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.
Taylor Swift sent her army of fans into meltdown earlier this week when she announced she was surprise-releasing her eighth studio album Folklore.The 30-year-old, who recorded the indie-inspired Folklore while in lockdown, set the album live at midnight in America (EST) – seeing fans over here in the UK waking up at the crack of dawn to listen to Swift’s 16 new tracks (17, if you count bonus track, The Lakes).And now Swifties all over the world are left asking the same question – who on earth is this ‘Betty’ that Taylor is singing about?The biggest mystery in music since Beyoncé and Becky with the Good Hair, here are some of the best fan theories about Betty’s identity…Many fans believe the emotional album, which features powerful songs.
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