With a catalog of top-10 hits including 'Fire and Rain,' 'Shower the People,' 'Carolina In My Mind,' and 'Mexico' Taylor has earned more then 40 gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards as well as five Grammy Awards. His first "Greatest Hits" album earned the Recording Industry Association of America's elite Diamond Award, given for sales of over 10 million copies in the United States. In 1998 Taylor was honored with the Century Award, Billboard magazine's highest accolade, bestowed for distinguished creative achievement; and in 2000 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll of Fame and Songwriter's Hall of Fame.
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