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.
Olivia Rodrigo praises Taylor Swift: “I’ve always looked up to Taylor”
nme.comOlivia Rodrigo has praised the influence that Taylor Swift has had on her music career to date, revealing that she has looked up to Swift “since I was literally five years old”.The 18-year-old California singer, who enjoyed major breakthrough success earlier this year with her hit single ‘Drivers License’, was speaking to NME for her first Big Read cover story ahead of the release next week (May 21) of her debut album ‘Sour’.Recalling how the likes of Cardi B and Niall Horan have already supported her career, Rodrigo then spoke about her songwriting idol Swift, who sent her a handwritten note of encouragement earlier this year.“I’ve always looked up to Taylor since I was literally five years old,” Rodrigo told NME. “Obviously I think she’s.
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