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 Folklore sells over 1.3 million copies in 24 hours, label says
breakingnews.ieTaylor Swift’s surprise new album Folklore sold more than 1.3 million copies worldwide within 24 hours of release, her record label said.
The pop superstar announced the album on Thursday, revealing it had been recorded during lockdown. Following its release on Friday, Folklore was lauded by critics who praised Swift’s songwriting.
Republic Records, a division of Universal Music Group, has now said the album sold more than 1.3 million copies within 24 hours and set a Spotify record for first day album streams by a female artist, with 80.6 million.
Folklore became the most-streamed pop album on Apple Music in 24 hours with over 35 million streams, according to Republic Records.
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