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Taylor Swift Becomes First Woman To Win BRITs Global Icon Award

Taylor Swift is to become the first female artist and the first non-English artist to receive the Global Icon Brit Award.

According to The Guardian, the Brit Awards will bestow the honor to the ā€œCardiganā€ singer during the showā€™s broadcast on Tuesday (May 11) at Londonā€™s O2 Arena. Per the report, organizers of the awards stated Swiftā€™s winning the honor is to recognize ā€œher immense impact on music across the world and incredible repertoire and achievements to date.ā€

Swift, who is nominated for International Female Solo Artist at this yearā€™s broadcast, joins previous Global Icon award recipients like David Bowie, Elton John, Robbie Williams.

ā€œTaylorā€™s career is unparalleled and her music and influence has resonated with millions of people all over the world,ā€ the Brit Awards statement said, according to the outlet. ā€œSheā€™s used her platform to highlight many issues globally and recently has been applauded for her work promoting acceptance of the LGBTQ community.ā€

Described as the ā€œsongwriter of a generation,ā€ the Brit Awards also lauded Swift for being the only recording artist to have four consecutive albums ā€” Speak Now, Red, 1989, and Reputation ā€” push over a million copies in its first week, and also credited the pop star as the first and only female artist in the 21st century to land number-one albums in the United Kingdom (seven, to be exact).

Swift's latest album, December 2020's Evermore, became the superstar's eighth number-one studio album, putting her behind Madonna (9) and Barbara Streisand (11) for the most number-ones by a female artist.

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