Honor from New York University: Taylor Swift receives an honorary doctorate

Awards and music records

“Taylor Swift is one of the most prolific and celebrated artists of her generation,” the singer said in the announcement. She is the only artist in history to have won the music industry’s top honor, the Grammy for Album of the Year, three times. Swift has won many other accolades and “is the only solo artist of this century to have three albums at number one in one year.”

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