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.
Music Exec Juliette Jones on Amplifying Other Women—and Getting Your Money
glamour.comGlamour conducted via Zoom, Jones was surprisingly candid about how she managed to achieve her success, and she talked all about why she recognizes the need to operate in the world as it is, instead of as it should be.I was devastated [when I was fired from Jive Records] and I would like to say that I had a brilliant plan, but I did not.
When I was , I was in Los Angeles and my friend who worked at the magazine asked if I would meet with her company. I never had dreams of becoming a magazine editor, or really thought much about it.
Lionel Ridenour, who was a good friend of mine, and kind of a mentor to me said, "The key is for you to stay in, so you have to be open to the things that you're willing to try to do.
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