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 ‘shameless greed’ of former record label set to release album of her live performances
standard.co.ukTaylor Swift has reignited a feud with her former record label, accusing it of "shameless greed" over a plan to release a live album she has not authorised.
The pop superstar has been locked in a bitter row with Big Machine Records and prominent industry figure Scooter Braun, who bought the label and with it the rights to much of her back catalogue.
Swift fired the latest salvo in the battle via a post on Instagram, after fans alerted her to Live From Clear Channel Stripped 2008, an album that popped up on her streaming profiles.
She said the recording was made in 2008 when she was 18, and while it is listed as a 2017 release it will be made available on Friday. "I'm always honest with you guys about this stuff," Swift said. "So I just
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