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 streaming services faces investigation by competition watchdog
msn.comstreaming revolution. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the sector had changed "beyond recognition" as it took the first steps towards regulatory action by launching a market study.
The move comes after the culture select committee heard complaints from songwriters and musicians, who have struggled to live off the fraction of a penny they earn from each stream of their work on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube.
Meanwhile the three major record labels, which account for more than two thirds of the global market, are reporting booming profits.
Universal Music, the biggest of the trio behind Taylor Swift, the Beatles and Adele, listed on the Amsterdam stock exchange last month at a valuation of more than £38bn.
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