty of admirers. Her fans, known as "Swifties," are equal parts adoring and protective of her. Come for Taylor Swift on Twitter and you are sure to encounter her army.

They are paying her back in part for being one of the most accessible music artists in the business. She does meet-and-greets, surprises them at their bridal showers, stalks their timelines and Instagram feeds and even made them part of her newest project.

Before the world ever heard a note from "1989," Swift handpicked fans who had really, really wanted to meet her and invited them to her different homes around the world for a listening party. They got hours to hang with their idol, taking Polaroids and delving into the new album. The fans were allowed to share their experiences, and asked only to keep details about the new songs under wraps.

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Swift told NPR that not only did they honor her request, but her fans stood guard when the album was leaked online two days before its October 27 release date.

"Anytime they'd see an illegal post of it, they'd comment, 'Why are you doing this? Why don't you respect the value of art?,' " Swift said. " 'Don't do this. We don't believe in this. This is illegal. This isn't fair. This isn't right.' And it was wild seeing that happen."

She needs that support in face of New Yorkers disliking the fact thatshe's been named "Global Welcome Ambassador for Tourism" of the Big Apple. The choice of the Reading, Pennsylvania, native to represent New York has been less than popular, despite her move to Tribeca and her new single "Welcome to New York."

"I'm incensed! It's insulting," Twisted Sister frontman and Queens, New York, native Dee Snider told the New York Daily News. "She doesn't have any life experience here, or connection to the town."

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Center of controversy

It's not just New York. Swift also became part of the debate in Iowa during the waning days of the 2014 campaign.

Tom Harkin, the state's retiring U.S. senator, entangled Swift in a bit of political negativity when he invoked her name while discussing Republican Joni Ernst, who was vying for his seat.

"Well I (got to) thinking about that. I don't care if she's as good looking as Taylor Swift or as nice as Mr. Rogers, but if she votes like Michele Bachmann, she's wrong for the state of Iowa," Harkin said.He later apologized and said, "I shouldn't have said those things," but Ernst made some hay from the comment and won election on Tuesday.

Swift has also ended up as part of the debate about Internet music streaming.

On Monday she pulled her catalog from Spotify, leaving their 40 million users bereft of her five albums to date. Spotify quickly courted her return with a playlist filled with songs like "Taylor" by Jack Johnson and "You're Amazing" by Epic Connection.

"We hope she'll change her mind and join us in building a new music economy that works for everyone," Spotify said in a statement on Monday. "We believe fans should be able to listen to music wherever and whenever they want."

Swift told Yahoo Music that the decision was her own.

"I can say is that music is changing so quickly, and the landscape of the music industry itself is changing so quickly, that everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand experiment," she said. "And I'm not wiling to contribute my life's work to an experiment that I don't feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists and creators of this music."

Never underestimate Taylor Swift. Right now, she's standing very tall.

