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.
Candice Marie Benbow's Red Lip Theology Explores What It Means to Be a Black Woman of Faith Today
glamour.comAs told to All products featured on Glamour are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.You're likely quite familiar with the voice of Candice Marie Benbow.
In 2016, she wrote the viral ; she then wrote about the other side of heartache with her popular essay “4:43,” which used Jay-Z’s 4:44 album as inspiration.
But beyond her critical analysis of pivotal pop-culture moments, Benbow is a theologian with degrees from Tennessee State University, North Carolina Central University, and Duke Divinity School.
And she uses her platform to advocate for progressive Black Christian women as she discusses everything from misogynoir to feminism to love, grief, and resilience in her works.
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