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.
Song You Need: DaBoii and Drakeo The Ruler display bittersweet chemistry on “The Deal”
thefader.comThe FADER's "Songs You Need" are the tracks we can't stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist.
The tragedy of Drakeo The Ruler's murder last December is still fresh, and revisiting his old material tears the scab open anew.
Before his passing, the 26-year-old was angling for a breakout moment with tracks featuring pop-rappers like Drake ("Talk To Me") and 24kGoldn ("Spaceship.") The latter track is an especially intriguing listen for how Drakeo refuses to compromise his low-lidded, threatening mumble for the song's sunny vibe.
You get a sense of how unlikely Drakeo's jump to the pop charts would have been, but if anyone could have made it happen without selling his soul, it would have been Drakeo.
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