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's Evermore and Willow claim the highest new entries on this week's Official Irish Albums and Singles Charts
officialcharts.comCongratulations to Taylor Swift who claims this week’s highest new entries on both the Official Irish Albums and Singles Charts.
Taylor’s surprise-released ninth studio album Evermore opens at Number 3, behind Dermot Kennedy’s Without Fear (1) and Bruce Springsteen’s Letter To You (2).
Taylor’s sixth consecutive Top 3 album, Evermore was the most downloaded and streamed album of the week. On the Official Irish Singles Chart, Evermore’s lead single Willow matches the placement of its parent album, going in at Number 3.
Album cut Champagne Problems opens at Number 6, and HAIM collaboration No Body, No Crime lands at Number 11. In total, Taylor now has 38 Top 50 hits to her name.
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