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Happy 20th Birthday, ‘Debut’! A Revealing Look Back at Taylor Swift’s First Album, Via a Previously Unpublished Q&A: ‘I Want to Be Here for the Next 20 Years’

Variety·Chris Willman·2 days ago

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Today, Oct. 24, 2026, marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Taylor Swift’s self-titled debut album. It would take at least a few years before anyone really thought of this as a monumental or transformative event — for country music, and then for…

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Happy 20th Birthday, ‘Debut’! A Revealing Look Back at Taylor Swift’s First Album, Via a Previously Unpublished Q&A: ‘I Want to Be Here for the Next 20 Years’