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 Slams Damon Albarn Over Claim She Doesn’t Write Her Own Songs: ‘False and So Damaging’
variety.comZack Sharf Taylor Swift issued a response on Twitter to Damon Albarn, the “Blur” frontman and “Gorillaz” co-creator who claimed in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times that Swift does not write her own music.
Swift, who is officially credited with writing or co-writing all of her music, called Albarn’s accusation “completely false and so damaging.”“I was such a big fan of yours until I saw this,” Swift posted on Twitter. “I write all of my own songs.
Your hot take is completely false and so damaging. You don’t have to like my songs but it’s really fucked up to try and discredit my writing.
Wow.”Swift added, “PS I wrote this tweet all by myself in case you were wondering.”Albarn claimed Swift “doesn’t write her own songs” after the Los Angeles Times interviewer noted Swift was a talented songwriter.
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