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.
Don McLean congratulates Taylor Swift for breaking American Pie's record for the longest-running hit
dailymail.co.ukDon McLean took to Twitter on Tuesday to congratulate Taylor Swift after she broke a record he had held for almost 50 years with American Pie with her new song All Too Well (Taylor's Version).Swift's All Too Well (Taylor's Version), which spans 10:13 minutes, earlier this week dethroned McLean's hit (8:42 minutes) for the longest song to hit the top spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.'Let’s face it, nobody ever wants to lose that #1 spot, but if I had to lose it to somebody, I sure am glad it was another great singer/songwriter such as Taylor,' the 76-year-old singer-songwriter said. 'Congratulations @taylorswift13!' The latest: Don McLean, 76, took to Twitter on Tuesday to congratulate Taylor Swift, 31, after she broke a record he had held.
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