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.
The Airborne Toxic Event's Mikel Jollett Shares 'Soundtrack to My Youth' on #TBT Mixtape
billboard.comWelcome to #TBT Mixtape, Billboard's series that showcases artists' very own throwback-themed playlists exclusive to Billboard's Spotify account.
The curated set features the artists' favorite tracks from their youth and childhood.The Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett just detailed the story of his life and career so far in the recent memoir Hollywood Park, and now he’s providing the soundtrack of his formative years to go with it on this week’s #TBT Mixtape.Though the band’s sixth album that shares the same title was conceptualized and released alongside the memoir, and even features tracks throughout the official audiobook, Jollett’s mixtape is isolated to a specific sea change during his turbulent upbringing that caused an.
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