Editing Taylor Swift (section)

===Country Debut and Breakthrough (2006–2008)===

Swift's self-titled debut album ''Taylor Swift'' was released in October 2006. A precocious collection of country-pop songs written or co-written entirely by Swift herself — an unusual degree of creative control for a sixteen-year-old debut artist — the album established her as a distinctive new voice in Nashville. Singles including ''Tim McGraw'', ''Teardrops on My Guitar'', and ''Our Song'' performed strongly on both country and pop charts, the latter crossing over in a manner that hinted at the broader ambitions to come.

''Fearless'' (2008) was the commercial and critical breakthrough. A polished evolution of her debut's country-pop sound, the album produced the crossover smash ''Love Story'' — a reworking of the [[Romeo and Juliet]] narrative that became one of the best-selling singles of 2008 — and ''You Belong with Me'', which brought her to the attention of mainstream pop audiences worldwide. ''Fearless'' won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2010, making Swift, at twenty, the youngest artist to win the award at that time. The ceremony was also notable for an incident in which [[Kanye West]] interrupted her acceptance speech for Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards, an event that would reverberate through both artists' careers for years.