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.
With the ushering in of a new decade, 2020 was supposed to be a fresh start. And then COVID-19 hit.Throughout the past year, music has been one of the few saving graces in a time of uncertainty, mask-wearing and social distancing.
New albums by Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and DaBaby kept Us going — and dancing! — while songs like Beyoncé’s “Black Parade,” Harry Styles’ “Watermelon Sugar” and Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” made one playlist after another.Enter the 2021 Grammy Awards, a much-needed celebration of the artists who provided a hope-filled soundtrack to an otherwise grim and divisive pandemic.
This year, as the vaccine rollout continues, music’s biggest night may look a bit different with only the nominees and performers in the
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