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.
NME Radio Roundup 3 August 2020: Taylor Swift, Octavian, Mahalia and more
nme.comTaylor Swift announced her surprise new album ‘Folklore’. Written during lockdown, her eighth record eschewed her usual, meticulously planned promotional campaign, and instead it dropped less than 24 hours after it was announced.
And it’s not just its prompt release that’s different, for ‘Folklore’ Swift found a new sound. Teaming up with Bon Iver and The National’s Aaron Dessner, alongside long-time collaborator Jack Antonoff, ‘Folklore’ is an astonishing collection of indie-folk songs, that couple Swift’s distinctive song writing and lyricism with soaring melodies and lush instrumentation.
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