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 urges graduates to ‘celebrate anyway’ in Class of 2020 speech
metro.co.uksupports HTML5 videoIf you’re in need of a bit of positivity at the moment, look no further than Taylor Swift. The Class of 2020 didn’t get a chance to graduate this year what with, you know, the deadly global pandemic – but Taylor still had some inspiring words for the students.
The 30-year-old explained in a speech for YouTube’s star-studded Dear Class of 2020 special that she couldn’t attend her graduation either – but she still marked it in her own way.
Moral of the story? ‘Expect the unexpected but celebrate anyway’. The Shake It Off singer told graduates: ‘Hey, guys, it’s Taylor.‘I wanted to say congratulations to all of the graduates this year.
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