" Mean " won Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards . Swift performed the song during the ceremony . Claire Suddath of '' Time '' felt she " delivered her comeback on-key and with a vengeance " ; Jayme Deerwester of '' USA Today '' wrote that the criticism in 2010 seemed to have " made her a better songwriter and live performer " . Swift won various other awards for '' Speak Now '' , including Songwriter/Artist of the Year by the Nashville Songwriters Association ( 2010 and 2011 ) , Woman of the Year by '' Billboard '' ( 2011 ) , and Entertainer of the Year by the Academy of Country Music ( 2011 and 2012 ) and the Country Music Association in 2011 . At the American Music Awards of 2011 , Swift won Artist of the Year and Favorite Country Album . '' Rolling Stone '' placed '' Speak Now at '' number 45 in its 2012 list of the " 50 Best Female Albums of All Time " , writing : " She might get played on the country station , but she 's one of the few genuine rock stars we 've got these days , with a flawless ear for what makes a song click . " The Speak Now World Tour ran from February 2011 to March 2012 and grossed over $ 123 million . In November 2011 , Swift released her first live album , '' Speak Now World Tour : Live '' . The following month , she contributed two original songs to '' The Hunger Games '' soundtrack album : " Safe & Sound " , cowritten and recorded with the Civil Wars and T-Bone Burnett , and " Eyes Open " . " Safe & Sound " won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media . Swift contributed vocals to rapper B.o.B 's " Both of Us " , released in May 2012 . From July to September 2012 , Swift dated political heir Conor Kennedy . In August , Swift released " We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together " , the lead single from her fourth studio album , '' Red '' . It became her first number one in the US and New Zealand and reached the top slot on iTunes ' digital song sales chart 50 minutes after its release , earning the " Fastest Selling Single in Digital History " Guinness World Record . Swift released the album 's second single , " Begin Again " , in October . It reached number seven on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 . Other singles released from the album include " I Knew You Were Trouble " , " 22 " , " Everything Has Changed " , " The Last Time " , and " Red " . " I Knew You Were Trouble " was a major commercial success , peaking at number two in the United States
54th Annual Grammy Awards
54th Annual Grammy Awards
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