Taylor Swift named songwriter-artist of the DECADE at 2022 Nashville Songwriter Awards in Tennessee

Taylor Swift put on a dazzling display when she arrived at the NSAI‘s 2022 Nashville Songwriter Awards, held Tuesday evening at the Ryman Auditorium in Tennessee.

Swift has been named this year’s “Songwriter-Artist of the Decade,” a coveted award determined by an artist’s cumulative songwriting success between 2010 and 2019.

The 32-year-old singer is the first female musician to receive the honor.

For the ceremony, the 32-year-old singer slipped into a sparkly black Michael Kors Collection sequined dress with a sexy belly cut.

It featured a one-sleeve design with a thigh-high slit on one leg that allowed the star to show off her slender stems.

Swift trotted the red carpet in rhinestone heels that paired beautifully with her Rahaminov Diamond Bar earrings and Anne Sisteron ring.

The Style singer’s dirty blond hair was worn back in a low ponytail with her bangs styled straight.

As for makeup, Swift sported her signature ruby ​​lip and smokey cateye liner.

She radiated confidence as she mounted a storm for shutterbugs.

Swift also spent time on the red carpet with Ashley Gorley, this year’s Songwriter of the Decade winner.

He has written over 300 songs and 60 number one hits over the course of his distinguished career for country superstars Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean.

For the occasion, Gorley wore a silver satin blazer over a fitted white T-shirt and skinny black pants.

Swift’s historic ‘Songwriter-Artist of the Decade’ award places her between past winners Toby Keith (2000-2009) and Vince Gill (1990-1999).

Swift has received the NSAI’s Songwriter of the Year chimes a total of seven times from 2007 to 2015, which is a record achievement.

According to the NSAIA recipient’s songwriting success of a decade within the specified time period is determined by “calculating the percentage of songwriting credit in a Nashville-associated song and tracking each song’s performance in the Billboard Country Airplay Top 20 from week to week.” Chart, Billboard Pop Songs Chart, Billboard Christian Airplay Chart or Billboard Rock Airplay Chart.

“For the ‘Songwriter-Artist of the Decade’ award, there is an additional requirement that they must be both the artist of the recording and a credited songwriter of the song in order to count.”

Swift became a superstar in 2006 with the release of her self-titled debut album.

Since then, the singer-songwriter has racked up 11 Grammy Award wins and was named Billboard’s first-ever Woman Of The Decade in 2019.

She has released nine studio albums, with her tenth record, Midnights, set for release on October 21.

But fans started speculating that the album (of the first official single) might be coming sooner than expected after TikTok posted a teaser on their official Instagram encouraging fans to check out Swift’s account at midnight ET.

‘If you need me, I will be’ [RUNNING] to @taylorswift’s account at midnight ET #SwiftTok,” caption reads, along with a short clip of an analog clock striking midnight.

More than 20 musical acts, including country supergroup Little Big Town and country crooner Luke Combs, will take the stage in Nashville Tuesday night to honor their favorite writers and award winners.

Little Big Town, which consists of members Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook, joined Swift on the red carpet ahead of the awards ceremony.

Kelsea Ballerini showed off her tanned and toned legs in a sparkly silver mini dress that was fastened at the waist with a brown satin sash.

The 29-year-old Roses hitmaker kept her dress the focus by pairing it with kitten black heels and understated antique gold jewelry.

Her bright blonde locks were smoothed into a ponytail and she rocked bold black eyeliner paired with a glossy pink lip.

Last but not least, Alana Springsteen looked effortlessly stylish in a loose-fitting blazer with a funky orange and white check pattern.