Awards and Nominations

2007 CMT Music Awards Breakthrough Video of the Year for "Tim McGraw" Won
2007 Academy of Country Music Awards Top New Female Vocalist Nominated
2007 Country Music Association Awards Horizon Award Won
2007 American Music Awards Favorite Female Country Artist Nominated


Swift's first single, "Tim McGraw", was released to radio in Summer of 2006. On October 24, 2006, her self-titled CD was released. The album, on which Swift wrote or co-wrote all of the songs, debuted at 19 on the Billboard 200 and sold more than 61,000 during its first week. In 2007, it peaked at 1 at Billboard Top Country Albums and #8 at Billboard 200. It also spent eight consecutive weeks at the top of Top Country Albums.Swift plays a Taylor Grand Auditorium acoustic guitar made of koa wood.