Friday, October 10, 2014 1:42pm ET by  
Comments (0)

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Taylor Swift named Billboard's 2014 Woman of the Year

'Shake It Off' superstar Taylor Swift has been named Billboard's 2014 Woman of the Year, making her the first artist ever to land the impressive honour twice. 

Janice Min, co-president and chief creative officer of Guggenheim Media's Entertainment Group, which consists of Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter, explained the decision in a statement:

"As one of the most influential artists of her generation, Taylor Swift has seen incredible success on the Billboard charts. Over the course of her career, she’s charted 60 entries on the Billboard Hot 100 -- the most of any female artist since her debut in 2006. We are tremendously excited to be honouring her as the 2014 Billboard Woman of the Year for the second time."

Her success will be celebrated at the 9th annual Billboard Women in Music Awards on December 12 in New York City. Swift's highly anticipated new album, entitled '1989', is due to be officially released on October 27.

Tweeting about the upcoming release of her new song 'Into The Woods', which should drop next week, she admitted that it's a great representation of the material on her new record: "To clarify, what is coming in the next few days is a new song that I think best represents #1989. It is NOT my next single. #ShakeItOff."

Follow us: @Pressparty on Twitter Pressparty on Facebook.

Watch Swift's cover of Vance Joy's 'Riptide' here: