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 breaks record for longest Number One song with ‘All Too Well (10 Minute Version)’
nme.comTaylor Swift has earned the title for the longest Number One entry on the Billboard Hot 100 to date with her ten-minute version of ‘All Too Well’.Lifted from her recent re-recording of 2012’s ‘Red’, ‘All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)’ is Swift’s eighth Number One entry on the Hot 100, following on from songs including ‘Shake It Off’, ‘Blank Space’ and ‘Cardigan’.
It’s also her 30th track to reach the Top Ten, making her the sixth artist in history to achieve the milestone.Billboard noted that both the ten-minute and regular five-minute versions of ‘All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)’ are included as one entry, which racked up a combined 54.4million US streams in the week of 12-18 November.
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