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Taylor Swift was the top selling artist in 2008.
Her second album, “Fearless” had a stranglehold on the top spot on the Billboard charts for 10 weeks.
Now, the stunning 19-year-old Wyomissing native has made Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “100 people who are changing America.”
Swift, who ranks 100th, is the only country artist to make the list.
“At 19, the biggest star in country and teen pop has managed to keep her head on straight — no drinking, no smoking, no limousine peekaboo — without seeming like a prude,” the magazine said. “Swift has given country music a new audience: teen girls who identify with her wholesome persona as much as her music.”
Recently, Swift has been hounded by questions about her sex life. In an interview in this week’s Allure magazine, Swift said: “It’s fine to talk about love publicly.
“But I think when you talk about virginity and sex publicly, people just automatically picture you naked. And as much as I can prevent people picturing me naked, I’m going to.”
President Obama topped Rolling Stone’s list, followed by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Apple bigwig Steve Jobs and U2 lead singer Bono.
Swift also is a finalist for Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world.
“The teenage twanger is beloved on both the country and pop charts, selling more than 4 million records in 2008 — the most of any artist,” the newsmagazine said. “And while she writes from the perspective of a heartsick teen, her songs are undeniably direct.”
However, the magazine said Swift’s “name similarity to Taylor Hicks is a little annoying.”
At age 11, Swift regularly sang Karaoke at the Pat Garrett Roadhouse, and her music first aired on 1510-AM WWSM in Lebanon.