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.
Taylor Swift at the BRITs: “No career path comes free of negativity”
nme.comTaylor Swift has said that “no career path comes free of negativity” during her powerful BRITs acceptance speech last night (May 11).Swift received the BRITs Global Icon award at the event, which was held at London’s The O2.In her speech, which you can watch in full below, Swift addressed the “incredible new artists” watching on in the crowd and at home, and said: “I need you to hear me when I say that there is no career path that comes free of negativity.“If you’re being met with resistance, that probably means that you’re doing something new.
If you’re experiencing turbulence or pressure, that probably means you’re rising.“And there might be times when you put your whole heart and soul into something, and it is met with cynicism or.
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