TAYLOR SWIFT
Taylor Alison Swift
(born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter.Raised in Wyomissing,
Pennsylvania, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14 to pursue a
career in country music. She signed with the independent label Big Machine
Records and became the youngest songwriter ever signed by the Sony/ATV Music
publishing house. The release of Swift'seponymous debut album in 2006 marked
the start of her career as a country music singer. Her third single, "Our
Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a
number-one song on the Hot Country Songs chart.
Swift's second
album, Fearless, was released in 2008. Buoyed by the pop crossover success of
the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless
became the best-selling album of 2009 in the United States. The album won four
Grammy Awards, making Swift the youngest ever Album of the Year winner. Swift's
third and fourth albums, 2010's Speak Now and 2012's Red, both sold more than
one million copies within the first week of their U.S release. Speak Now's
"Mean" won two Grammy Awards, whileRed's singles "We Are Never
Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble" were
successful worldwide. Swift's fifth album, the pop-focused 1989, was released
in 2014 and sold more copies in its opening week than any album in the previous
12 years, making Swift the first and only act to have three albums sell more
than one million copies in the opening release week. Its singles "Shake It
Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood" reached number
one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Swift is known for
narrative songs about her personal experiences. As a songwriter, she has been
honored by the Nashville Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of
Fame. Swift's other achievements include seven Grammy Awards, one Emmy Award,
22 Billboard Music Awards, 11 Country Music Association Awards, eight Academy
of Country Music Awards, and one Brit Award. She is one of the best-selling
artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums—including 27.1
million in the U.S.—and 130 million single downloads. Swift has also had
supporting roles in feature films including Valentine's Day (2010) and The Giver(2014).
In 2015, she became the youngest woman ever to be included on Forbes' "100
Most Powerful Women" list, ranking at number 64.
Quotes :
“People haven't always been there for me but music always
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