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Shania Twainis passing the baton toTaylor Swift.
The country superstar, 56, congratulated Swift, 32, on dethroning her as thefemale artist with the most weeksat No. 1 on theBillboardCountry Albums Chart. Swift’s albums have achieved a total of 99 weeks in the top spot, surpassing Twain’s 97-week record.
“Let’s Go Girls!!!! Proud of you @taylorswift13. Historical records are meant to be made and then broken. The baton is meant to be passed on to new generations. Unstoppable young female country artists are [fire emoji] in spite of the hurdles,” shewrote, adding the hashtag, “#trailblazers.”
Swift returned to the top of the Country Albums chart twice in 2021 with her re-recorded albumsFearless (Taylor’s Version)andRed (Taylor’s Version), which spent three and seven weeks at No. 1, respectively.
Swift has long praised Twain as one of her musical influences, most recently giving her a shoutout in a TikTok videocelebrating country girls going pop. Twain evengot in on the trend, salutingDolly Partonin her own post. “Thank you @taylorswift I appreciate you! Paying this one forward to another trailblazer,” she wrote.
“I have ceased to be a person anymore I have exploded into a cloud of confetti hearts,” Swift wrote in response, sharing a TikTok duet of her reaction.
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Twain previously raved about Swift’s transition from country to pop with her fifth studio album1989. “I think that everybody should just follow their heart and do their artistic best, and just enjoy their creativity,” she told ET Canada in 2014.
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“[Taylor]’s a singer-songwriter-performer, she does it all … the world is her oyster,” Twain added. “She’s young and she needs to just do whatever she’s having fun at and I think everybody’s loving it.”
Parton, 75, alsosang Swift’s praisesto PEOPLE in 2015. “I think that littleTaylor Swifthas just done amazing,” she said. “She knew exactly who she was, she had her dream, and she stuck with it. That’s what you gotta do. I’m just so proud of her.”
source: people.com
