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.
Calvin Harris' life - Real name, brutal Rita Ora dumping and surprise career U-turn
dailystar.co.ukCalvin Harris has released his new album Funk Wav Bounces Volume 2 recently, and to commemorate his new musical milestone, here at Daily Star we've decided to take a look inside his life.From his humble beginnings and real name away from his career, to his feud with Taylor Swift, and multiple toxic splits from high-profiled celebrities - Calvin has lived a jam-packed life and he's only 38.READ NEXT: Calvin Harris fans gobsmacked as brazen couple spotted 'dry humping' in crowdHe was born in 1984 in Dumfries, Scotland to English parents - a biochemist father, and housewife mother.
He has two siblings.Before getting into music, he stocked shelves in supermarkets and worked in a local fish factory in order to buy DJ gear - that would later kickstart his career.Away from his profession as a hit-making DJ and all round global star, Calvin's name actually isn't Calvin - and isn't keen on people referring to him as his alter ego name in his personal life.Calvin Harris is how he's widely known, but he was actually born as Adam Richard Wiles - which seems far less glamorous than his stage name.Revealing his decision to alter his moniker when he was 22 years old, he told Shortlist: "My first single was more of a soul track, and I thought Calvin Harris sounded a bit more racially ambiguous."I thought people might not know if I was black or not.
After that, I was stuck with it."He added: "No one calls me Calvin. It’s horrible and it’s not my name. You might as well be calling me Mr Blobby."Calvin enjoyed a 15 month long relationship with one of the most prolific songwriters in the world - Taylor Swift.
Their relationship began in the beginning of 2015, with the pair going public in the spring and holding hands in public by May.They.
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