Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard 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", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Alicia Keys and Jay-Z are hesitant to collaborate again after success of song Empire State of Mind
dailymail.co.ukAlicia Keys admitted that she and Jay-Z fear they'll never be able to top the success of their 2009 hit Empire State of Mind.'I wonder if it kind of hinders us in some ways,' the 41-year-old singer, who is from Manhattan, wondered. 'It's almost like there's no topping it.'It comes thirteen years after the track earned the Brooklyn-born rapper, who turns 53 Sunday, hit his first number one hit.
Apprehensive: Alicia Keys spoke to E! News and admitted she and Jay-Z fear they'll never be able to top the success of their 2009 hit Empire State of Mind; pictured in NYC this week View this post on Instagram A post shared by 2Cool2Blog (@2cool2bl0g) The New York natives' duet went three times platinum and helped enforce a sense of pride in other inhabitants of the city.It even became the soundtrack to the Yankees’ World Series win, which marked the team's return to the title after six years.
Keys went on to release a solo version of the tune in 2010, a piano-driven ballad highlighting her vocals.About the potential for a second collaboration, Alicia told E!
News she and the rapper-turned-mogul 'talk about that a lot.' Her thoughts: 'I wonder if it kind of hinders us in some ways,' 41-year-old Keys, who's from Manhattan, pondered. 'It's almost like there's no topping it''There's so many songs that come up and it's like, "Oh, Jay would be crazy on this," or, "Oh, A.K.
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