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.
Listen to Bellah’s British R&B-focused playlist to accompany The Cover
nme.comBellah has compiled an exclusive playlist to accompany this week’s NME cover story.The Enfield-raised artist features on The Cover this week (July 24) as we continue our commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis.
Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover, and the full interview with Bellah can be read here.To celebrate, Bellah – born Isobel Akpobire – has curated a playlist titled ‘Intro to UK R&B’ featuring songs from fellow NME 100 alumni including FLO, No Guidnce, Nippa and more.Listen to the full playlist below on Spotify, and here on Apple Music.In March, the 26-year-old appeared at Austin’s SXSW, a performance NME described as “a defining moment in Bellah’s huge breakout year.” In recent months, she has gone on to play at The Great Escape and Glastonbury, and is currently working on the follow-up to her last EP ‘Adultsville’, which was released in September 2022.In this week’s The Cover interview, Bellah discusses her vision for the future of British R&B music – and gives a shout out to a wealth of her peers and collaborators, including Jvck James, Mnelia and Shaé Universe. “We’re kids that have different cultures infused in us, so Afro-R&B is a thing, R&B and drill [crossover] exists,” she tells NME.
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