Entertainment Weekly has named Taylor Swift “Entertainer of the Year.” Congrats young lady Swift.
What made her top dog this year? She starred in a movie, Valentine’s Day, won four Grammys including album of the year, released her third record, Speak Now, which sold 1,047,000 units in its first week of release alone – the highest tally for any release in five years – and has sold out one concert arena after another. All of this before reaching her 21st birthday.
In the interview, Swift talks about tabloid rumors about her music being all about men she has dated in the past; men such as Taylor Lautner, Joe Jonas, and John Mayer. She says, “Sometimes I would laugh because I would see it in print and it would say, ‘This song, which is written about her ex, so-and-so…’ And they would write about it as if it was fact.
The fact is, I haven’t ever confirmed that any song is about any particular person. There’s something kind of freeing about that. As far as I’m concerned, it’s all still up in the air.” [You notice though, she doesn’t deny it; just sayin’.]
For more with Taylor Swift and EW’s 14 other named entertainers of the year — including James Franco, Kanye West, Wil Smith’s kids, Jon Hamm, and Katy Perry — pick up the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, on stands Friday, December 3.