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.
BTS announce break to focus on solo projects
officialcharts.comK-pop group BTS have confirmed they're to focus on solo projects while remaining ‘active as a group.’ The band, comprising RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook, announced the news during their FESTA dinner; an annual celebration of their founding in 2013.
Member RM told fans: "I always thought that BTS was different from other groups, but the problem with K-pop and the whole idol system is that they don’t give you time to mature.
You have to keep producing music and keep doing something." Jimin added: "We can’t help but think of our fans no matter what, we want to be the kind of artists that are remembered by our fans.
I think now we’re starting to think about what kind of artists we each want to be remembered by our fans." "I think that’s why we’re going through a rough patch right now, we’re trying to find our identity and that’s an exhausting and long process." Watch BTS' hiatus announcement video below: A statement from the band's reps in 2019, as speculation of an 'extended break' worried fans, read: "This period of rest will be an opportunity for the members of BTS, who have relentlessly driven themselves towards their goal since their debut, to recharge and prepare to present themselves anew as musicians and creators. "This will also provide them with a chance to enjoy the ordinary lives of young." people in their 20s, albeit briefly." BTS are set to impact the Official Albums Chart with their anthology record PROOF this week.
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