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Happy 20th Birthday, ‘Debut’: A Look Back at Taylor Swift’s Self-Titled First Album, Via a Previously Unpublished Q&A

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VarietyHappy 20th Birthday, ‘Debut’: A Look Back at Taylor Swift’s Self-Titled First Album, Via a Previously Unpublished Q&A
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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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