The Eras tour, Mall pointed out, also bloomed from years of prolific music-making and audience-building -- so she might need time to develop more material before accomplishing another feat of that magnitude,

Why did fans devote so many nights to watching shaky iPhone footage of the 3½-hour concert? Or as naysayers wondered, why did people spend thousands of dollars to fly around the world to attend a meticulously choreographed show that was virtually the same every time,

As Taylor Swift turns 35, let's take a look at the 13 records the superstar broke – or helped to break – in her 35th year.