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.
German city renames itself ‘Swiftkirchen’ for Taylor Swift Eras tour
nme.comTaylor Swift‘s shows there later this month.Swift will be bringing her ‘Eras’ tour to Gelsenkirchen from July 17-19. The name change was suggested by a young local fan named Aleshanee Westhoff, who started a petition and wrote directly to Mayor Karin Welge.“It’s a great idea to temporarily rename Gelsenkirchen to ‘Swiftkirchen,’ which is why I’m particularly pleased that you can experience the short-term ‘renaming’ of Gelsenkirchen live and up close in Gelsenkirchen today,” said Mayor Welge in a thank-you letter to Westhoff.In recognition of this, Westhoff got to erect the first “Swiftkirchen” sign on a street in the town.
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