Whether you believe that Taylor Swift deserves her current level of superstardom or not, few would deny that she’s worked hard for it, and the lengths that she went to to get her early music on the radio have now been revealed.
To mark almost 20 years since the release of Tim McGraw, Swift’s debut single, Billboard spoke to various people who came into her orbit right at the start of her career, and all tell a tale of someone who was fiercely determined to do what it took to get to the top.
