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 Opens Up About the Creation of ‘Evermore’
variety.comEli Countryman Taylor Swift, an artist now known for turning quarantine into the most productive era of her career, joined Zane Lowe on Apple Music Tuesday to discuss her latest album, “Evermore.”While Swift kept the existence of both albums she released this year under wraps until the day before they arrived, she spoke about the creative process for “Evermore.”Swift also discusses winning the Apple Music award for songwriter of the year and the songwriting process for both “Evermore” and its predecessor “Folklore.” Below are a list of three things Swift divulged about the projects in the Apple Music interview.Writing “Folklore” during quarantine led the songwriter to surprise release it shortly after the project came together.
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