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 fan spots sneaky Easter egg in surprise Folklore album announcement
mirror.co.ukIf there's one thing I've learned from being a Taylor Swift fan for the last 11 years, it's that every thing she does has meaning.
From Instagram posts to the clothes she wears, there are Easter eggs for new music and projects hidden everywhere. So when the 30-year-old superstar announced she had made her eighth studio album during lockdown and she was releasing it out of the blue, it's fair to say I was just a little bit stunned.
And I certainly wasn't the only one left feeling this way. Thousands of fans have taken to social media to share their shock over the news.
Fans were baffled by the lack of hints ahead of the album, with some admitting they thought the news was 'fake' at first. "This all feels so strange that we didn't have to
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