Taylor Swift tends to change up her signature style when she drops an album. From Red's blunt bangs to 1989's lob, Swift's hair has undergone a dramatic shift precisely five times in the past decade. Here, witness to our super-scientific assessment of Taylor Swift's hair evolution.
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April 10, 2006
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Let's start from the beginning: Here is 17-year-old Taylor Swift in one of her first public appearances, at the 2006 CMT Awards. She will wear these tight curls for the next three years.
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November 6, 2006
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At the 40th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville.
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April 16, 2007
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And again the following year (at the 2007 CMT Music Awards).
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February 10, 2008
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Wearing purple at 50th Grammy Awards.
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December 3, 2008
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In basically the same look at the 51st Grammy Awards nomination announcement.
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April 6, 2009
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A little different, but basically the same. At the 44th annual Academy of Country Music Awards' Artist of the Decade celebration in Las Vegas.
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May 9, 2009
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With a floral headband in London.
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February 8, 2009
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Taylor Swift began to favor this curled updo in 2009, seen here at the 51st Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
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May 18, 2008
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And again at the 43rd Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas.
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November 12, 2008
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Less curly, but still the same, at the 42nd annual CMA Awards in Nashville.
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June 16, 2009
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To the side at the 2009 CMT Music Awards.
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January 12, 2014
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Okay, this one is a little out of order. She resuscitated the look in 2014 for the Golden Globes.
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September 27, 2010
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Then Taylor opted for softer barrel waves at the Roberto Cavalli spring/summer 2011 fashion show in Milan.
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May 22, 2011
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At the 2011 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.
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August 7, 2011
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In a ponytail at Teen Choice 2011 in Universal City, California.
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April 3, 2011
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More waves at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on in Las Vegas.
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September 6, 2012
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She chopped her bangs into a straight-edge fringe, beginning stage four of Taylor's hair journey and marking the drop of her album Red (also the beginning of her signature red lip). She attended the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards with this look.
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November 11, 2012
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At the 2012 MTV EMA in Frankfurt, Germany.
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November 18, 2012
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In an updo at the 40th American Music Awards in Los Angeles.
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December 7, 2012
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Again with the red lip at Z100's Jingle Ball 2012 in New York City.