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 praises Team USA gymnast Simon Biles
nme.comTaylor Swift has praised Team USA gymnast Simone Biles, after the latter responded to a promo Swift narrated for NBC’s coverage of the Tokyo Olympic Games.“When you have the attention of the world, everything you do takes on a bigger meaning.
It can be a heavy burden. It can be a chance to change everything,” Swift says in the video over footage of Biles competing, Swift’s ‘Folklore’ track ‘This Is Me Trying’ playing underneath.“Throughout the last week, her voice has been as significant as her talents, her honesty as beautiful as the perfection that had long been her signature.
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