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 has served Kanye West a savage blow, having beaten him to the number one spot in the album charts, following his latest release.
Kanye's run of 11 consecutive number one albums came to a halt as his new collaboration Vultures 2 with Ty Dolla Sign debuted just behind Taylor's The Tortured Poets Department.
Despite Kanye's tumultuous year and controversial remarks, his album still managed to sell around 107,000 copies in its opening week, Billboard reports.
On the flip side, Taylor's The Tortured Poets Department is dominating the charts in its 14th week at number one, while she wows fans on her sold-out global tour.
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