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 on course for sixth UK number one album after dropping surprise release Evermore
metro.co.ukTaylor Swift could find herself with yet another number one album in the UK, after surprising fans with new release Evermore.
The singer, 30, sent fans into overdrive as she dropped her latest album – a sister record to her folk-inspired album Folklore she put out in July.
Evermore is her ninth studio album and features 15 brand new tracks, with the release expected to follow in Folklore’s success when it comes to the album charts.
According to the Official Charts, Taylor is in ‘pole position’ to land her sixth number one album in the UK, after Evermore raked in the most downloads and albums streams across the weekend following its release on Friday.
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