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 Shares the Advice She'd Give Her Younger Self Ahead of 2021 GRAMMYs (Exclusive)
etonline.comTaylor Swift earned her first-ever GRAMMY nomination, for Best New Artist.Although she didn't take home that trophy in 2008 (the accolade went to Amy Winehouse), the singer has racked up a number of impressive GRAMMY wins over the years, including two for Album of the Year -- and -- and Best Music Video for «Bad Blood.» Now, at age 31, Swift is up for six more GRAMMYs, including Album of the Year for (which she wrote and released last year amid the coronavirus pandemic) and Song of the Year for «Cardigan,» at the upcoming ceremony on Sunday.Ahead of show day, ET spoke with Swift about what it's like to be re-recording her songs on the 13th anniversary of her first nomination.
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