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.
Graham Norton praises Taylor Swift for being “so close to normal” despite fame: “It’s remarkable”
nme.comGraham Norton has praised Taylor Swift and her ability to be “so close to normal” despite her massive fame.The ‘Bejeweled’ singer has appeared four times on The Graham Norton Show throughout the course of her career so far.
While appearing as a guest on the Kyle and Jackie O radio Show, the host and comedian opened up about how down-to-earth Swift is despite being one of the world’s biggest stars.“Someone like Taylor Swift, who is arguably the most famous woman in the world – it’s remarkable how she appears to be so close to normal,” he told the radio hosts (per her.ie).He continued: “It’s like she can change the economy of a country just by showing up, yet she’s so lovely and normal, and just fantastic.”Norton also applauded Swift’s ability to create “easy” songs as a way to protect her voice. “I remember saying to her, you know, because she’s going on a big, long tour.
And I said to her, ‘Are you worried about keeping your voice?’ And she went: ‘No, I write songs that are easy to sing,’” Norton said.“She always has been super sweet,” he continued, adding: “Like, she went from that gangly giraffe teenager country girl into a megastar, but has been the same from the beginning to the end.
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