No matter your opinion on her music, it’s crazy to deny Taylor Swift’s strength as a businesswoman. She’s the Marvel of music. Stay for the credits—there’s always something else coming down the pipeline to purchase and,

Its the third week in a row that The Life of a Showgirl and "The Fate of Ophelia" have ruled the U.K. rankings.

Taylor Swift was just a teenage girl with big dreams when she released her self-titled debut album on Oct. 24, 2006.

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Taylor Swift has released many lead singles over the years. Here's Billboard's critic's picks ranking of all the songs.

No one would have expected Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” to lose its grip on the album chart in week 2, and it indeed held on at the top of the Billboard 200, with 338,000 equivalent album units in its second week out.

All you people, can’t you see how being a fan of the Backstreet Boys is affecting Taylor Swift’s reality? After AJ McLean shared a medley of the band’s “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” mashed up with Swift’s “Elizabeth Taylor,

Taylor Swift's "Life of a Showgirl" broke multiple Canada chart records and tied Celine Dion on one key metric, along with other Canada music news.

Elizabeth Taylor's son Christopher Wilding tells PEOPLE his legendary mom and Taylor Swift are "kindred spirits" as he shares his reaction to the pop star's 'The Life of a Showgirl' song.

In a new video, the Backstreet Boys dance to a mashup of Taylor Swift's "Elizabeth Taylor" and the band's "Everybody," and the pop singer had the best reaction.