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WOMEN&MUSIC
Women in music industry
illustrates the role of women
as composers, songwriters,
singers, and other musical
professions. Because of
inequality in the past, women T A Y L O R S W I F T
did not get their own rights to
do anything like men. At that
time, the main duty of women
was housekeeping and looking
after family members.
However, women have
taken the significant role in
the music industry right now
and it tends to gradually
increase in the future. In Women Compose the
addition, most empowering
Most Empowering Music
music which are composed by
women inspires and empowers
TAYLOR SWIFT - The most popular American pop and country music singer-
many women to feel more
songwriter of the new generation. Swift is known for narrative songs about her
confident in themselves and
personal life. She knew that she wanted to become a singer and fortunately, her
spread it out to show their
strength.
parents encouraged Swift to pursue her dream. The inspiration was taken from
country music artists such as Shania Twain and the Dixie Chicks. When she was
11, she began playing the guitar and wrote songs. The songs of her own
composition reflected her life and experiences.
In 2004, at age 14, it was woman, the song was
Swift’s year because she has extremely appreciated.
become very popular. She was She has received many
noticed by record executive awards every year since the
while she was performing many first album was released until
of the songs that she had now. Moreover, her name is one
written in the Nashville area. of the best-selling music
Her first single, “Tim McGraw” artists of all time.
name of her beloved country Swift said that she uses
artist, was released in the her life experiences as an
summer of 2006 and the song inspiration in her work and
was on the Billboard country expresses every emotion she
singles chart for 8 months.
feels through her songs. Many
Because of the themes of her songs are about self-