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 biggest Irish Homegrown songs and albums released in 2021 so far
officialcharts.comImelda May’s 11 Past The Hour is officially the biggest album released in 2021 so far by a homegrown act, while Picture This take top honours concerning groups with their third LP Life in Colour.
Imelda’s sixth studio set 11 Past The Hour was the top-performing release with all metrics (physical, download and streaming) combined in 2021’ first six months.
11 Past The Hour was the first album by an Irish female to reach Number 1 since Lisa Hannigan’s At Swim August 2016. Her fourth chart-topper in total, 11 Past The Hour helped Imelda tie Beyoncé and Ariana Grande for the second-most Irish Number 1 albums this millennium among all female artists, behind Taylor Swift.
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