Taylor Swift Delivers $50K Promise To NYC Schools, Named ‘World's Most Popular Artist of 2014’

Taylor Swift stayed true to her word and donated proceeds of her album’s opening song “Welcome to New York” to the city’s schools. Showing how much she and her songs are well-loved, she has also been named the “World’s Most Popular Artist of 2014.”

Capital New York confirmed that the “Shake It Off” singer did not think twice about donating the proceeds of her song “Welcome to New York” to the schools located in the city that inspired the song. Last October, Swift promised that the proceeds of the single would be donated to the schools, and while there was no formal agreement, the Department of Education promptly received a donation today, totaling $50K. Seeing how well appreciated the track is and how popular her album “1989” is, Spin claimed that the $50K is more likely the first of many more donation instalments to come.

This is not the first time Taylor has made waves because of her charitable works. She recently helped out a fan by paying off her college loans. She also personally visited some fans during last year’s holiday season and handed out gifts.

Meanwhile, her star quality was recently emphasised when she was named “World's Most Popular Artist of 2014,” as reported by BBC. Despite pulling out all her music from streaming music site “Spotify,” her albums’ physical sales, downloads and streaming stats all propelled her to be hailed as the “World’s Most Popular Artist” of last year, as declared by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. She bumped off “One Direction” from the top of the list. One Direction, 2013’s Most Popular, slipped to the second spot.

It was last November that Swift decided to remove her songs from Spotify. She could be remembered explaining her surprising decision, saying she is not willing to make an experiment out of her life's work, especially in a platform that she feels does not provide the writers, producers, artists and creators of music fair compensation.

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