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.
Lorde Shares Why She's 'Not Built for Pop Star Life'
etonline.comLorde doesn't love every facet of her job. The 24-year-old singer covers the October issue of Vogue, and, in the accompanying interview, reveals why she struggles with the lifestyle that comes with being famous.«I’m great at my job, but I’m not sure I’m the man for the job,» she says. «I’m a highly sensitive person.
I’m not built for pop star life. To have a public-facing existence is something I find really intense and is something I’m not good at.
That natural charisma is not what I have. I have the brain in the jar.»Lorde's natural inclination to stay out of the spotlight is the reason she takes large breaks between her albums.
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