泰勒·斯威夫特接管世界
由麗莎Respers法國，美國有線電視新聞網
2014年11月6日 - 更新2349 GMT（0749 HKT）
泰勒·斯威夫特是著名的自白歌詞狡猾紀事她的戀情與著名的（和不那麼有名）的男子。 但有時，斯威夫特還談到了從話筒走的時候。 下面就來看看我們喜歡叫雨燕，易學。 泰勒·斯威夫特是著名的自白歌詞狡猾紀事她的戀情與著名的（和不那麼有名）的男子。但有時，斯威夫特還談到了從話筒走的時候。下面就來看看我們喜歡叫雨燕，易學。
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新聞提要
Taylor Swift的音樂是最大的明星，現在
她不會有錯她的粉絲
斯威夫特是用她的力量和不斷變化的行業
（CNN） -它似乎並不像泰勒·斯威夫特能得到任何更大。
她已經有了巨大的成功，在音樂產業，數以百萬計的忠實球迷，並在流行文化史上的一個永久的地方，後者得益於事件，世界將永遠不會讓肯伊威斯特忘記。
但顯然，這還不夠的（字面意思）高聳的歌手。
在一個星期內，她成為2014年第二大銷售行為，今年只有獨奏白金暢銷的藝術家 - 所有與她的新專輯亮相，“1989” 她把音樂關掉Spotify的，最流行的流媒體網站在世界上，和管理的過程中，美國參議院競選在衣阿華被拉入一個政治爭論感謝了一句話。
泰勒·斯威夫特的鉑金實力 雨燕，Spotify的不斷破鏡重圓？ 泰勒·斯威夫特擺脫了Spotify的
你就是無法擺脫她。早間節目？有斯威夫特表演的“早安美國”。黃金時間？你看，這是斯威夫特的“聲音”。網上？她的微博，“1989”相關的照片和倒計時時鐘之間，她是無處不在的。
我們都知道，她甚至帶動了自來水短褲的銷售。
“泰勒·斯威夫特，基本上是世界上最大的音樂家，本週，這意味著她在能夠做任何她想要的珍稀地位，” 寫了瀕臨雅各Kastrenakes。
這是在誰發動了她的職業生涯中的鄉村音​​樂在16誰一直保持剛剛她的一些所謂的名人罪的理貨現在24歲，她已經度過評論家歲的歌手發展的下一步：她的音樂不是國家夠了，她的大眼睛“天哪我真的贏了”的獎項認可的發言不是正品，和她的關係，大多是為宣傳和潛在的歌材料只​​是飼料。
泰勒·斯威夫特的“1989年”自2002年以來最大的週銷量
那麼什麼是雨燕嗎？她發布了她的第一完全流行專輯，表示“擺脫它” - 歌頌她的仇敵 - 作為首支單曲，並宣布自己愉快地單身。
“我真的很喜歡我的生活，現在，” 斯威夫特最近告訴滾石。 “我有朋友在我身邊所有的時間。我已經開始畫了，我已經工作了很多東西。我開始真正感到自豪在作為堅強。我愛我做這張專輯，我愛我搬到了紐約。所以在快樂方面，我從來沒有去過更接近。“
通過“Swifties保護 “
斯威夫特得到，如果這是高中，她將是惱人的全A的學生誰是華麗的，與其他時尚的年輕人的朋友（雨燕與女星賽琳娜·戈麥斯和歌手洛德（歌手）喜歡BFFs），志願者們放學後和日期可愛男生。但她的競選返校節皇后，並討好你們的選票 - 硬。
倒不是說她不已經有很多崇拜者。她的歌迷被稱為“Swifties，”都是相等的部分崇拜和保護她。前來泰勒·斯威夫特在Twitter上，你肯定會遇到自己的軍隊。
他們支付了部分回是在業務最方便的音樂藝術家之一。她沒有滿足和迎接，他們驚訝於自己的新娘送禮，偷偷靠近他們的時間表和Instagram的飼料，甚至讓他們自己最新的項目的一部分。
前世界聽過一張紙條從“1989年，”雨燕精心挑選的球迷誰曾真的，真的想認識她，並邀請他們到世界各地的她不同的家庭的聽黨的。他們得到了時間掛與自己的偶像，以寶麗來和鑽研新專輯。球迷們可以分享他們的經驗，並且只要求保持對處於保密狀態的新的歌曲的詳細信息。
5大理由你喜歡泰勒·斯威夫特......即使你不想
斯威夫特告訴NPR，不僅沒有他們尊重她的要求，但她的粉絲站崗時，這張專輯的10月27日發布日期的前兩天在網上洩露。
“任何時候，他們會看到一個非法的帖子吧，他們會發表評論，”你為什麼要這麼做？你為什麼不尊重藝術的價值？'“斯威夫特說。“”別這樣，我們不相信這一點。這是非法的，這是不公平的。這是不對的。“ 它是野生的看到這種情況發生。“
她需要面對紐約人的支持，不喜歡的事實，她被評為“全球大使歡迎旅遊”大蘋果。在賓夕法尼亞州雷丁市，祖籍為代表紐約的選擇已經不到受歡迎，儘管她的舉動翠貝卡和她的新單曲“歡迎來到紐約。”
“我很憤怒！這是侮辱，”扭曲姐妹樂隊主唱和紐約皇后區，原生迪斯奈德告訴紐約每日新聞。 “她沒有任何生活經驗在這裡，或連接到鄉”。
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爭論的中心
這不只是紐約。斯威夫特也成為了在2014年競選的最後幾天在艾奧瓦州辯論的一部分。
湯姆·哈金，國家的退休美國參議員，糾結Swift在稍有政治消極的時候，他援引她的名字在討論共和黨喬尼恩斯特，誰是爭奪他的位子。
“嗯，我（得）思考的人，我不在乎她是那麼好找的泰勒·斯威夫特，或像你一樣羅傑斯先生，但如果她喜歡票米歇爾·巴赫曼，她是錯的愛荷華州，” 哈金說， 他後來道歉，說：“我不應該說那些事情，”但安永會計師事務所做了一些乾草的意見，並在週二贏得了大選。
斯威夫特也最終成為對互聯網的音樂流媒體辯論的一部分。
上週一，她拉著她的目錄從Spotify的，離開他們的4000萬用戶喪失了她的五張專輯至今。Spotify的迅速拉攏她的回歸帶著滿心的歌曲，如“泰勒”由傑克·約翰遜和播放列表“你真了不起”由Epic連接。
“我們希望她能回心轉意，與我們一起建設一個新的音樂經濟的作品給大家，”Spotify的週一在一份聲明中說。“我們相信球迷應該能夠聽音樂無論何時何地，他們想要的。”
斯威夫特告訴雅虎音樂，這一決定是她自己的。
“我能說的是，音樂的變化如此之快，音樂產業本身是如此快速變化的景觀，這一切新的，像Spotify的，所有的感覺對我來說有點像一個偉大的實驗，”她說。“而且我不wiling貢獻我畢生的事業來了一個實驗，我覺得不公平地補償這種音樂的作家，製片人，藝術家和創作者。”
永遠不要低估泰勒·斯威夫特。眼下，她正站在很高。