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.
Kanye West asks rivals Drake and Taylor Swift for help as he vows to change music industry contracts
metro.co.ukKanye West has called for his rivals Drake and Taylor Swift to join his battle to change music industry contracts so artists can own their masters.The rapper, who is running for president, has been sounding off on Twitter about the way the industry works as he threatened to stop releasing music until he is free from his current contract with Universal.In a series of tweets, the 43-year-old vowed to help free artists from their contracts and put the power and wealth into the hands of the creative.And he revealed just how serious he was about his quest as he called out to some of his biggest rivals to get help from his cause.
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