Taylor Swift: So Much Talent and More Importantly Character and Class

Just recently I began to think of Taylor Swift's career which started out quite early in her life. She released her first album in 2006 at the age of 16. This was followed by five consecutive Top Ten singles. In 2009 her album "Fearless" went multi-platinum with sales topping 6 million.In 2010 the eight time Grammy nominee took home awards for best country song, best female country vocalist and best country album of the year.

During the 2009 MTV awards Taylor Swift won the award for Best Female Video. Sadly when she was on stage accepting her award, Kanye West stormed the stage during her acceptance speech, grabbed the mic out of her hand, and stated that the award should have gone to Beyoncé for her "Single Ladies" video.

While West ranted on, Taylor stood by and kept her composure. When interviewed about the incident after the show, Taylor was not negative and more or less said that perhaps he was just having a bad day. I thought to myself what poise and character for this young 19 year old singer/songwriter to have. There is no award given for character and class but most assuredly for the ones that do have it, they are in a special league all by themselves.

In a touching moment later on during the MTV show, Beyoncé won the award for Video of the Year. At that point she had Taylor come out to the stage and give her speech that had been interrupted by West. Here again I was blown away by the character of another multi talented actress and singer, Beyoncé Knowles. She was determined to stand up and do the right thing for a fellow artist, Taylor Swift.

I was so honored and proud to have witnessed these two dear girls showing composure and class.

Over the years I've seen a lot of singers and songwriters receive awards with most of them well deserved. However, to see these two ladies display their courtesy and caring literally warmed my heart. It seems that people always tend to remember the bad and ugly things that happen during an event. Taylor and Beyoncé certainly saved the show from being branded by the unpleasant incident proving that good can always overcome bad when someone handles it the way these two ladies did. We are so lucky to have them as part of our beloved music profession.