Happy Birthday to the gorgeous Taylor Swift who turns 25 today! You know you’re pretty lucky when the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, sings Happy Birthday to you! Ariana Grande was asked to sing as well but even though she tried to work herself in a couple of times, it was impossible, the Queen of Soul was on a roll!
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It was only recently that Franklin was asked for her opinion on Swift in a Wall Street Journal interview and she replied, “OK, great gowns, beautiful gowns.” Certainly a comment that gets at the utter soullessness of pop stars today and one supposed, at Swift herself. However, after this birthday performance, all is forgiven!
All this took place at Billboard Magazine’s Women In Music panel on Friday (December 12) which honoured the most influential women in music in 2014.
The host Matt Lauer moderated the panel and got the chance to share a pretty spectacular selfie with the women in the panel after the Q & A ended. The women included Ariana Grande, Aretha Franklin, Jessie J, Hayley Williams, Idina Menzel, Charli XCX and Taylor Swift (Iggy Azalea was also on the panel, but had to leave before the photo happened).
Billboard Magazine’s women in music for 2014 and one very lucky old bald guy! pic.twitter.com/QeIMMlKAzl
— Matt Lauer (@MLauer) December 12, 2014
Swift actually sang in her birthday whilst on stage at the iHeartRadio Jingle Bell Ball in Madison Square Garden with 18,000 fans to join her. “I think I’ve officially celebrated my birthday with you tonight. I’m 25-years-old New York City,” she told the crowd after performing her No. 1 hit Blank Space.
