Past Winners

In an interview for Songwriter Universe, Swift talked about what it was like to go from being a country music fan to one of the biggest stars in such a short period of time. “A year ago I was just listening to a Miranda Lambert album (as a fan) – now I’m competing with her and other artists on the charts,” Swift said. Looking back on this early phase of her career, Swift recalled how she hoped for greater success. She posted an Instagram photo of herself as a teenager playing guitar for only a few audience members. In front of the stage Taylor Swift you belong with me is an amateur-looking sign with her name in big red letters. Swift captioned the photo, “I said in an interview 13 years ago, ‘I just hope I have a second album that’s the same as the first, and someday I’ll be the headliner and always be the same person I started with.” as.'”