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 cancels all appearances and live performances for the rest of the year
standard.co.ukTaylor Swift has announced she has cancelled all upcoming appearances and live performances for 2020 in response to the coronavirus crisis.
The popstar, 30, was scheduled to tour in the US, Europe and South America to promote her seventh album Lover. She was also scheduled to headline the now-cancelled Glastonbury Festival for the first time, and return to the British Summer Time festival – which has also been cancelled.
Confirming the news on Twitter, Swift said in a statement: “Fighting Covid-19 is an unprecedented challenge for our global community and the safety and wellbeing of fans should always be the top priority. “Health organisations and governments around the world have strongly discouraged large public gatherings for an
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