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.
Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant brands Taylor Swift's music 'disappointing'
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys has taken a pop at Taylor Swift, saying her tunes don't match up to classic hits from superstar Michael Jackson.Swift's recent album The Tortured Poets Department is already the highest selling album this year.
She's looking to add it to her existing 11 chart-topping albums come Friday, likely giving her the largest first-week sales she's seen yet.Despite the buzz around the release, Tennant, aged 69, admits he finds Swift's music lacklustre, reports the Mirror.He stated: "I was looking at the chart today and it is all Taylor Swift.
She sorts of fascinates me as a phenomenon because she is so popular. But then I listen to the records and I think, 'Where are the famous songs?
What is Taylor Swift's Billie Jean? ' Shake It Off? I listened to that the other day and it is not Billie Jean, is it? ". The vocalist behind the hit single 'Its a Sin' attributes the success of 34-year-old Swift to a shared experience longing among listeners.
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