Chart Rewind: On July 1, 2006, Taylor Swift Made Her Billboard Debut

"Tim McGraw" by Swift, then 16, entered Hot Country Songs.

Taylor Swift during 2006 CMT Music Awards - Arrivals at Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville.

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Before the Hot 100 No. 1s, stadium tours and re-recordings, Taylor Swift’s Billboard chart history began with a country song named for one of the format’s biggest stars.

Swift made her first Billboard chart appearance as “Tim McGraw,” her debut single on Big Machine Records, entered Hot Country Songs at No. 60 on July 1, 2006.