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.
Queen Elizabeth Was the World's Second Longest Reigning Monarch
justjared.comA huge milestone was accomplished by Queen Elizabeth just before her death. Earlier in the year, the late Queen became the third longest reigning monarch in world history after surpassing Johann II of Liechtenstein, who ruled for 70 years and 91 days.
He passed in October of 2016. A few weeks later, she became the second longest leading ruler of all time. She was the UK’s longest reining monarch. Click through to see the longest reigning monarchs in world history…
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