Gov. Dayton Proclaims 'Taylor Swift Day' In Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — In honor of the pop icon’s back-to-back performances at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis this weekend, Gov. Mark Dayton is proclaiming Friday as "Taylor Swift Day" in Minnesota.

The two Minneapolis shows are just two of 56 dates on Swift’s 2018 "Reputation" world tour.

One of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Songwriters of all-time and the youngest artist to win Album of the Year, the 28-year old singer-songwriter’s music and record-breaking career has inspired many fans in Minnesota and around the world.

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Born in Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville at 14 to pursue a career in music. Her rise to stardom began just two years later in 2006.

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At the age of 16, Swift released her first album and sold more than 7 million copies. In the same year, she became the youngest artist to single-handedly write and perform a number one song on the Hot Country Song chart when "Our Song" rose to the top of the Billboard list.

Swift has released six studio albums and sold more than 40 million copies, making her one of the world’s best-selling artists. Her successes include 10 Grammy Awards, 19 American Music Awards, 23 Billboard Music Awards, 20 Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Awards, and one Emmy.

Swift is also a two-time Billboard Music Award Woman of the Year, and the first artist to have four albums sell over one million copies in one week in the United States.

"Reputation" is Swift’s fifth concert tour. She last performed in Minnesota during the The 1989 World Tour in 2015.

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