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.
KT Tunstall scraps 2021 tour dates over hearing loss fears
nme.comKT Tunstall has pulled out of her upcoming live shows due to ongoing concerns about her hearing.The singer, who is deaf in her left ear, says she has “experienced some issues” with tinnitus in her right ear – which is also how hearing loss in her left ear started.“The decision to pull myself out of my Summer 2021 touring schedule has been an extremely difficult one to make,” wrote Tunstall on Twitter.“Playing live has been my life for the last 20 years, and is my deepest passion.“Permanently losing 100% of my hearing in my left ear overnight whilst on tour in 2018 was an enormous shock, and the result of years of touring without adequate periods of rest, which caused an acute physical breakdown.”Hey folks, Sending love & thanks in advance.
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